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Got a big suprise when I loaded my boat this afternoon after fishing the Little Maumelle.As many years as Ive loaded and unloaded boats Ive never seen a snake get in my motor before but it happened today.That place is loaded with cottonmouths seen several the past couple weeks!Needless to say it was a shock to be staring a cotton mouth in the eyes from a foot away after strapping the boat down.Just giving everybody a heads up,Thanks to the man upstairs Im not in the hospital tonight!
Attachment 159428On a positive note I had a pretty good trip.1/16 chartreuse head with a midsouth tube and a junebug joker in 2-5 fow.Water temp was 68-71 degrees
You keep the snake, I'll take the fish. Thanks for the post.
Someone would have found me layed out somewhere in the parking lot if I got that close to it. Not scared of much but them things scare me to death. Nice mess of fish.
Would of beat my boat to death, scary
Same here. I don't like snakes.
Yea I would have trimmed that motor down on him and hoped to kill it. Only good snake is a dead one
I really do not like snakes......
OMG I would have had a MI, the big one.
Thats the crazy thing is I dont have a trim on my boat I lift it up to put the transom saver on it.I was down on my knees pulling the motor up to put it on the saver and actually smelled it first.Very scary situation to say the least!
Man your right that Maumelle creek and river is flat loaded with some Big Fat Cottonmouths. Them things get real aggressive this time of year when they come out of hibernation looking for warmth, love, food and a nice warm boat motor to crawl up into. Them things give me the heebee jebees when I see em coming slithering up high in the water towards my boat. Good catch and be careful.
Here is another warning for ya... go up into a cove or up into the Fouche river coming into Lake Nimrod and set back turn on a bright Lantern or two and do a little Night time catt'in or crappie fishing. Tell me what ya see come swimming towards ya after a little bit. Nimrod has em buddy. Burrrrrrrr.
That'll get your heart rate up for sure...good post and nice mess of specks!
OMG! Hate em. Where I live them critters are everywhere.
I would have had a BM, a big one! I hate moccasins! I have smelled them before, also. Once when I was squirrel hunting, I began smelling one and could not spot him, anywhere. I knew I had to be close though. I backed out of there.Quote:
Originally Posted by arkansasbowhunter
My dad tells a story of a snake dropping out of an overhanging limb in the boat with him on Cox Creek Lake in Leola. He broke his boat paddle and dented up the bottom of his old teal green Ouachita boat.
Nice mess of fish, but would not have been worth a snakebite in the face! Looked to be a big moccasin too. Nasty! GTT
That was not the snake you were smellin!! :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by CASTINnBLASTIN
When I looked at the picture and could see the tail of the snake, I thought it looked like the tail of a cottonmouth. I'm not a snake hater, but I will kill every cottonmouth I possibly can. Any other snake, I'll just ignore.
Glad you didn't get bit!
Did you need a clean pair of drawers after seeing that thing that close? I know I would have.
Scarey!!!!! glad you are OK. DP
That was too close for comfort. Glad it worked out in your favor. Looks like he was mad about you takin them fish!!!
glad your safe nice catch also
Thanks everybody..hope this pic saves somebody a hard lesson learned cause this was a crazy situation I have never seen or even heard of for that matter.Ive seen them swim toward the boat and try to get in frog giggin or night fishing but never seen one do this!
could have been real bad
My boat and motor would have been full of BULLET holes!!!
Amen!Quote:
Originally Posted by FIRECAMP
No gun or that might have happened as shook as I was after this craziness..ha
Snake woulda had himself a new rig... Man I don't like those things, glad he didn't give a smooch on the cheek. Great mess of fish as well
That snake was trying to get in the boat with you.
Thats the first cotton I have seen on a boat,, but I have seen photos of rattlesnakes inside the jack plates and one that got inside of the engine cowling and was laying below the spark plugs. He didnt know it was in there until he parked the boat in the garage and heard it.
How did you get it out of the trim?
Poked him with a boat paddle and he crawled out onto the ramp.My buddy fished up there today and seen a bunch as well.Not sure why there is so many snakes on that river but theres more than anywhere Ive ever been from what Ive seen in my few trips up there.If all those people running that trail knew all of those were right off that trail I bet they would find a new place to exercise.It is crazy!