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Heart Attack Yak #11662868 06/12/16 11:40 PM
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Went to Brushy Creek Lake yesterday for my first trip ever fishing out of a kayak! The fish were definetly biting and all was going well until about noon... I decided to hang my foot over the side of the boat cause it was pretty hot and the water looked nice. Well I guess my foot looked nice because about 15 minites later a cotton mouth swims across my foot! Took everything I had to remain calm until I got my paddle. Couple wacks later he was on his way and I was on mine, but with my foot in the boat. Lesson learned...

Re: Heart Attack Yak [Re: feagins28] #11662880 06/12/16 11:44 PM
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Actually you were just fine. Cottonmouth aggression might be slightly over rated. Holiday Inn...


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Re: Heart Attack Yak [Re: feagins28] #11664812 06/13/16 08:49 PM
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roflmao It gave you a good lesson not to leave your feet in the water. hammer


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Re: Heart Attack Yak [Re: feagins28] #11664863 06/13/16 09:15 PM
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Re: Heart Attack Yak [Re: feagins28] #11665005 06/13/16 09:57 PM
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I have been yaking for a good while now and have been in some snake filled waters. But this year has been the first year I have had a snake try to get into my kayak. Most of the time they swim away or will just sit there if you don't mess with them. I was fishing a river in Arkansas a few weeks ago and a snake pulled itself up onto the nose so I tapped with my paddle and he swam off. Creepy yeah but I don't let it deter me from enjoying the water. If a snake wants to bite ya he will do on or off the kayak.


Re: Heart Attack Yak [Re: feagins28] #11665069 06/13/16 10:29 PM
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It's common for snakes to stick their head over the side of your yak and they will climb aboard if you let em.



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Re: Heart Attack Yak [Re: feagins28] #11665089 06/13/16 10:40 PM
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Any land encounter with a snake is fine by me because I'm comfortable enough around snakes to either kill or or move it away enough to safely escape. I have had a few close encounters with cotton mouths fishing rocky banks before. So I like to stick to the cautious side around snakes.

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That guy is a savage!

Re: Heart Attack Yak [Re: pelican] #11666384 06/14/16 03:22 PM
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I have no desire to just let them board my vessel.

Re: Heart Attack Yak [Re: feagins28] #11666519 06/14/16 04:12 PM
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I would kill myself just trying to get it away from me, lol. For a cottonmouth, at any rate. Non-poisonous ones don't bother me so much.


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Re: Heart Attack Yak [Re: feagins28] #11666692 06/14/16 05:24 PM
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I confront any hostile boarding party with a paddle whack


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Re: Heart Attack Yak [Re: Crazy4oldcars] #11667176 06/14/16 08:47 PM
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Snakes have venom. You have to ingest poison.

Re: Heart Attack Yak [Re: feagins28] #11667253 06/14/16 09:29 PM
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if that happened to me I'm not likely to have a heart attack but I might just poop my pants! My encounters with hostile cottonmouths has shown that they secret a rather nasty odor if they're mad and disturbed. So, if you smell something, it could be either-p-

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Re: Heart Attack Yak [Re: feagins28] #11667486 06/14/16 11:42 PM
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Good lesson learned! pending an area, snakes are ever present around water, its a given, just treat them with
respect, usually they leave you alone,,,,,,, remember when i was younger folks did alot of camping went Lake Livingston
back in early 70's , 80's and remember one night dad and i running some lines, and snake fell in the boat with us, needless
to say, a paddle was a handy instrument to have that night...... i carried my .22 mag pistol for years in boats, live and learn,
2 swacks and snake was overboard!..... when we got back to camp my uncle asked why didnt we keep the snake for cut bait
later that weekend!....


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