>> SAFETY NOW TO AVOID TRAGEDY LATER ON THE WATER ONLY AT 6. >> THE NEWS YOU COUNT ON NBC 2 NEWS AT 6, YOU KNOW, ACTED LIKE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THAT ACTUALLY JUST HAPPENED LIKE NO BIG DEAL. BUT I WAS LIKE SHOCKED WHEN THEY'RE HUNGRY. THEY'RE HUNGRY. >> AND THIS BIG GATOR WAS HUNGRY FOR THE FISH ON THE END OF THE KIDS LINE STUFF. WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WATCH THIS. THE GATOR CHARGED OUT OF THE WATER RIGHT TOWARD THE BOY WAS REELING IN A FISH BEHIND HIS HOUSE. THE BOY WAS ABLE TO GET AWAY UNHARMED, BUT ABOUT A FRIGHTENING SITUATION. THANKS FOR WATCHING. NBC 2. I'M PETER BUSCH AND I'M KELLIE BURNS. THIS HAPPENED IN THE STONY BROOK NEIGHBORHOOD OFF CORKSCREW ROAD IN ESTERO. THAT'S WHERE OUR HOPE SALMAN IS TONIGHT TALKING TO THE BOY'S MOTHER ABOUT THAT CLOSE ENCOUNTER. >> NOTHING CAN STOP ME. >> NOT EVEN A GATOR. ALMOST READY TO ATTACK WILL KEEP GAVIN BORE SKI FROM THE WATER. HE WAS FLY FISHING IN A LAKE IN ESTERO. HE YANKS THE LINE BACK AND FORTH A FEW TIMES TO GET A BITE. NEVER EXPECTING WHAT WAS ON THE OTHER END WATCHES. A GATOR COMES SWIMMING BEHIND THE FISH. HE CREEPS UP. THEN SPEEDS AHEAD FOR THE CATCH. GAVIN SAYS HE CAUGHT WHAT HE WAS LOOKING PICKUP AT A PRETTY EASY FISH FOR RIGHT NOW. HE'S A BREEDING, THEIR OWN BEDS, A PEACOCK BASS AND THEN A LITTLE MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR. >> CATCH ON AROUND. AND I LOOKED OVER AND RIGHT THERE. GAVIN SAYS THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME HE'S GONE FISHING IN THE STONY BROOK COMMUNITY. AND EVEN AFTER THIS ENCOUNTER, IT WON'T BE THE LAST. YEAH, YOU KNOW, ACTED LIKE IT WAS, YOU KNOW? YEAH, ACTUALLY JUST HAPPENED LIKE NO BIG DEAL. BUT I WAS LIKE SHOCKED HIS MOM. JULIE SAYS SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT AT FIRST A FREAK THING THAT HAPPENED. IT DOESN'T. IT'S NOT TYPICAL. I DON'T THINK SO. IT'S I'M FINE WITH THEM FISHING. SO THIS TIME THE GATOR WAS JUST AFTER THE FISH. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS MORNING, ANYTHING THE ABE GAVIN SAYS THE GATOR ATE THE FISH AND THEN SWAM OFF. YOU SEE HIM TAKING A JUMP BACK INTO THE WATER. THERE'S VERY BEAUTIFUL FISH. ANY ANY FISH. I FEEL BAD THAT SHE AND I LIKE THAT AT THE SAME TIME, RATH
WATCH: Alligator swipes fish from teen's fishing line
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Updated: 7:42 AM CDT May 9, 2024
There may be plenty of fish in the water, but what we sometimes forget is there are a lot of other animals too.Gavin Borsky was trying something new — fly fishing.Everything was going like it usually does, bait in the water, line ready for a catch, but then when he tried to reel the fish in, an alligator came swimming behind it! The gator raced out of the water to snatch the fish from Gavin's hook.Gavin said he caught what he was looking for, a peacock bass, and then a little more than he bargained for."I was able to catch one, reel it in, and then I look over and he is right there," Gavin said.Gavin said this isn't the first time he's gone fishing in the Stoneybrook Community in Estero, Florida. Even after this encounter, it won't be the last.His mom, Julie Borsky, said she didn't believe it at first."This is kind of a freak thing that happened. It's not typical I don't think," she said.This time, the gator was just after the fish."It's a beautiful fish — any fish, I just feel bad to see it die like that," Gavin said.
ESTERO, Fla. —
There may be plenty of fish in the water, but what we sometimes forget is there are a lot of other animals too.
Gavin Borsky was trying something new — fly fishing.
Everything was going like it usually does, bait in the water, line ready for a catch, but then when he tried to reel the fish in, an alligator came swimming behind it! The gator raced out of the water to snatch the fish from Gavin's hook.
Gavin said he caught what he was looking for, a peacock bass, and then a little more than he bargained for.
"I was able to catch one, reel it in, and then I look over and he is right there," Gavin said.
Gavin said this isn't the first time he's gone fishing in the Stoneybrook Community in Estero, Florida. Even after this encounter, it won't be the last.
His mom, Julie Borsky, said she didn't believe it at first.
"This is kind of a freak thing that happened. It's not typical I don't think," she said.
This time, the gator was just after the fish.
"It's a beautiful fish — any fish, I just feel bad to see it die like that," Gavin said.
