Visitor to my livewell……

[redblood]

Had a great float trip today. Ended up with 22 keepers- blue gill and rock bass. Also had this guy show up in the live well of my little Jon Boat. Absolutely no idea how he got in there but he wasnt happy. Finally got him out. Probably 5 ft gray rat snake.

 

[Mcboom]

I don't think I could have handled that as well as you.

 

[JBell]

No sir. I would have forfeited the boat

 

[Popcorn]

That would have made for a few tense moments

 

[cbhunter]

Cool encounter!

 

[Crappieaddict]

I would have signed the boat over to him right there!

 

[DoubleRidge]

Wow! Crazy!

 

[Spurhunter]

I'm not really afraid of non venomous snakes, but I absolutely don't want to share a boat with ANY snake.

 

[Snake]

I'd be asking how's the best way to fix holes in a boat ?

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Nope…I'd have to do some patching before I took it out next due to bullet holes

 

[redblood]

Snakes dont bother me a bit. Just dumbfounded how he got in

 

[CATCHDAWG]

Snakes dont bother me a bit. Just dumbfounded how he got in

Snakes don't bother me either but you had me at Rock bass! Fun to catch, good to eat!

 

[redblood]

Snakes don't bother me either but you had me at Rock bass! Fun to catch, good to eat!

They really are awesome fish…..poor mans crappie!!

 

[RUGER]

Awesome !

 

[timberjack86]

Snakes dont bother me a bit. Just dumbfounded how he got in

It's the venomous ones you don't know are there that bother me. If I can see it I can avoid it.

 

[mike243]

Heck no, worse than the first time I put my hand in a bucket of live shrimp to get 1 to fish with, got popped several times and turned bucket over lol, poor paddle would have been splinters

 

[BigCityBubba]

At least you can clean your shorts out in the river

 

[dogsled]

I took the kids down to the river near my house, we were catching minnows with a cast net and putting them and crawdads in a 5 gallon bucket which we usually just dump out when we are done fiddling around. We had seen a couple of banded water snakes along the bank. Something attracted them both to that bucket and they were able to get into the bucket with the fish. After a few minutes they came back out and went on their way with a some fish in their bellies. Neat to watch.

 

[redblood]

I took the kids down to the river near my house, we were catching minnows with a cast net and putting them and crawdads in a 5 gallon bucket which we usually just dump out when we are done fiddling around. We had seen a couple of banded water snakes along the bank. Something attracted them both to that bucket and they were able to get into the bucket with the fish. After a few minutes they came back out and went on their way with a some fish in their bellies. Neat to watch.

I would have understood if it was a banded water snake but not a gray rat snake

 

[Crow Terminator]

My dad keeps his boats in a barn. Barns always have mice. One day they are out fishing and a mouse came running for its life from the back of the boat and jumped in the water. Right on its heels came a 3 foot long black snake that crawled out of the back compartments area and scent trailed that mouse over the side of the boat and into the water.