Snakes and Bass

[BurleyDog]

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)

[BassBandit35]

The title sure got my attention. After last week I was at a narrow canal under moonlit around 2am. I could see a ripple made by a snake swimming toward my boat in the middle of canal. My boat was positioned right outside of canal as I was about to enter but the snake swam til the canal edge (point) and witnessed a BIG SPLASH right in front of my bow about 10 feet nearly gave me a heart attack! I'm talking a BIG splash. I knew it was a big bass. Yep the snake disappeared.

[mhall]

Bass eat snakes all the time. If they get the oppurtunity they will put a hurt on some no-shoulders, and sometimes big snakes to.

[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.