Snakes and Bass

[young2001]

Does anyone use a bait that looks like a small snake?

I know people fishing plastic worms that might look like snakes... but I am a rookie and just wondering.

This sparks my interest because two years ago at Laurel Lake I saw a bass eat a 10-12" water snake that was swimming close to the bank. The bass really wasn't that big either.

Made me wonder... especially since Laurel seems full of snakes (especially around Craigs Creek)

I caught a couple 2 lbers about a month ago using Doug Hannon's (The Bass Professor) snakes. Only finished them one day at a small farm pond but both fish came on a cast where I threw on the bank and slowly dragged into the water. They destroyed it! Hard not to set the hook too quick on a topwater bite like that.