*BEWARE* - Page 2

Rob Mak · 03-23-05, 09:43 PM

well to be honest i am a tad glad i don't live where you do felix the snakes here-specilly the nasty one's -are protected buy law. mind you a cotten mouth is worst than the others 1 in 10 survive a bite from them. not that if i found one sharing my lil jon boat i would say nice snaky and flip him over the side with a paddle.

zooker

Infisherman1 · 03-23-05, 09:49 PM

yeah, I exaggerated. I'm just saying that they are very aggressive and will readily bite you if you get too close, unlike a lot of other spiders.

okefenokee010 · 03-24-05, 06:07 PM

I am less concerned with the snakes where I fish that with the gators. I doubt that they would actually hunt me down or anything, but there is nothing that scares me like walking up to the edge of a tank to cast and some gator thrashing off of the bank and into the water. Heart beats hard for a half an hour after that. Can't concentrate on fishing for watching my back.

Bassin_Dude · 03-24-05, 08:02 PM

well i wear jeans when i go out(not that it would protect me or anything) and they make me feal safer ;D i also walk heavily and kick any fallen trees that im goin over. where i go out, there is knee high grass, bunch of fallen trees, and plenty of little trees about head tall. all right by the water. sounds like a snake paradise for me. i just hope i dont come across any cottonmouths :-X i saw what i believed to be a mud siren today. tried to catch it but it took off when i started walking to it.

profishermenkid16 · 03-24-05, 09:43 PM

NoBass, ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D P N J

mike0062466 · 03-24-05, 09:46 PM

The thought of passing under a tree with an eight-foot snake hanging from a branch doesn't appeal to me all that much. I feel fortunate that the only snakes I'm likely to encounter are non-poisonous.

However, snakes are more afraid of people than the reverse, and generally will not attack unless startled or trapped. If they see you first, their first instinct is to take off.

Rob Mak · 03-25-05, 08:36 AM

haaaa marty you jest...

i know of one guy who even if he is catching 5 pounder's 1 after another off a point. if this guy sees a snake he will freak and take off down the lake a 1/2 mile or so and refuses to go back to that point.

zooker

mike0062466 · 03-25-05, 09:33 PM

[quote author=zooker link=board=MessBoards;num=1111547952;start=25#31 date=03/25/05 at 06:36:46]haaaa marty you jest...

i know of one guy who even if he is catching 5 pounder's 1 after another off a point. if this guy sees a snake he will freak and take off down the lake a 1/2 mile or so and refuses to go back to that point.

zooker [/quote]
Cripes, I think for five-pounders I'd fish in the middle of alligators!! 8)

bigcheese43 · 03-26-05, 12:48 AM

now up here in minnesotawe have few venomis snakes, well at least that i kno of, but i would never pick one up just because i would not know if tis venomus or not. I was wondering about that spider u guys were talking about. is it venomus or what?

james33 · 03-26-05, 02:33 AM

[quote author=Bendersbe16 link=board=MessBoards;num=1111547952;start=25#33 date=03/25/05 at 22:48:36]now up here in minnesotawe have few venomis snakes, well at least that i kno of, but i would never pick one up just because i would not know if tis venomus or not. I was wondering about that spider u Â*guys were talking about. is it venomus or what?[/quote]
All spiders have venom. Most don't have enough or the right type to be very harmful to humans, that is of course unless you have an allergic reaction

okefenokee010 · 03-26-05, 06:14 AM

True enough about all spiders having venom, but the one they were talking about is the funnel web spider from Austrailia. That one is a whole other world of venom. According to emedicine.com, in those bites that cause deaths, the death can occur as quickly as 15 minutes after the bite.

bassbum · 03-26-05, 06:25 AM

Good thing i live in TX
Sandra

mike0062466 · 03-26-05, 09:27 PM

Here's a neat one, called a black and yellow argiope. I took a picture of one years ago, a very similar photo to this one. I was showing some pictures to a woman at work and when she saw this, she screamed and pushed away from the desk. I hadn't known that she had a spider phobia and that it was so bad, she couldn't even stand pictures.

profishermenkid16 · 03-26-05, 09:50 PM

Marty, I seen that same type of spider a few years ago on the side of my house.The thing was near the size of a quarter. That was until I splattered it with the air from my bb gun.I would rather have snakes around than spiders right Lizards ? Was it a Jim Stafford song ? P N J

Infisherman1 · 03-26-05, 09:57 PM

I used to see those spiders all over when I lived in illinois. They're not near as scary as huge wolf spiders that live around houses.

03-23-05, 09:43 PM	#26
Rob Mak BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 19	Re: BEWARE well to be honest i am a tad glad i don't live where you do felix the snakes here-specilly the nasty one's -are protected buy law. mind you a cotten mouth is worst than the others 1 in 10 survive a bite from them. not that if i found one sharing my lil jon boat i would say nice snaky and flip him over the side with a paddle. zooker __________________ there ain't no such thing as a bad day of fishin SUPPORT OUR TROOPS US ARMY Rochester, New York

03-23-05, 09:49 PM	#27
Infisherman1 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Posts: 0	Re: BEWARE yeah, I exaggerated. I'm just saying that they are very aggressive and will readily bite you if you get too close, unlike a lot of other spiders.

