This is a long thread stretching back a year and I've got to say I really enjoyed reading all 7 pages of it. Seems everyone has a snake story in their life. I haven't had bad ones, but there was one time I had my pirogue out on Toledo Bend in a boat slip. We had been fishing in it all day and went out that night to check the trot lines. On a whim I turned on the flashlight and looked down in it...there was a good sized moccasin that started zig zaggin back and forth where I proceeded to chase him with the paddle. He finally went up and over the side. My buddy and me decided we didn't need fish that bad after that. Seeing him come out that fast has sure kept me on my toes every time I'm in it, and that was at least 20 yrs ago.