When we are Lake Ten Killer, they do the same.
They just sidle up next to the boat “Hey Fellas...”
The ones here just basically ignore lures. You can drop your line right in front of them and they just look at it and swim away............
I was at the boat ramp on Tenkiller a few years ago and saw a tied rope in the water. Thought I would see what was on the end of it.
I pulled and out of the water popped the biggest catfish head I had EVER seen. I might have done something else in my pants if it had been an alligator gar.