As if it's not bad enough we have watermocassins and cottonmouths to worry about on the water. I drove in to town from the rig today to get some smokes and a burger and while I was there waiting I started looking at all the rattlesnake pictures on the wall. Came across one from a local newspaper showing a 5 ft. rattlesnake a guy took on his boat on a local reservior in southeast NM. The rattlesnake was swimming across the lake and when he came across the path of the guy fishing, decided that was enough swimming and crawled into the boat. The guy used his telescopic lure retriever to grab a hold of it. Who'd a thought?  :-?

Hey Fluke, I knew I should have posted here to begin with but it is a fishing story. I guess you remember Muddy's game. ;D