Snakes on Ky and Barkley

[lilmule]

Harmless ringed water snake http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...cture004-2.jpg
you be the judge http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/p...cture003-2.jpg

[smokefan]

I was fishing with a buddy several years ago. It was about this time of year, we were throwin top water. I cast just off the bank and saw something coming from the bank towards my lure. I started reeling it back and the dang snake was following my bait. I reeled it in real quick and the dang snake kept coming toward the boat.It got close and my buddy started hunting the paddle. The snake was at the transom, I thought it was a copperhead-never seen a cottonmouth-so I took my rod and tried to swat it away. Well those trebble hooks were real sharp and I snagged that stupid thing. By now my buddy had found the paddle, I laid it on a stump sticking out of the water and my buddy used the paddle like an axe and chopped its head off. I sat down and tried not to pass out, my buddy got my bait out of the snakes body and then made a cast, caught a 5 1/2lb smallie. To bet it all when all this nonsense started there wasn't another boat around, when I sat down to catch my breath and looked around, there were at least 6 other boats stairring at us.

[zx150]

I was down there this past weekend and we saw a ton of them as well.