The FD is trying hard to find a reason not to jump in the boat. 
Someone mentioned all the snakes he sees while out cat fishing.
May 27, 2011 at 2:47 pm
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Snakes on The Mighty Mississppi
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May 27, 2011 at 3:47 pm #969523
All the snakes?
Wasn’t me! Since 2004 I may have seen 6 snakes and those were during the mid day.
Although I can’t guarantee we won’t “see” one the chances of seeing one are less than someone in your family being struck by lightening.
The time you’re going out snake will have found a warm place to spend the night. The are cold blooded and seek heat before it cools off at night.
That’s not bs to get her to go.
Now, Beavers are another story.
May 27, 2011 at 4:08 pm #969529Well, it’s better than snakes on a plane…
http://youtu.be/z4t6zNZ-b0A
May 27, 2011 at 5:06 pm #969549
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All the snakes?
Wasn’t me!
All it takes is just one!
May 27, 2011 at 6:43 pm #969570Quote:
All the snakes?
Wasn’t me! Since 2004 I may have seen 6 snakes and those were during the mid day.
Although I can’t guarantee we won’t “see” one the chances of seeing one are less than someone in your family being struck by lightening.
The time you’re going out snake will have found a warm place to spend the night. The are cold blooded and seek heat before it cools off at night.
That’s not bs to get her to go.
Now, Beavers are another story.
I had 3 swim up and into the boat last year alone!
May 27, 2011 at 8:17 pm #969587We used to have a house on pool 2 and I remember a few times when we could see tons of snakes swimming about 20 yards off our dock. Made swiming difficult
May 27, 2011 at 8:30 pm #969591Quote:
All the snakes?
The time you’re going out snake will have found a warm place to spend the night.
THATS WHAT SHE SAID
May 27, 2011 at 8:48 pm #969593You guys aren’t helping.
Call me lucky, but I’ve never in 30 years of boating had a snake in the boat. Well, there was this time I invited on along on P4.
May 28, 2011 at 1:38 am #969620Now, Beavers are another story.
Must be fishing on the most northernly side of the riverJune 9, 2011 at 2:29 am #972018The end to Jeff’s FD worries was no snakes were seen.
However the following night we had on making a V across the river well away from the back of the boat.
June 9, 2011 at 11:02 am #972045Laura sends a thousand thank you
June 9, 2011 at 2:49 pm #972148I don’t know why, but I NEVER have seen a snake on the Minnesota river like y’all get on the Mississippi. Of course I’ve only been fishing it 4 years now…eventually a guy might see one.
Maybe it’s because we don’t have the rocky shores that y’all have there, it’s all farmland and wildlife refuge here?
June 9, 2011 at 4:04 pm #972161Have extra room in your boat aanderud? My FW wants to fish over there.
June 9, 2011 at 4:08 pm #972162Is it because there are different species present in SE MN? Some of those snakes actually eat fish/minnows? Or is it because the ones born in Wisconsin are trying to escape?
June 9, 2011 at 5:05 pm #972180The ones we saw were on their way to the 5th Annual Farve Retirement Party.
June 9, 2011 at 5:10 pm #972182The northern water snake is a thick, medium-length snake marked with dark splotches and bands on a lighter background. It is active in the daytime. In Minnesota, it is most often found in vegetation along or swimming in water near the St. Croix, Mississippi, and Minnesota rivers.
Habitat and range
Northern water snakes live in vegetation along waterways. In Minnesota, they are most often found along the St. Croix and the Mississippi, especially in the southeast. Many winter in rock crevices, often with other snakes. They can swim well, and have been known to remain underwater for more than an hour at a time.
Active in the daytime AND at dusk.
June 9, 2011 at 6:18 pm #972214I wonder what kind of snake it was that I tried going Crocodile Hunter on along the shoreline below the Naughty Hog. It was not quite that dark as a water snake.
Yes, I am aware that I left a door open.
June 9, 2011 at 6:23 pm #972217That’s the trouble with Water Snakes, they have many variations of color. Personally I’ve never seen one that dark and the local photo’s I’ve seen are of much more slender snakes…no not garter snakes.
I’ll leave your door open for the next person.
June 9, 2011 at 6:37 pm #972226If I had to guess going by my limited coherent state at the time, and by the descriptions and photos on the DNR site, I would say it was a fox snake.
June 9, 2011 at 8:07 pm #972257See…and here I thought I knew everything about everything!
I’ve seen a couple of these Western Fox Snakes and just thought they were really long Northern Water Snakes!
Yeah, I’ll say it.
No, I’m not as smart as a fifth grader.
June 10, 2011 at 2:27 pm #972416Their all the same in my eyes, one may be bigger than the other but they are still snakes!
Legless devils
June 10, 2011 at 4:54 pm #972470Quote:
Their all the same in my eyes, one may be bigger than the other but they are still snakes!
Legless devils
So was this really about Laura or YOU???
June 10, 2011 at 5:03 pm #972473NO,I’m really not afraid of snakes
I just hate it when they stare at me.
June 10, 2011 at 5:05 pm #972475They always look angry like eagles.
June 10, 2011 at 5:56 pm #972496Quote:
They always look angry like eagles.
But Eagles taste much better. Not as bad as a California Condor, but better then a black footed ferret.
June 11, 2011 at 5:24 pm #972659How come when the talk is of serpents, you turn to eating?
June 12, 2011 at 1:14 pm #972764Someone at Evert’s tried to tell me they were water moccasins swimming in the water next to the cabins. When he showed me the one he killed I assured him it wasn’t.
June 12, 2011 at 1:57 pm #972767 Wait a minute…. June 30, 2011 at 4:15 pm #977512I saw my first one of the year last night…..it was about 18in long, and as round a your thumb, with orange, and black markings…..It was cruising around the shallow water at the boat launch….. ISH!!!
June 30, 2011 at 4:49 pm #977528My new favorite Western Fox Snake!
Aren’t they pretty…at a distance?
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