Wow, what a story!

lol nice fish, A couple years back me and my cousin were fishin n' shootin stuff at his ranch in Shiner and we shot a 3' cotton mouth. after that we spotted some catfish in the creek so naturally we cut the still move tail off the now headless snake and threw it on the hook. that tail was just dancing next to the tree stump for about 10 sec before 7lb catfish munched it

You're gonna have a hard time topping this one Yak.
But I bet you will.

You're probably right!

Gas to/from river - $20
Life saving paddle - $30
New Fishing License - $68 (Super Combo of course)
Catching a bucket mouth on a REAL rattler - Priceless

that's insane, man. you better be lucky it didn't bite you!

great story

Looks like a good photo for the cover page. That rattler hanging our of that bucketmouth is awesome!

That pic may become an internet classic.

Thanks for the kudos, guys.

I might just have to do that, redfin.

Thanks, roadtrip.

Right on, man!

Shane now you know why I called you "Davy" ...And you did kill a beard when you were three?? LOL

And I called "MacGyver" for the redneck "Texas rigged" tripod! LOL!

I did ran encountered two snakes when I fished with ya on the Brazos, when you went to catch baits. But there was no way I'd come near one. Thats a classic that you caught it on film. AWESOME sir

...and a little too. LOL!

that reminds me of a story people tell me about some guy using "trout" as bait to catch a monster striper.

hey shane, did you get my pm about Rod and Reel advice?

No I didn't, amigo.

Send it again.

That is def. the fishing story of all fishing story's! haha Glad you got pics. of it! Def. pretty darn cool!

You might have come up with a new type of a "rattle trap". Great story.

That is the coolest post i've seen on this site!!!

Nice one dude!!

I just jizzed in my pants...

awesomeness... I'm betting this thread gets at least a couple thousand views.

i would have milked that badboy before i put him in the kyak w/me. thats a really great story and pics. you know no one would believe you if you didnt have the cool pics right? did ya turn snake loose still alive or did the paddle & dive kill it? just curious. got to show the rest of my family. they will enjoy this too.

Thanks, Todd.

Plenty of those banded water snakes (non venomous) hanging around when it really starts warming up, like in June, when you guys were there.

Seems like I do remember something about " a beard " when I was three...

But then again, heck I was only three.

nice improvisation with the rattler, very cool that it paid off as well

Funny stuff there, Shane, and great photos. You are defintely a braver man than me.

I don't recall the "redneck" tripod. I guess you only use it on the solo trips, which makes sense.