As a youngster living in England I used to go beach fishing at night, most times a few red fox would come along and try to help themselfs to the bait. When I told my then girlfriend (for the last 23 years my wife) she insisted on coming along, we bought some chips for supper but ended up feeding the chips to the fox's.
They came right up to within about 15ft and stayed for most of the night.
All the best.
Mike