I hunted at reelfoot when I was much younger on the first quota hunt ever held there for deer. I had a friend that found a way to get in the middle of the hunting area hoping the hunters coming in from either end would push deer towards us... that was the plan. This was in November when snakes should be dormant right? Well they were until about 10 am when the sun began to warm things up a bit. I have never seen so many cottonmouths in my life! Everywhere you looked either slipping back down a hole, swimming across a slough or just confronting you with their heads raised and mouths open! I said if God would just get me out of that swamp I would never go back and I haven't. That was about 38 years ago and I've kept my word! World record Crappie could be waiting for me there I'll never see him!