No idea where this photo came from besides the interweb but the title of the email summed it up very nicely….
NOPE.
July 17, 2012 at 1:20 am
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Jump in the boat quickly
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July 17, 2012 at 1:26 am #1080312
I’d be back in the house and on the kitchen table in about .1 second, Lets just say I don’t care for snakes.
July 17, 2012 at 1:45 am #1084716my bet is that they arrived by other than land or water.
getting in the boat might have just trapped you with 25 IN your boat…
July 17, 2012 at 1:48 am #1084719!! HEW-LLL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 17, 2012 at 1:52 am #1084721That looks like a prank Pops or I would do to one another just for s—- and giggles
July 17, 2012 at 1:53 am #1084723You know me, BK… I’d be out there with a 5-gallon pail busily working out a relocation plan.
The look like Northern water snakes. They tend to aggregate like that at, ahem, certain times of year.
It’s funny to me that people who can lip a fish big enough to swallow their arm up to the shoulder are petrified of snakes. Permit me an amused chuckle…
Please forgive me, I just couldn’t help it.
July 17, 2012 at 1:57 am #1084725Quote:
It’s funny to me that people who can lip a fish big enough to swallow their arm up to the shoulder are petrified of snakes. Permit me an amused chuckle…
Please forgive me, I just couldn’t help it.
July 17, 2012 at 1:58 am #1084726Like they say on the Red Green show ACD, if women can’t find you handsome, they need to find you handy!
July 17, 2012 at 2:00 am #1084729Quote:
Like they say on the Red Green show ACD, if women can’t find you handsome, they need to find you handy!
And then there’s me, where they find you both.
July 17, 2012 at 2:03 am #1084730Behavior: They are active during the day and at night. They are most often seen basking on rocks, stumps, or brush. During the day, they hunt among plants at the water’s edge, looking for small fish, frogs, worms, leeches, crayfish, salamanders, small birds and mammals. At night, they concentrate on minnows and other small fish sleeping in shallow water. The Lake Erie water snake subspecies, Nerodia sipedon insularum, was once endangered, but now benefits from the introduction of the round goby, an invasive species, which now comprises up to 90 per cent of its diet.
The Northern water snake can grow up to 135 cm (4.4 ft) long.[2] They can be brown, gray, reddish, or brownish-black. They have dark crossbands on their necks and dark stripes and blotches on the rest of their bodies, often leading to misidentification as cottonmouths or copperheads by novices. They darken as they age. Some will become almost completely black. The belly of this snake also varies in color. It can be white, yellow, or gray. Usually it also has reddish or black crescents.
Northern water snakes have many predators, including birds, raccoons, opossums, foxes, snapping turtles, and other snakes. They defend themselves vigorously when they are threatened. If they are picked up by an animal, or person, they will bite repeatedly, as well as release excrement and musk. Their saliva contains a mild anticoagulant, which can cause the bite to bleed more but poses little risk to humans.
May God bless and keep them,,,,far away from me.
July 17, 2012 at 2:18 am #1084734Quote:
You know me, BK… I’d be out there with a 5-gallon pail busily working out a relocation plan.
The look like Northern water snakes. They tend to aggregate like that at, ahem, certain times of year.
It’s funny to me that people who can lip a fish big enough to swallow their arm up to the shoulder are petrified of snakes. Permit me an amused chuckle…
Please forgive me, I just couldn’t help it.
You are permited to laugh all you want:I think my fear goes beyond petrified to a phobia,cant say why, but it is what it is.
July 17, 2012 at 2:25 am #1084739Quote:
It’s funny to me that people who can lip a fish big enough to swallow their arm up to the shoulder are petrified of snakes. Permit me an amused chuckle…
Please forgive me, I just couldn’t help it.
You are permited to laugh all you want:I think my fear goes beyond petrified to a phobia,cant say why, but it is what it is.
If I am not mistaken, I believe his “chuckle”
is directed at BK, the mighty MrCtFishJuly 17, 2012 at 2:26 am #1084740Thanks, BK. I still am not over the rattle snake picture you posted earlier.
