Reelfoot Snakes ?

Guys I'm headed to Reelfoot on Thursday is there really snakes everyone like you read online or is it a wife's tale.

count on seeing snakes, if your fishing trees, look where you grabbing before you grab.

lots of big spiders too

Funny you mention spiders, me and a buddy of mine fishing back in Eagles Nest timber couple years ago...saw a spider that looked the size of a "Star Fish"...we call that spot "star fish" trees now...man that dude was B--I-G !

Been at the lake the last two weekends, seen 3 water snakes, no cottonmouths, the only one who stopped to look is in the video, other two just cruising, never seen one in a tree above me my entire life, I don't doubt it has happened, I've just never seen it. I was trolling open water 5 or 6 years ago and had one climb the outboard, one wack with a paddle and he was no more, turns out lacking arms and legs and not being able to spit venom renders them pretty defenseless against humans... The increase in birds has really hurt the snake population. Those big cypress spiders are harmless, I pick em up and pretend to eat them to mess with my son. For humility's sake though, I'll admit that if a cockroach walks across my shoe I scream like a girl and run out of the room until someone has disposed of it, we all have our thing..

This fat fella was taking it easy this weekend on Pinoak lake in Natchez Trace. It is that time of year.
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Here's a picture from Reelfoot
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That's 2 snakes. They were laying on some limbs a little above eye level. Snakes are not in every tree, but like someone said, watch where you put your hand. Most of what you will see are banded water snakes. Keep in mind there are some cotton mouths there.

looks like rattle headed copper moccasins to me

Oh man I HATE snakes!

I camp at the State RV campground fairly often and always get a site on the water. They are pretty thick swimming around in the cypress grove there and like to get up under the seawall where erosion has undercut it. Be very careful and observe your surroundings. My dog always finds them before I do. Most are just water snakes but the copperheads and cottonmouths are sure there to.