Originally posted by NetDoc
little brass bells and pepper spray for saltwater gators.
You see there are some small gators and some really huge ones! It really helps to know their presence so you will know what to do. Make sure you clip the bell on your BC so you don't surprise any (yeah, they can hear it under water)... they get real onery when surprised, and keep that pepper spray handy too... it works really well under water.
But in order to figure out which size gators are in the vicinity, you have to inspect their scat, or poop as y'all nawtherners call it. As you probably know, gator poop is heavier than water, so it sinks nicely to the bottom in a neat pile. A small gator's poop will be small and only have small fish and a turtle or two in it. However, a great big salt gator's scat will also be replete with little brass bells and smells of pepper spray!