Give it up already! He didn't want the snake living in the boat, that's why he asked for opinions as to how to get rid of it.

Not everybody out there is so scared of snakes that they will kill any or all of them on sight. I've caught and moved several large cottonmouths from around my taxidermy studio to get them away from my dogs and out of the vicinity of others who might be scared of them. They have a place in nature just like crappie or crappie fishermen do.