Icastalot
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What kind of snake is this?
Hello all, was flyfishing pine creek in the delayed harvest area and came across this.... Oh and he is eating a trout...about 10"-12" trout.
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DaGman
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RE: What kind of snake is this?
2007/06/12 18:15:56
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Uhh can't see the photo???
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Icastalot
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RE: What kind of snake is this?
2007/06/12 18:19:29
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try it now, i fixed the link
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plnoldrick
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RE: What kind of snake is this?
2007/06/12 19:45:23
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looks like a northern water snake
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RE: What kind of snake is this?
2007/06/12 19:58:47
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I agree w/plnoldrick--looks like a grey-phase northern water snake.
I have no fear of snakes but those usually seem to have a nasty disposition & temper.
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Icastalot
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RE: What kind of snake is this?
2007/06/12 20:38:15
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I hate snakes. I came upon him as I was paying attention to my fly line. I could not believe that he was trying to eat that fish.
After I took that pic with my camera phone, I went back to the house to get a real camera, assuming he would still be there.....he and the fish were gone. I can only assume he was able to eat the fish and was on his way.
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plnoldrick
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RE: What kind of snake is this?
2007/06/12 22:23:19
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ORIGINAL: Youghman
I agree w/plnoldrick--looks like a grey-phase northern water snake.
I have no fear of snakes but those usually seem to have a nasty disposition & temper.
tell me about it. i had to beat one of them with a stick to get it the hell away from me. he's lucky it was at north park or i might a shot the dam thing. sorry, im not a snake man at all. i blame my anger towards them on the countless times i almost stepped on pigmy rattlers during my tenure in florida.
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RE: What kind of snake is this?
2007/06/12 22:56:35
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Healthy looking critter.....those water snakes sure like their fish. I've caught a few that died in my minnow trap. Sure are mean, nasty tempered things. I used to hunt them along creeks and shoot them with shot shells but I wouldn't kill a snake today.....too valuable a predator.
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RE: What kind of snake is this?
2007/06/13 08:35:21
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The world would be a better place without snakes in my mind. Something else will take over on the food chain for them.
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RE: What kind of snake is this?
2007/06/13 09:21:22
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I have caught quite a few in my minnow traps as well, there seems to be an over abundance of them in certain places.
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RE: What kind of snake is this?
2007/06/13 19:40:21
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I agree w/ you WallyCat, they are good predators and they're just doing what they're supposed to be doing- which is being a snake.
But they are mean, nasty ba$tards that seem to go out of their way to be mean and nasty.
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RE: What kind of snake is this?
2007/06/14 12:05:29
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ORIGINAL: Youghman
I agree w/ you WallyCat, they are good predators and they're just doing what they're supposed to be doing- which is being a snake.
But they are mean, nasty ba$tards that seem to go out of their way to be mean and nasty.
Which is the reason they should all be eradicated.... :)
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RE: What kind of snake is this?
2007/06/18 15:18:38
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That is a Northern Water Snake, No wonder the water snakes are fiesty - all the love you guys have for them, they are part the ecology of the waterways, appreciate them.
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