Fishing

I went fishing this morning but after a short time I ran out of worms. Then I saw a cottonmouth with a frog in his mouth. Frogs are good bass bait.

Knowing the snake couldn't bite me with the frog in his mouth I grabbed him right behind the head, took the frog, and put it in my bait bucket.

Now the dilemma was how to release the snake without getting bit. So, I grabbed my bottle of Jack Daniels and poured a little whiskey in its mouth. After a few minutes, his eyes rolled back, he went limp.

released him into the lake without incident and carried on fishing using the frog.

A little later, I felt a nudge on my foot. It was that snake, with two more frogs.

3 Comments

fishing tales

by Hope - 2013-01-31 05:01:34

Hi! Fisherman Bill, Don't get to fish much anymore but have enjoyed it in the past. My Grandpa taught me when I was quite young. He let me sit on the bank and watch until I got the nerve to bait (a wiggly, squiggly worm) my own hook. Love the beach, and when our children were young, my husband got a big kick out of watching me teach our children to crab. Looks like you have a new drinking buddy. Happy fishing!!! Hopeful Heart

Smart snake

by janetinak - 2013-02-01 01:02:28

thanks for the laugh!

Janet

What's a Cottonmouth?

by donr - 2013-02-01 10:02:11

For those in other lands:

A cottonmouth is a venomous pit viper. Aquatic, with a rather nasty temper. Grows to about a meter in length. Marked by the inside of its mouth which is like a large ball of raw, white cotton. When aroused to anger, opens & displays its mouth as a warning. Moderately toxic venom. If treated soon after being bitten, most victims survive. Venom acts like Coumadin on steroids - causes very severe bleeding & can drive a human's INR up to 14. Needless to say, you are in very deep trouble if this happens.

Lives in the southeastern US.

No equivalent creatures in Europe or Australia. The term pit viper comes from the pits on either side of its nostrils that are sensitive to heat, thus it hunts at night, lying in ambush along trails that small mammals use. It can "See" them, but they cannot see the snake.

Don

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