Have seen a lot in the Gulf. My family was with me once and we came up on a sunfish. That thing never went down. We circled him for probably 10 minutes looking and taking pics.

Last year while fishing my son hooked a leather back turtle. He ate a strip of bonita while bottom fishing. We got him by the boat and was finally able to break him off with only the leader hanging from his mouth.

Was doing a little trolling a couple years ago and came up on what looked to be two acres of fish on the surface. Right in the middle of them was what looked to be a whale shark. Trolled around it for a little while with no takers.

You never know what you’re going to pull up from the depths while fishing but a few strange fish have came up including a trumpet fish, nurse shark and lion fish on hook and line.