While fishing Lake Guntersville today, a water moccasin decided to pay my buddy and I a visit.  I saw him swimming in our general direction, but never thought he'd come after us.  Well, I was surprised when he not only came toward us, but he climbed up the transom and was about to get on board.  I pushed him off with a rod.  He was pretty riled up and made another lunge toward the transom.  I smacked him with the rod then saw his pop up over the transom, with every intent to get in the boat with us.  I again pushed him off again with the rod, and inadvertently hooked him with my senko hook--good thing.  With him hooked, I was able to move him to the side of the boat.  He coiled, yanked, and struck until he freed himself from the hook (I was reaching for the scissors to let him have the senko--my compliments). He took off after that, never to be seen again.  Aggressive buggers!  He was about 4' long and not in the best off moods.  Interestingly, we did not initially molest him in any way, he came from about 100 yards away to mess with us.  I guess he doesn't like bass boats.

That's crazy. Are they the same as cottonmouths in Florida?

Shanes7614, on 08 Jun 2014 - 00:41, said:

That's crazy. Are they the same as cottonmouths in Florida?

Yes.

 

They are very aggressive vipers.

 

I remember having them strike at the side of our skiff in Louisiana.

that snake looks huge. good thing you noticed him coming, watched him, and then got rid of him. i hate snakes, its one thing i am truely terrified of and not afraid to admit it, i will run and holler like a girl from a snake lol. (i have been known to run from a small unpoisonous snake in the woods and tear down small trees and break branches along the way LOL)

They are aggressive but I have never heard of them being that aggressive. Had one larger than the one you saw coil into strike pose behind me when I was weed waking some 3 foot tall weeds. I ran and skipped away like a little kid.

I'd crapped my pants.

I almost crapped, but I was too busy trying to whack him with my carrot stick.  Funny, I was almost more worried about breaking my rod than him getting in the boat. 

KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!