Growing up hunting and fishing in Mississippi snakes are just a way of life, Cotton mouths are everywhere if you look close enough. I was fishing at night with a guy when I was a younger man and good 12 pack of adult beverages into the trip when I sculled the boat up to the next yoyo in the run I was on the front of the boat takin' and baitin' while my fishing partner worked on the cooler and gave me much greif, cursing me left and right about how slow I was scullin', how I was hookin' the minnows wrong anything he could ride me about he was. As he was railin' me good I got to the yoyo and could see that black head on that 3 foot congo and could see he was hooked good. So as my "use to be buddy" started barkin' out how slow I was at gettin' that fish off, I pulled out about 8 or 10 foot of slack line on the yoyo and using the line kinda just slung it in the back of the boat right at the boys feet as I told him "fine you can take this one off yourself". He would'nt have left that boat any faster if it had been on fire.