you're in a boat you are safe...                                                

   

   

I wish you guys that like them had the one that tryed to get in my boat Tue Morning. The 44 did him in.

     

            you're in a boat you are safe...                                                

I wish you guys that like them had the one that tryed to get in my boat Tue Morning. The 44 did him in.

Im not trying to be a arsehole or start anything  and im sure u used bird shot in the  44 and maybe you were on a private lake BUT shooting at water is bad if any anti- gun robots seen you do this it ads fire to there already small flame ya no .Just lookin out for ya man.No offense

I kill ALL rattlesnakes on sight. Non venomous snakes are pretty safe around me though.

Rattlesnakes would kill me and not eat me, so I make the first move

I don't understand this hatred of snakes.

I have a one eyed trouser snake that I fondle on a regular basis  8-)

I don't understand this hatred of snakes.

I have a one eyed trouser snake that I fondle on a regular basis  8-)

Hey Avid I heard it can eat a 1/2 rat a week , any truth to dat ;D

Hey Avid, thats WAY too much information.  ;D ;D ;D After looking around on the net I think it is a Northern Water Snake but, who knows.

From my post in My outings I'm trying to figure out what this is.

I have come up with a diamond back water snake but not sure

is it dead it looks like the head is shot off.... Could be a Cotton mouth but i would need a better pic of the head. Not all of them are dark in color ran a cross one in La on pipeline.

I don't understand this hatred of snakes.

I have a one eyed trouser snake that I fondle on a regular basis 8-)

Must not be big a scary....lol 8-) : ;D ;D

Speaking of cottonmouths.....

Me and my brother was fishing at a local pond,  moved to a spot about 20 foot from were we started.  Fished there for about 10 minutes before we looked down.  There was a 4 foot cottonmouth ASLEEP, sitting about 6 inches behind my brother.  He thought it was dead, and poked it with a stick to make sure.  NOPE, the snake was still alive and kickin. We got out of there in a HURRY!  That could have been a bad day.

            Im not trying to be a arsehole or start anything  and im sure u used bird shot in the  44 and maybe you were on a private lake BUT shooting at water is bad if any anti- gun robots seen you do this it ads fire to there already small flame ya no .Just lookin out for ya man.No offense                                  

I happen to be a NRA Range Safety Officer.  I know my way around a gun.   No offense taken.   Bud

Its a banded water snake i see them all the time in georgia and i enjoy catching them because i like snakes some people confuse these snakes with cottonmouths i have actually had cottonmouths chase me along a creek edge before. and one time me and a cousin were fishing at a culver pipe and i was sitting on it and i looked down and there was about a 3 and a half 4 foot cottonmouth and all we had was my bow so i put two arrows in him and then i hooked him and tossed him on the bank then i beat the heck out of him with a stick.as u can see i dont like cottonmouths.

GBF

fishing and venemous water snakes like the cottonmouth can be a dangerous combination.

Living in Florida and often fishing in water I share with big gators, people ask me "aren't you afraid of the gators"?  the answer is a sincere "nope, not at all"  Gators are very much "don't bother them and they won't bother you" critters.  they will also usually seek to avoid humans.  cottonmouths won't.

If they are lying next to your boat, they usually will just sit still.  Put your hand in there to free up a snagged lure or whatever, and SUPRISE!!.  Your snake bit.

Nope, don't me like me no bitin' snakes.

one snake we shot last yearwas one we frequently encountered in the summer.he would always sleep under our 10 foot aluminumk jon boat and when we would push it off into the water or pick it up we would get a nasty surprise.him raising cain right at our toes.several times he would swim off other times he would get into a stand off.i dont know much bout snakes but i do no that cottonmouths are poisinous and if a snake swims and is black its could very well be one.we ended up yelling to my cousin who is in his 30's and lives there to come over.when he did he brought a 12 gauge and well needless to say we dont have any more snake troubles.only reason we shot him tho is becouse we had seen him many times and someone would eventually get bittin.not to mention he has two young children that play around there and any snake that size poisinous or not isnt good around toddlers

on that note can anyone who knows their snake help me out how can you tell a cottonmouth from a black snake?

p.s sorry if im hijacking the thread  

2 kinds of "black" snakes depending were Ur from  but you can tell the diff in a cottonmouth and black rat  snake  and racer  by body size a black snake has a streamlined body and is Pearle white under the head cotton mouth is stocky short.And the other kind of black snake is a racer.These are mean snakes like the water banded snakes  not venomous and are VERY fast swimmers and on the ground are very fast and usually run from ya all you will see is a tail>Black rat snakes are slower snakes and make good pets easy to catch.But its easy to tell the diff in them like i say think short /stocky =cottonmouth  long/ lean =racer or rat snake ;D ;D

Well, I took the wife crappie and bream fishing yesterday to Charlie Elliott Wildlife Refuge here in Georgia.  

