Thread: Shootist beware

Probably crawled in on the boat motor. That snake is colored like a copperhead but I would think that it is a water moccasin. They aint poisonous, but if bitten by one I'll bet you'll get sick enough to go to the hospital.:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by SeaRay

If you want to see a fellow dance a jig, put it in his livewell. We pulled that stunt on a guy years ago and he fell in the lake when he opened his livewell. Come to think of it, I don't think he has spoken to any of us since.
SeaRay

SeaRay...that's funny.................but mean. I'll have to agree that I dont want any friends like that either.RoflRoflRofl

they all look like rattle headed copper moccasins to me

I've had several run-ins with snakes over the years. None of which I care to repeat. The most memorable was on Bedford Lake. A High School buddy and I went out there and rented one of those flat bottoms they used to have laying on the shore line between the ramp and the pier. He got on one end and I got on the other and as we were picking up the boat i saw a dark thick tail inches away from my foot. Well i dropped my end and got half way up the hill before I heard him cussing me for dropping the boat. He though i was acting like a little girl lol. So him not beliving me, flipped the boat over and the was a huge cottonmouth under it. Dang thing was longer than my leg and bigger around than a 20 oz. coke bottle, with the meanest diamond shaped head I'd ever seen. Well with him now standing beside me half way up the hill we decided to get a different boat.

i dont like snakes and i cant tell one from the other so,i believe that snake is a water headed copper rattler lol

Looks like a harmless banded water snake to me. I've had (both) them and cottonmouths in the boat with me at one time or another on the Cape Fear River here
in North Carolina... and like some of you have already said... a snake is a snake is a snake... and I don't much want any of 'em in the boat with me. They will crawl
right in your boat with you... or they might drop out of an overhanging tree when you are working the banks, laydowns and overhanging tree cover or shade.

My first boat was a 10ft jon and a 12lb thrust TM. All that power. The car battery that I had was great for a while, but lost power pretty quick. Lake Fredrica had a cluster of oaks on the back side that bordered an orange grove. Thank God I was alone that day. As I worked the bull rushes and got closer to the oaks I heard something that wasn't normal, didn't see anything out of the ordinary, and kept fishing while getting closer to the oaks all the time. As I began to get close to those trees, I heard that sound again and this time there was something to see. One had his head over the side trying to get in with me, and there was 6 or more others coming my way from where the bull rushes met the oak branches met the water. I can safely say I know what fear and adrenaline feel like. I turned on the TM and grabbed the paddle to hit the first one, getting lucky on the first shot and he fell back over the side. The others never got close enough to get in, and I wasn't giving second chances. These were all cottonmouth's, big and unhappy, with the diamond shaped head they are famous for. That lake held big fish and I never went to get any more of them, or the snakes. In later years I helped build an apartment complex after the developer bought the grove and some of the guys said they were going to come back Saturday and fish the lake, and I told them of my experience. They had stories of their own Monday morning and all of them said they had seen the snakes but not as close as I did. I haven't felt the same about small boats and small lakes ever since, and fished with a .22 with rat shot for a long time after that.

that is a very dangerous rattlemouth cottonhead can make you hurt yourself real bad