Thread: Snake ! Chowan River 4th of July

That's a cottonmouth, just look how fat the body is, it's almost as big as that tree branch. Cottonmouths come in different color variations, and they're stout bodied snakes like the one in the picture.

that looked like the one in battery compartment last week but definetly the one in boat was about 2 1/2 ft long at i mean fat. later and i dont care to see no more of them things

Pat that is a cotton Mouth. I ran into one the other day 5 feet long and as big around as my arm. I almost stepped on him and he coiled up and showed me the white of his mouth alright. I don't know how I did not see him as big as He was. He had the same markings as that snake You ran into brownish back with black markings with green/white belly with black markings. The only other snake We have that You see in the water is the orange belly water snake. He has a more deeper brown back and a blaze orange belly and is not poisonous but will bite the snot out of You. Pat and I live in the same area and these are the only 2 snakes that live around the water in our area. seen a black snake swim once and a rattlesnake but only once a piece in My lifetime. That cat Pat found in the bush is a normal occurrence when casting around limbs unfortunately.CF

I,ve seen several snakes in the water here, ( Wichita) but I don't know what they are. They are dark, small, and thin. I see lots of them in ponds, lakes and even the river. They swim with their head out of the water. I think they eat insects they will try to take a small dry fly. Any ideas?

thats a big ol' maccosin! i hate those things!

it almost looks like a python

i had a big snake latch on to a bass i had just reeled in as it was flopping half out of the water. it was not a water moc because we just dont have them up north here in massachusetts, as far as i know, but no matter it scared hell out of me. i had to whack it with a stick to get it to let go of my bass! saw plenty when i was living in texas though

In SE VA if you see 24 snakes in say NW River, maybe, just maybe one of them will be a true water mocassin. This come from a local Herpetologist and I for the life of me can't remember his name. In all the years I have been fishing that river I can remember one definite. It was coiled up in the middle of the river like it was on dry land and when it opened its mouth you knew how they got their name cotton mouth.