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Calm Lake Conroe Morning
Went to Conroe and managed to land 11 crappie with 10 being over 11" up to 13". I never caught one throw back. Used smallest jigs available 1/16 oz with a 1.5" to 2" plastic bait with crappie nibbles. They did not want to hit the jig unless it had the sweet taste of the nibbles. The wind was calm 1-4 mph and it was cool with the aftermath of the North winds.
I got to a spot before sun up and set my rods waiting for the sun up bite and then I looked at one of my rods out and saw this snake. Thinking it was the non venomous snake that looked like a coral snake I used my net and scared it back in the water. Just barely touched it's tail and it jumped off into the water. Thank God I didn't have a bite on that rod and saw it before I grabbed my rod. I checked it when I got home and sure enough it was a coral snake! Lucky me!
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Red touching yellow will kill a fellow. He could have had the yak.
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Uuummmm..... I'll bet you were fully awake then..... nice catches..... Conroe is a great crappie lake.....
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My biggest fear, a snake in my yak with me......:yikes
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Dang, dang, dang. That snake on that rod in my yak, yep, he coulda just kept the yak! :yikes
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Odd place for a coral snake but then they generally can go where they want to. Good catching!
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I was a lucky man because if that rod had a hit on it I would have grabbed it where the snakes head was to set the hook and I would have been bitten. Since I got there at dark and set my rods up waiting for the early morning bite the snake must have crawled up the side if the kayak or the rope and went up the rod holder. I was messing with my other rods and just happen to look down at my rod before I was going to check it to see if it needed more nibbles.
I am going out and buying lottery tickets this week!
Conroe is a great lake for crappie and right now they are not biting that well around the 1097 bridge area and deep brush piles scattered around the main lake area where it is deeper. They are hitting better on the north end of the lake in water up to 20' deep.
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Wow! What a close call! That will get your attention. Glad everything turned out OK. Nice fishing report, too. Thanks.
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Good catches, but when I saw the snake, I would have gotten in the truck, left the boat rods etc there. I have no problems telling people, but I will run over women and children, while screaming like a little girl to get away from ANY snake. I do not do snakes.
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Oh man! Close call. Store the red touches yellow saying in your memory after that. Nice fish