Wade fishing and snakes :S

Me and my dad where wade fishing in bee lake last year when the crappie were in the shallows. We messed around and caught a good stringer full. As we where fishing i hooked a crappie and brung it to me. As pulled my stringer up to me i noticed something coiled around my crappie, it was a snake! My first reaction was to throw my fish on the bank. Luckily i found a stick and was able to get my fish back without being bit to death and air lifted to the hospital. That is why i always watch out when i wade fish.