snake

[boatman44]

Had a guy drop off boat saturday he was camping. said it wouldnt start so I said lets look at it real quick. Well first mistake was the battery was dead, no biggy lets hook up charger for a few. opened hatch and this is when all **** broke loose. There was a cotton mouth curled up by trolling batteries and I mean hes mad. didnt get no pictures do to all the confusion. killed snake and I still cant put my hand in there. so if u keep your boat in water over nite be careful... I guess i still have a few years left because my ticker didnt stop. later

[INGrandad]

Now I'm gonna flinch every time I get into my storage box. And we don't even have moc's up here...

[kycreek]

I would think about it every time I needed to open that hatch.

[shipahoy41]

Oh Hecks no!!!!!!! I have my pistol and I'd just have to repair the boat but that snake would have a hole in it's head. Bro man don't do snakes!

[Fatman]

After something like that I'd check the boat REAL careful in the light before I left and I'd probably still lift the lid with a paddle just to be sure LOL

Fatman

[tommyboyrn]

I wouldn't have been able to do anything but run and scream like a little school girl. I HATE snakes.
all you would have seen from me was buttholes and elbows..........

[crappiefishin]

i don't mind snakes but cottonmouths scare the s*** out of me almost got bit by one when i was 13 and that was the end of any attempt to have no fear of them it chased me, there the snapping turtles of snakes

[Micropterus salmoides]

I know it sounds stupid....or better yet, IS stupid, but I kept a cottonmouth as a pet for about half a year when I was a kid. I believe, as far as being downright aggresive, they take the cake.

Adam

[deathb4disco]

I kept a cottonmouth as a pet for about half a year when I was a kid.

Were your parents aware of this?

Where did you keep it?

How did you manage to keep it from biting you?

[Darryl Morris]

I've found 3 banded water snakes in my bait tank in the past 6 weeks or so. Needless to say, I carry a flashlight with me every morning and check things out before I go sticking my hand in anything.