snake on barkley

Looks like good bait to me. That oughta get those big catfish to bite.

That looks like a big Timber rattlesnake,

There seems to be a lot of snakes around both KY Lake, and Barkely lake.

Over on KY Lake there are snakes that will come right up to your boat, and look up at you.

We had 3 or 4 snakes at one time do that last summer in the Blood River. They were not rattlesnakes but it was still intimidating to have snakes trying to crawl into your boat.

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Originally Posted by mrdux

That's what it is. I have two of them in my freezer at the studio to mount that were roadkilled near Barkley.

Actually they are a beautiful snake and probably less of a threat than a copperhead or cottonmouth.

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Yes, I have heard that Timber Rattlesnakes keep to themselves and are usually not agressive.

I think a lot of other snakes are a lot more aggresive.

Like the Midland Water Snake, those things will chase after you in your boat if you get too close.

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Originally Posted by Kentucky Lake

That looks like a big Timber rattlesnake,

There seems to be a lot of snakes around both KY Lake, and Barkely lake.

Over on KY Lake there are snakes that will come right up to your boat, and look up at you.

We had 3 or 4 snakes at one time do that last summer in the Blood River. They were not rattlesnakes but it was still intimidating to have snakes trying to crawl into your boat.

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They do that at my boat and they'll leave with a big flat spot on their head from my paddle!

It is a bit crazy when you are fishing out the side of the boat and a snake pops his head out . Back of Malcolm creek is loaded with those snakes. And HUGE turtles...one looked like an old army helmet!

Precisely why I broke down and got me my first boat ever after fishing off the bank for the last 38 yrs. Been fishing on Salem lake in Hodgenville and other places and I've been encountering snakes and tics out the @ss.