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Are they dangerous Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Water Moccasins are just NUTS. Years ago we fished on some local rivers and they would be up on limbs of trees overhead of your boat, and we've even had one come down out of a tree and start climbing over the transom of the boat. I hit the starter and burned out, leaving him in our wake! Most snakes try to avoid people, but not Water Moccasins, they will come after you.

A friend of mine was hunting on the Santee River in South Carolina (or NC, not sure which) in a Duck Boat. A Water Moc dropped out of a tree into his boat, so he freaked out and shot the snake with his 12 gauge........blew a hole in the bottom of the boat.

I HATE all snakes!!!!!!!!

Don

Just googled them and found out they are venomous

Originally Posted by roadster32

Are they dangerous Don

Yep, they are. We.ve had them come up to our boat and start eating the fish we have on a stringer, hanging over the side, and they DON'T scare away easily. We've hit them with oars and fishing rods and they just keep eating the fish! They are just NUTS!!

Here is what Google says about them:

Water Moccasin
This is a heavy-bodied aquatic snake that inhabits the southern US. They are fairly common in Florida. This one was caught in Orlando. They are members of the pit viper family. Most pit vipers are rattlesnakes that live on dry land, but the Water Moccasin does not have rattles, and it lives in water and swampy areas. This snake isn't as agressive as many of the rattlesnakes, but it'll certainly bite if you get too close and it's agitated (or if it senses your heat), and the bite is horrible. It's lethal from a larger snake, and is sure to destroy your tissue and leave you without whatever body part got bitten. Be very careful around this snake.

I too HATE ALL SNAKES, especially those

RattleHeadedCopperMoccasins

Not anything like a Moccasin, but when we came back from the Springfield NSRA Memorial Day doings we found a strange "scat" by an upstairs doorway. I searched the whole house for a couple of hours, and finally told my wife that whatever it was must have gone out the way it came in. The next day (Monday) she was down stairs doing some routine cleaning and I heard a yelp - "Roger, I think I found it, and IT'S A SNAKE!!!" I went down and sure enough we had a 3' black snake curled up behind a box in a spare bedroom. I made a "snake catcher loop" from a polesaw trimmer, and in a few minutes had the snake captured, wrapped on the pole and restrained by the snare loop. I am not a snake fan at any level, but I know that black snakes, garter snakes and other non-venomous snakes do no harm so this one was catch and release. I learned later that snake scat is kind of unique, having both fecal and urinary material in one discharge making it easier to identify.