July 17, 2012 at 2:35 am #1084744Quote:
Quote:
It’s funny to me that people who can lip a fish big enough to swallow their arm up to the shoulder are petrified of snakes. Permit me an amused chuckle…
Please forgive me, I just couldn’t help it.
You are permited to laugh all you want:I think my fear goes beyond petrified to a phobia,cant say why, but it is what it is.
If I am not mistaken, I believe his “chuckle”
is directed at BK, the mighty MrCtFish
You are probably correct,but I’m still scared to death of snakes.
July 17, 2012 at 2:48 am #1084745That would have caused Mrs. Palerider to light that dock on fire.
July 17, 2012 at 2:55 am #1084748I’m not afraid of snakes…I don’t like it when they surprise me. I have no problem shooting them at close range…it might take 13 rounds, but I’m not afraid of them!
July 17, 2012 at 3:02 am #1059046Nothing a little Tannerite wouldn’t take care of…..
Ron
July 17, 2012 at 3:10 am #1084754Actual cell phone camera photo taken by a kayaker in the back waters of the Mississippi.
I think it’s a Northern Water Snake(?)
Looks more like Pepi to me.
July 17, 2012 at 3:29 am #1084761Quote:
I’m not afraid of snakes…I don’t like it when they surprise me. I have no problem shooting them at close range…it might take 13 rounds, but I’m not afraid of them!
That’s going to take a few magazines.
Ish.July 17, 2012 at 3:58 am #1084762OK THIS THREAD IS BANED FROM MY COMPUTER!
We are, done here.July 17, 2012 at 4:13 am #1084763Quote:
Quote:
I’m not afraid of snakes…I don’t like it when they surprise me. I have no problem shooting them at close range…it might take 13 rounds, but I’m not afraid of them!
That’s going to take a few magazines.
Ish.
LOL, the first thing that went through my head when I saw the words “a few magazines” was:
“What, you need something to read while BK tries to shoot the snake?”
July 17, 2012 at 4:21 am #108476612 gauge Dock sweeper
July 17, 2012 at 10:33 am #1084790Brian you go first! Not a chance
July 17, 2012 at 11:05 am #1084794
Legless Devils! 
Evil Serpents! July 17, 2012 at 1:05 pm #1084822I have seen the docks at Mr. Sippi’s on P4 look like this before. I HATE snakes…and so when you are fishing off the dock and you don’t pay attention, you can find that there are 10-12 blocking your way BACK to shore
Needless to say I
them.July 17, 2012 at 3:33 pm #1084878Looks like target practice.
……rrr July 17, 2012 at 5:10 pm #1084925WOW !! That looks nasty.
We are fortunate we do not have much of a snake population in MN.
I have encountered a dock covered with land mines left by a flock of Geese. That was nasty in another way.
July 17, 2012 at 6:03 pm #1084961Quote:
We are fortunate we do not have much of a snake population in MN.
Say what, bro?
Since this is a snake-related thread, lemme set the record straight here:We’ve got more than 15 species of snakes here in MN, including 2 species of venomous snake, both species of hognose, 2 species of garter snakes, etc. They live in every county of the state, including LotW, St. Louis, Lake, and Cook. They range in size from 6 inches to well over 6 feet… the black rat snake is capable of hitting close to 8 feet long and 20 lbs.
If it weren’t for our _substantial_ snake population, we would be entirely overrun with rats and mice, toads, frogs, and a dozen other plagues I can’t think of at the moment. In fact, hognose are the only critter I know of that can munch down toads without getting sick.
Water snakes and garter snakes actually help control fish populations, believe it or not. Tiz true.
Sorry… just happens to be a subject I have some familiarity with and a bit of a passion about. Hearing about people killing snakes is, to me, like hearing about people killing walleyes and tossing them on shore for stealing catfish bait, or filling a freezer with meat off trophy muskies. Usually I just ignore it cuz I know I’m in the minority… but since I had a shot at a soapbox, well, I had to take it, right?
/soapbox
July 17, 2012 at 6:39 pm #1084976ACD, besides the Timber Rattler that I’m just finding out is much closer to my neighborhood than I thought, what’s the other poisonous critter?
There is many benefit to those legless devils as Jeff calls them, but I would be much happier if they stayed in the dark places under rocks and keep Onestout company rather then myself.
Your serve!
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