Retention pond 7-28-08 - snake

Fishnngolfn · 07-28-08, 09:49 PM

Well, I caught another fish at the retention pond tonight. One bite, one catch. It was another 3/4 lb LM. But I am going to limit my fishing at the pond to mornings or early evenings when it is still light out where I can see. I just about stepped on a moccasin. I stopped short of the snake by about 5 feet while walking and casting down the bank. I was lucky enough to just happen to look down and notice it. I touched it with my rod tip and it swam into the water about 10 feet and then turned around and came back to the bank. From that point on, I was jumping at every movement in the water and every blade of grass that brushed my leg. Needless to say, I whipped out the small light on my keychain and made my way back to the car and called it a night.

pignjig · 07-28-08, 10:28 PM

Snakes-1 F&G-0

Fishnngolfn · 07-28-08, 10:34 PM

If I had my bb gun, it would have been a dead moccasin. I am deadly from 5 feet with my Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!

pignjig · 07-28-08, 10:54 PM

Good flick. Loved the lamp...

bamabassman · 07-28-08, 11:02 PM

i got a red ryder bb gun too!! he%^ on dogs in the yard that ain't mine, other critters too.

Tryinhard · 07-29-08, 02:06 AM

The wife, both the boys and myself have bb guns keeps the neighbors cats out of the yard and the garden a little less fertalized

BigBassin144 · 07-29-08, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fishnngolfn

If I had my bb gun, it would have been a dead moccasin. I am deadly from 5 feet with my Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!

hm.... 5', I'd hope so.

BB

Fishnngolfn · 07-29-08, 05:22 PM

I was wondering when someone would catch that. In all honesty, I am fairly accurate from around 40 to 50 feet with my pump action bb rifle. I practice with it so I am confident that I can hit a non-moving moccasin in the swamp way before it ever thinks about coming into my yard.

If I am 5' feet from it, I like to have a different weapon; like a shovel or hoe. Last night was just scary. No weapon and no light.

Lancer6 · 07-29-08, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fishnngolfn

If I had my bb gun, it would have been a dead moccasin. I am deadly from 5 feet with my Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!

You'll shoot your eye out!

L6

Lilmoosecountry · 07-30-08, 11:44 AM

I have no fear of snakes when i see them. It's the surprize i get when i almost step on one that sends my heart apounding!!! Don't bother him. He won't bother you. Many snakes are more fearful of you than the other way around.

Fishnngolfn · 07-30-08, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lilmoosecountry

I have no fear of snakes when i see them. It's the surprize i get when i almost step on one that sends my heart apounding!!! Don't bother him. He won't bother you. Many snakes are more fearful of you than the other way around.

I agree. I am not that fearful of snakes either. And just like you, I only get scared when I almost step on them. A moccasin however will chase you if you enter his territory and he sees you as a threat. But once he feels the sting of the first BB, he usually tries to run.

Lilmoosecountry · 07-30-08, 02:12 PM

Or the smack of a boat paddle!!!!

Snake2715 · 07-30-08, 03:17 PM

You know I jumped this past weekend. I am fishing a new spot from shore... sitting down, and something hits my foot. I look down (just after a cast) and its a snake. Now I jumped so darn quick.

It went right on by, and I have since seen it another time, same spot... I think I am invading its home. I am wachful now. The good thing is its just a garter snake I do believe.

Fishnngolfn · 07-30-08, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Snake2715

The good thing is its just a garter snake I do believe.

Well you should have grabbed it and put it on a hook. Nothing like the action of a real snake. I know that if I ever catch a small brown water snake, it is going on a hook.

Also, where would you suggest hooking a live frog so that it doesn't die too quickly? I get hundreds of small green tree frogs around my house and sometimes on my windows after a good rain. I am thinking about catching a couple and keeping them in an aquarium until I go fishing the following weekend.

Fishnngolfn · 07-30-08, 03:27 PM

Check out this artificial frog lure. Croaking fake frog

It looks really neat and likely catches bass, but I am not dropping $25 on a lure.

Snake2715 · 07-30-08, 03:38 PM

Wonder how it reacts in the water?

cassidyta · 07-30-08, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Snake2715

Wonder how it reacts in the water?

He has a youtube video on his site. It looks pretty darn real to me.

07-28-08, 09:49 PM	#1
Fishnngolfn BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,523	Retention pond 7-28-08 - snake Well, I caught another fish at the retention pond tonight. One bite, one catch. It was another 3/4 lb LM. But I am going to limit my fishing at the pond to mornings or early evenings when it is still light out where I can see. I just about stepped on a moccasin. I stopped short of the snake by about 5 feet while walking and casting down the bank. I was lucky enough to just happen to look down and notice it. I touched it with my rod tip and it swam into the water about 10 feet and then turned around and came back to the bank. From that point on, I was jumping at every movement in the water and every blade of grass that brushed my leg. Needless to say, I whipped out the small light on my keychain and made my way back to the car and called it a night.

07-30-08, 03:17 PM	#13
Snake2715 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mid Michigan Posts: 249	You know I jumped this past weekend. I am fishing a new spot from shore... sitting down, and something hits my foot. I look down (just after a cast) and its a snake. Now I jumped so darn quick. It went right on by, and I have since seen it another time, same spot... I think I am invading its home. I am wachful now. The good thing is its just a garter snake I do believe. __________________ -Josh

07-30-08, 03:38 PM	#16
Snake2715 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mid Michigan Posts: 249	Wonder how it reacts in the water? __________________ -Josh

07-28-08, 10:28 PM	#2
pignjig BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 499	Snakes-1 F&G-0

07-28-08, 10:34 PM	#3
Fishnngolfn BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,523	If I had my bb gun, it would have been a dead moccasin. I am deadly from 5 feet with my Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!

07-28-08, 10:54 PM	#4
pignjig BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 499	Good flick. Loved the lamp...

07-28-08, 11:02 PM	#5
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	i got a red ryder bb gun too!! he%^ on dogs in the yard that ain't mine, other critters too.

07-29-08, 02:06 AM	#6
Tryinhard BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Priest River ID Posts: 49	The wife, both the boys and myself have bb guns keeps the neighbors cats out of the yard and the garden a little less fertalized

07-29-08, 05:22 PM	#8
Fishnngolfn BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,523	I was wondering when someone would catch that. In all honesty, I am fairly accurate from around 40 to 50 feet with my pump action bb rifle. I practice with it so I am confident that I can hit a non-moving moccasin in the swamp way before it ever thinks about coming into my yard. If I am 5' feet from it, I like to have a different weapon; like a shovel or hoe. Last night was just scary. No weapon and no light.

07-30-08, 11:44 AM	#10
Lilmoosecountry BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,322	I have no fear of snakes when i see them. It's the surprize i get when i almost step on one that sends my heart apounding!!! Don't bother him. He won't bother you. Many snakes are more fearful of you than the other way around.

07-30-08, 02:12 PM	#12
Lilmoosecountry BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,322	Or the smack of a boat paddle!!!!

07-30-08, 03:27 PM	#15
Fishnngolfn BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,523	Check out this artificial frog lure. Croaking fake frog It looks really neat and likely catches bass, but I am not dropping $25 on a lure.

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