Ever seen the "inside" of a bare kayak? Nothing for a snake to hide in/under. I always garage store my rig and there are no coral snakes in my area. I always "load" my kayak from my car and go fishing. Nothing could "ride along" or hide when I am in a small open area 34" X 60". I was fishing next to bridge pylons as you can see in the photos and I was there for some time. I even got out of my kayak two or three times to stand on the concrete of pylons. That was in the dark but I was using bright lights to bring in bait and could see everywhere. It was only at daybreak I was sitting relaxing and checking my text messages and looked up and saw the snake. I was about 25 feet from bank. If it was not on the concrete or in my kayak it had to swim a bit to get to my kayak. I have anchor lines on the side and the rod holder was right there for him to crawl up. I was just lucky! And if you ask me, yes coral snakes can be found in the water so be careful.