anyone know their snakes

[Siebert Outdoors]

From my post in My outings I'm trying to figure out what this is.

I have come up with a diamond back water snake but not sure

[roadwarrior]

Timber rattler:

http://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/reptiles/snakes/timberrattlesnake.htm

http://www.umass.edu/nrec/snake_pit/pages/timber.html

[Dan:]

the pattern is more striped than diamond blotches. I don't know much about snakes but it looks like it could be a northern water snake.

[Siebert Outdoors]

I think your right.  I found this

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.umass.edu/nrec/snake_pit/images/water.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.umass.edu/nrec/snake_pit/pages/nwater.html&h=270&w=345&sz=16&hl=en&start=5&sig2=IKn1IlSDAA2dEkGpIOMN_Q&um=1&tbnid=hJMDBnPaEY7mwM:&tbnh=94&tbnw=120&ei=byQuRoXCMITMgAP5pvTDCw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnorthern%2Bwater%2Bsnake%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX

[KU_Bassmaster.]

A scary one

[Redlinerobert]

It looks like the type of snake that I would not want to touch.  

[Alpster]

Looks like a COPPERHEAD to me. I have killed 100s of them and have a couple of skins tanned on my wall.

Ronnie

[Maxximus Redneckus]

Looks like a water banded snake,I have a lot of them around here and kingsnakes love to eat them .Matter of fact thats a main diet for kingsnakes i have seen them many times around the edge of the ponds i fish hunting the water snakes.I have 3 pet snakes now that i caught  over the  yrs one is a king snake about 4 foot long the other 2 are black rat snakes 5 foot and my pride and joy is a 7 footer i cuaght at a friend of mines farm it got into his rabbit hucth  ate a rabbit and couldnt get out .His head is 3 inches wide and his body is as big as my forearm.I love snakes

[GatorBK]

A northern water snake  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerodia_sipedon

or it could be a banded water snake

[Dan:]

I think your right.  I found this

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.umass.edu/nrec/snake_pit/images/water.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.umass.edu/nrec/snake_pit/pages/nwater.html&h=270&w=345&sz=16&hl=en&start=5&sig2=IKn1IlSDAA2dEkGpIOMN_Q&um=1&tbnid=hJMDBnPaEY7mwM:&tbnh=94&tbnw=120&ei=byQuRoXCMITMgAP5pvTDCw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnorthern%2Bwater%2Bsnake%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX

yup, I think that's it.

[cpvenom]

Some sort of water snake, my friend is bothering me to leave so i am not going to look it up at the moment.

[Bud]

If it was that close to me it would be a DEAD one.  The 44 mag with rat shot does a number on them.

[Fish Man]

i think its a northern water snake also

hey Bud if it were me id go with a twelve gauge shotgun and a deer slug.really does a number on the snakes round here

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Here's one I found mating outside the TajMajhal in AC

[michbass]

:o   I would have been out of there, something about snakes in the water.

[fishbear]

I am with Bud on this one....

I saw 3 snakes in the water during our tourney on Varner this last weekend, I immediately left the area, each time.  

[Tom Bass]

Nancy Boys......leave the snakes alone. If they aren't bothering you don't bother them. If you're in a boat you are safe...unless they drop in your boat and then the best recourse is a cool head and a fishin' pole to flip 'em into the water....Y'all have fishin' poles dontcha?

[Long Mike]

It's a banded water snake.  Leave it alone and it will leave you alone.  Snakes are a great benefit to our environment.  In no way should they be killed just because they are snakes.

[KYbass1276]

I agree with long mike on this one even though I hate them with a passion if they don't bother me I don't bother them.  Live and let live is what I say.  If you don't eat it don't kill it

[KU_Bassmaster.]

I agree with long mike on this one even though I hate them with a passion if they don't bother me I don't bother them. Live and let live is what I say. If you don't eat it don't kill it

My thoughts exactly

[Troutfisher]

Not my thoughts.  I hate snakes.   >  I won't usually kill black snakes, as I've heard they keep away rodents as well as poisonous snakes, but if I see copperheads that would bite my dogs,

BOOM!

No threat anymore.

[Fish Man]

its very rare that we kill the snakes only done it a few times,if they swim/slither away an leave us alone no troubles but once they start actin squirly or like there gonna try to bite then they are in trouble

P.S. trust me i dont want to hurt them unless i think their gonna hurt me

[cpvenom]

I love snakes, and I look forward to seeing them on the water. Even if they were threatening me, I would simply remove them from my boat. I have been bitten by a non venomous watersnake like the one pictured and it really doesnt even hurt. A small ***** and a little blood, all you need to do is wash it well with soapy water and put a band-aid on it. Unless you know for a fact that the snake is non venomous, you may want to take a trip to the hospital just in case. In my case, I caught it and checked for fangs. If yo are not crazy/stupid like me and following/picking up the snakes to admire them, they will leave you alone.

[Maxximus Redneckus]

Anyone in Southern maryland or eastern virginia need snakes removed from there property PM me ill come catch ur snakes for free :)

[Siebert Outdoors]

Thanks guys.  i was just wondering what it was.  I saw a ton of them around the lake.  I really thought it was a water snake but just needed more research.  Didnt plan on killing them.  They do more good then harm.  I did almost have one fall in the boat when going in after a jig.  But no big deal I aint scared.