03-24-05, 06:07 PM	#28
okefenokee010 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Posts: 0	Re: BEWARE I am less concerned with the snakes where I fish that with the gators. I doubt that they would actually hunt me down or anything, but there is nothing that scares me like walking up to the edge of a tank to cast and some gator thrashing off of the bank and into the water. Heart beats hard for a half an hour after that. Can't concentrate on fishing for watching my back.

03-24-05, 08:02 PM	#29
Bassin_Dude BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Posts: 0	Re: BEWARE well i wear jeans when i go out(not that it would protect me or anything) and they make me feal safer ;D i also walk heavily and kick any fallen trees that im goin over. where i go out, there is knee high grass, bunch of fallen trees, and plenty of little trees about head tall. all right by the water. sounds like a snake paradise for me. i just hope i dont come across any cottonmouths :-X i saw what i believed to be a mud siren today. tried to catch it but it took off when i started walking to it.

03-24-05, 09:43 PM	#30
profishermenkid16 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Posts: 0	Re: BEWARE NoBass, ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D P N J

03-24-05, 09:46 PM	#31
mike0062466 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Posts: 0	Re: BEWARE The thought of passing under a tree with an eight-foot snake hanging from a branch doesn't appeal to me all that much. I feel fortunate that the only snakes I'm likely to encounter are non-poisonous. However, snakes are more afraid of people than the reverse, and generally will not attack unless startled or trapped. If they see you first, their first instinct is to take off.

03-25-05, 08:36 AM	#32
Rob Mak BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 19	Re: BEWARE haaaa marty you jest... i know of one guy who even if he is catching 5 pounder's 1 after another off a point. if this guy sees a snake he will freak and take off down the lake a 1/2 mile or so and refuses to go back to that point. zooker __________________ there ain't no such thing as a bad day of fishin SUPPORT OUR TROOPS US ARMY Rochester, New York

03-25-05, 09:33 PM	#33
mike0062466 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Posts: 0	Re: BEWARE [quote author=zooker link=board=MessBoards;num=1111547952;start=25#31 date=03/25/05 at 06:36:46]haaaa marty you jest... i know of one guy who even if he is catching 5 pounder's 1 after another off a point. if this guy sees a snake he will freak and take off down the lake a 1/2 mile or so and refuses to go back to that point. zooker [/quote] Cripes, I think for five-pounders I'd fish in the middle of alligators!! 8)

03-26-05, 12:48 AM	#34
bigcheese43 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Posts: 0	Re: BEWARE now up here in minnesotawe have few venomis snakes, well at least that i kno of, but i would never pick one up just because i would not know if tis venomus or not. I was wondering about that spider u guys were talking about. is it venomus or what?

03-26-05, 02:33 AM	#35
james33 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Posts: 0	Re: BEWARE [quote author=Bendersbe16 link=board=MessBoards;num=1111547952;start=25#33 date=03/25/05 at 22:48:36]now up here in minnesotawe have few venomis snakes, well at least that i kno of, but i would never pick one up just because i would not know if tis venomus or not. I was wondering about that spider u Â*guys were talking about. is it venomus or what?[/quote] All spiders have venom. Most don't have enough or the right type to be very harmful to humans, that is of course unless you have an allergic reaction

03-26-05, 06:14 AM	#36
okefenokee010 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Posts: 0	Re: BEWARE True enough about all spiders having venom, but the one they were talking about is the funnel web spider from Austrailia. That one is a whole other world of venom. According to emedicine.com, in those bites that cause deaths, the death can occur as quickly as 15 minutes after the bite.

03-26-05, 06:25 AM	#37
bassbum BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: ohio Posts: 0	Re: BEWARE Good thing i live in TX Sandra

03-26-05, 09:27 PM	#38
mike0062466 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Posts: 0	Re: BEWARE Here's a neat one, called a black and yellow argiope. I took a picture of one years ago, a very similar photo to this one. I was showing some pictures to a woman at work and when she saw this, she screamed and pushed away from the desk. I hadn't known that she had a spider phobia and that it was so bad, she couldn't even stand pictures.

03-26-05, 09:50 PM	#39
profishermenkid16 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Posts: 0	Re: BEWARE Marty, I seen that same type of spider a few years ago on the side of my house.The thing was near the size of a quarter. That was until I splattered it with the air from my bb gun.I would rather have snakes around than spiders right Lizards ? Was it a Jim Stafford song ? P N J

03-26-05, 09:57 PM	#40
Infisherman1 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Posts: 0	Re: BEWARE I used to see those spiders all over when I lived in illinois. They're not near as scary as huge wolf spiders that live around houses.

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