Jpegs of snakes on rigs

[deebo]

for those of you who couldnt open the .pps of the snkes, here they are

[deebo]

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[reel love]

that water doesn't look clear enough to be offshore. so many snakes and so big, that just aint right.
michelle

[MouletteRouge]

Having a degree in Geology, I figured I might one day give working on a rig a try...This might change my mind...That's what they call a "Stump Tail" in my neck of the woods...geez...Those are big...

[SunRay]

Where is this rig? Near shore LA - off the Atchafalaya Delta?

Water snakes or cotton mouths?

Ray

[NaClH2O]

Originally Posted by SunRay

Water snakes or cotton mouths?
Ray

Those are definitely water moccasins (aka cotton mouth). There's no mistaking that head.

[Argo]

yeah, the underside of their heads light up real good with a spot light right before you blast them.

[Southshore Marine Svcs.]

Definitely water moccassins! Those things are all over when it gets warm down here.

[Aunt Joyce]

living around most of our canals here in South Florida.

One time when I was fishing for bait with tiny hooks in a canal a block away from us the only thing I caught was, I thought, an eel. It had swallowed my hook and was hanging at the end of my line.

I dropped it in a bucket, cut the line, and carried the bucket home.

Fortunately our next door neighbor came over to see what it was. He jumped back "Joyce! That's a Water Mocassin, that aint no eel!

He killed it with a machete.

As for me, I've never gone near the canals down here since. If they don't have Water Mocassins they're likely to have Aligators or red and yellow kill a fellow Coral snakes.

[Texxan1]

where were these pics taken. As the resident board herpetologist. Yep, there Water Moccasins. Must be from a bayrig in LA right. Id like to know where, because some of the pics look as if they are pretty large.

Tight lines

Thomas