Margery and Fox lakes were crawling with water moccasins, saw over a dozen of them.  Time for us to leave, went to Sherperds Pond, and fished the rest of the day and not one more snake.  Thank God...

Caught a bunch of Beam and Crappie also,,   ;)

Interesting link on all kinds of snakes including the bass fishermans nightmare

http://www.wf.net/~snake/moccasin.htm

With only one exception, all poisonous snakes in North America have two things in common.  First, their heads have a distinct diamond shape.  Secondly, the pupils are elongated, much like a cats eyes.  With only one exception, if the pupils are circular, the snake is NOT poisonous.  The one exception is the coral snake.  It is one of the most poisonous snakes in the world, but fortunately for us humans, it is highly visible, relatively small (18 inches), and has no fangs.  The coral snake has concentric bands of red/yellow/black along its body - always in that order.  Because the snake is small and has no fangs, it has to be able to bite AND chew to insert its venom. For these reasons there have been no confirmed deaths from coral snake bites since the 1940's, although there was an unconfirmed report of a death in Florida in 2006.  Incidentally, there is another snake out there called the scarlet king snake.  It always has concentric bands of red/black/yellow, and always in that order.  It is non poisonous.  Notice the difference between the two?  Poisonous=Red/Yellow/Black.  Non-poisonous=Red/Black/Yellow.  Personally, if I were in the wild and ran across either one of them, I would run like hell.  It would be difficult for me, when faced with a snake as potentially dangerous as a cobra, to remember, or even rely on, the correct color-banding sequence.  i.e. red/black - friendly Jack:  red/yellow - kill a fellow.

I don't understand this hatred of snakes.

I have a one eyed trouser snake that I fondle on a regular basis 8-)

Avid, they were talkin bout snakes, not nightcrawlers

 We have an in-ground pool that we put a cover on each Fall and if it rains there is a small pump for getting rid of the water. Starting in the early Spring (this year REALLY early) tree frogs gather and use it as a honeymoon suite, if we don't keep the cover dry . It is almost like an Alfred Hitchcock movie there are so many and they are so LOUD. The smaller ones make the most noise. Not only enough noise to wake the dead but then the dead would start complaining of headaches!

 About a week ago I noticed at least 3 greyish-light blue with a cream colored belly snakes (whatever you do, don't tell my wife The Only Good Snake Is A Dead Snake) about 2 to 2 1/2 foot long. About 2 or 3 days later, no tree frogs !! I hope they learn to come back every year.

 Long Mike, down around here there is a non-poisonous snake with a white stripe where it is yellow on the coral that everyone calls a milk snake. They are usually 18" to 2' and will even put up with being handled.

 Fishing from the bank like I do, I have had quite a few run-ins with cotton-mouths. I would definitely rather meet up with one on solid ground than in a boat!

                                                  As Ever,

                                                   Skillet

I see copperheads and common watersnakes and cottonmouths ( I think ) all the time when Im wading ( usually just in shorts and water shoes ). They never bother me, usually they go the opposite way. Im the type of person who believes in " what goes around comes around " thats why I will never kill one.

looks exactly like a copperhead.

http://www.redheadedlefty.com/famblog/wp-content/copperhead.jpg

my state (delaware) doesnt recognize cottonmouths and says there ae none but if you ask people who are outdoors alot youlll get a totally different response.we have a HUGE population of blacksnakes and i think that some people get the 2 mixed up(as do i) but others who have had face to face encounters swear they have seen cottonmouths.witch makes sence with all the small darm ponds in my area

But in my book any snake that is large and threatening to bite is a dead one.sometimes you dont have the chance to properly identify them and just have to act then and find out later(beats going to the hospital with a venemous snake bite if you ask me  

I was once a Herpetologist (study of reptile and amphibians) wannabe and decided after starting the program that it was not for me. Anyhow, Northern Water Snake. They have quite a bad temper. Often confused with the Water Mocassin and Copperhead. If you aren't sure, leave it alone. I used to have a number of these Northerns in captivity. Never could tame them down. Coloration is the same for juveniles and adults.

I don't know. I don't think it is a snake at all. Looks a bit like a trial lawyer.