Even sadder are when the poor Queen Snakes get killed. They are far more slender that cottonmouths and are the only species of water snake around here that are docile. I am often accompanied by them when I fish. Sometimes they stay very close, as long as they are in the water and near rocky cover. I think that they are curious about me. I sometimes anthropomorhosize them and think of them as being friendly and hanging out with me.
take care,
Ed
I use Ray’s Rule of thumb, it’s very simple. 4’ snake requires an 8’ stick!!
Ray, you have a good thumb.
It is a great feeling to be back and reading posts from this forum. Not done any fishing lately but I felt some better tonight so I decided to go to this forum. Saw posts on snakes and thought I would throw this one at you. Was burning bulldozer push stacks this week at oldest son’s house. Stacks are located near an underwater spring branch. I decided I would take it easy and look for those no shoulder critters. Glad I did. I found and killed a 50 inch long copperhead. I knew when I saw it that it was close to a state record (Mississippi) so I checked and the state record is 52 inches. I came within 2 feet of stepping on the fellar. Becareful for them no shoulder critters. mathcarver
Havent seen any snakes as of yet, but saw a nice sized snapper when I had my son out fishing for crappies, its head was about the size of a softball
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