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Thread: Finally I am going to ask this question!

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    Default Finally I am going to ask this question!


    I travel to Reelfoot Lake 4 or 5 times a year and often have snakes swim around the area that I am fishing. I honestly can't tell a water moccasin from a water snake very easily. If the snake seems to interested in me I'll just move to a different location in the upper blue basin part of the lake or head off to the area between Samburg and the Spillway. I've never had trouble with snakes along that area along the houses. Thanks and I am sure others might as well benifit from you help.
    Kingfish

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    What exactly is the question? Here's some good (?) pics of cottonmouths.





    Here's a typical water snake. Easy to see why they get mistaken for a cottonmouth.

    Last edited by superdave1984; 08-06-2007 at 03:12 PM.

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    My book a snake is a snake and I hate them very much.My father in law has a picture of him and his buddies up on Reelfoot looking at duckblinds and there is a cottonmouth coming at Their standing on his tail coming across the water.Needless to say he learned what the end of a paddle was used for.
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    Hook em and bring em in the boat.
    Boys look at them bouncing juggs lets get them in the boat.
    3 Bald Stooges of Percy Priest Lake SGT of Arms.

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    Another good sign is that a water moccasin will float completely when up,where as a water snake will only have head and couple inches of body floating.

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    don't worry they just wanna play

    Get The Net

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    haha play or not...they get close enough to me they get a whacking from whatever is close enough to me...rod or anchor. either one works!!!!

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    From the pictures they all look different colors and you can't always see the bands. Thanks for the info. Drawout. That helps.

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    UUgghhh! Gives me the creeps.

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