I had a gator hit a big polaris popper about five feet in front of me off the rocks in narragansett. I didn't even have enough time to set the hook on him-I lifted him up outta the water with my rod and he gives a head shake. The polaris hit my left forearm so hard it felt like a baseball bat, and I didn't see the plug fall
I look at my forearm and I got a belly hook buried up to where the trebles are tacked together. Had to rambo it out before the feeling came back, and keep on fishin
the puncture hole was above another scar on my arm and together they looked like a one eyed smiley face