Anybody ever used REAL snakes as bait??
I would think on top of weeds, they would be good bass or northern bait.
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May 18, 2011 at 4:27 pm
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Snakes as Bait
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May 18, 2011 at 4:34 pm #966871
Wouldn’t you have to get pretty close to a real snake to make that work?
May 18, 2011 at 4:35 pm #966872No and the thought of having a snake in my boat creeps me out.
May 18, 2011 at 4:39 pm #966873Quote:
No and the thought of having a snake in my boat creeps me out.
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May 18, 2011 at 4:40 pm #966875well doesn’t concern some of us reptiliophiles too much. I’m thinking 20# northern or 8# LMB…
Portage, WIMay 18, 2011 at 4:51 pm #966883I wouldn’t use one because I would feel bad for the snake. Snakes are cool to have around and they eat a lot of critters. If I had snakes in my boat, I would bring them home and release them in my yard. Now, snakes on a plane is a completely different story.
May 18, 2011 at 4:56 pm #966885No snakes for me, I would have to quit fishing if they only bit on snakes.
I hate the things and I am more afraid of them than they are me.
May 18, 2011 at 5:01 pm #966888You could try an artificial snake! Which end would you put the hook?
May 18, 2011 at 5:01 pm #966890Stop talking about snakes!! The FW and Jeff H’s daughter will never get in a boat again!
May 18, 2011 at 5:02 pm #966891I also like snakes to much to be running them through with a hook. Here is an option.
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May 18, 2011 at 5:09 pm #966894I used a small garder once when I was a teenager. (Illigal??probly) but it was cool. I hooked it on and dropped it next to the boat. Naturally it swam towards shore and looked supersweet! I never had to cast it,,just dropped it again and it would take a different path. I dont know about largemouth but I bet slimers and Muskies would hammer it!
May 18, 2011 at 5:12 pm #966895Are baby wood ducks illegal to use for bait?
May 18, 2011 at 5:17 pm #966899Quote:
Are baby wood ducks illegal to use for bait?
Just so long as you don’t get caught…
Mark
May 18, 2011 at 5:19 pm #966900A couple of summers ago I saw a frog eat a snake. That’s right, the frog ate the snake. It was a small snake and a big frog. I was on a jet ski going very slow with my son and in a creek that feeds directly into the main channel of the Mississippi when I saw a small snake swim in front of us. My son didn’t see it so I spun the jet ski around so he could see it and as the snake reached the muddy bank, a frog grabbed the snake in the middle. The snake was about 12″ long and it was flailing about. After a while the frog hopped bank in the water and started swallowing more and more of the snake, tail first. Sure wish I could have got it on video… pretty cool thing to see.
May 18, 2011 at 5:20 pm #966901Quote:
Stop talking about snakes!! The FW and Jeff H’s daughter will never get in a boat again!
don’t forget when you are river fishing and get under some trees a snake might join you in your boat,.
May 18, 2011 at 5:22 pm #966903You are going some place really warm Jeff.
May 18, 2011 at 5:24 pm #966908Quote:
No snakes for me, I would have to quit fishing if they only bit on snakes.
I hate the things and I am more afraid of them than they are me.
You took the words right out of my mouth……
May 18, 2011 at 5:28 pm #966910maybe you could become a “snake” finder for the snake loving river people in MN/WI.
. and how did you know I was going on vacatin to Tennessee? who todl you? 
May 18, 2011 at 5:43 pm #966919Quote:
Are baby wood ducks illegal to use for bait?
yes, but goslings are a go!
May 18, 2011 at 5:57 pm #966924I always wanted to raise hamsters for bait. How cool would it be to see a musky blow up on a hamster floundering on the surface of the water.
May 18, 2011 at 6:02 pm #966926now that would be cool. the best I have seen is a Northern hammer a baby squirrel talk about a cool picture of the pike totally out of the water and what a noise. scarred teh crap out of us and we were on shroe wtching it all. had to explain to the kids that the squirrel was already dead.
, but just floating before eaten. May 18, 2011 at 6:37 pm #966944Obligatory Bill Dance video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_UnV3RbCtg&playnext=1&list=PL2F1BE60E5DC52F36
May 18, 2011 at 6:59 pm #966952I’ve seen baby duck lures at bait stores before.. I thought they were jokes..
May 18, 2011 at 6:59 pm #966953Funny, I just ran into a garter snake an hour ago.
May 18, 2011 at 7:46 pm #966967My wife sees a snake, she’s over firing up the lawnmower.
she’d be all for you using snakes for bait.May 18, 2011 at 8:39 pm #966988Quote:
My wife sees a snake, she’s over firing up the lawnmower.
Why would she do that? That little snake wasn’t hurting anything.
Maybe you could explain to her that snakes eat mice and that killing snakes will result in a steep rise in the mouse population. Then see how she feels about chopping them up with the lawn mower.
May 18, 2011 at 9:06 pm #966992I’ll let you tell her that–personally. But, think she’d tell you traps catch mice too…. personally, I love snakes, can’t say much for BK liking snakes—-unless his gun is around.
May 18, 2011 at 10:41 pm #967003I’d have to quit fishing if we needed to use snakes. We saw a little “Stripey” today and I nearly jumped out of the bow!!
May 19, 2011 at 12:11 am #967014Well, i lik esnakes also. hate silly people who kill them senselessly.
BUT, if a garter snake is between me and a 20# muskie… well,anyone know the law.
FWIW, i suspect that plastic imitations are going to swim quite similarly to the real thing…
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