Snakes- What Kind, Please? Hello, My friend and I were bank fishing on last Wednesday at Lawrence Shoals (a GA Power Lake) and we realized that a snake was sunning in a tree less than...

FisherQueen1 Loc: Monroe, Georgia

Hello,
My friend and I were bank fishing on last Wednesday at Lawrence Shoals (a GA Power Lake) and we realized that a snake was sunning in a tree less than 10 feet from us in two different areas. Can someone identify them for me please, and THANK YOU.

Billycrap2 Loc: Mason county,W(BY GOD) Virginia, 🇺🇸🦅

FisherQueen1 wrote:

Hello,
My friend and I were bank fishing on last Wednesday at Lawrence Shoals (a GA Power Lake) and we realized that a snake was sunning in a tree less than 10 feet from us in two different areas. Can someone identify them for me please, and THANK YOU.

Look like water moccasin there dangerously 👍🏽🎣🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐠🐠🐋🐋🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅

Dakoda Loc: Cle Elum, WA

Nothing a shotgun wouldn't care of. I don't even like the looks of that one.

johnlmac Loc: Salem OR

It's the area for them, it sure looks like water moccasins to me too.

Still above water Loc: San Francisco ca

Billycrap2 wrote:

Look like water moccasin there dangerously 👍🏽🎣🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐠🐠🐋🐋🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅

It’s definitely a Water moccasin. When I was young I spent several summers in Mississippi. We would go out at nite in the bayou gigging for frogs. My job was ito sit in the front of the boat with a 12 gauge and a spotlight and scope out the over hanging trees for them. They would smell the blood of the dead frogs and try to drop into the boat. Had to get them before they dropped into boat. Shooting them in the boat with a shotgun would sink us. Uncle told me stories of folks jumping overboard if a snake dropped into boat. Shot quite a few. Very aggressive snake!

Blackdog Loc: Round Rock, TX

FisherQueen1 wrote:

Hello,
My friend and I were bank fishing on last Wednesday at Lawrence Shoals (a GA Power Lake) and we realized that a snake was sunning in a tree less than 10 feet from us in two different areas. Can someone identify them for me please, and THANK YOU.

I'd say the first image is a harmless water snake. I say this because it has a long slender type body. Since I can't see the head there is no way to be certain from the pic. Moccasins tend to be "Heavy Bodied" or "Fat short Bodied" Blunt tail snakes.

The second image is definitely a Water Moccasin. Classic coloring of an adult, head cocked at a 45-degree angle when resting, Short heavy Bodied, noticeable pit between eye and nostril. Looks like a Florida Species.

Seems like you were fishing in a pretty dangerous spot. Make sure you are wearing a good quality high-top Boot and be careful.

Take the time to look up what to do if bitten by a poisonous snake. It could save your life.

Nice Pics.

BD

fishingisthebest Loc: carpinterria CA

I think the first one is a Midland water snake (harmless)

and the second one is a cottonmouth (water moccasin) (venomous)

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

I think I’ll fish in NJ instead of the South.

tuboshu Loc: Kennebunk, Maine

NJ219bands wrote:

I think I’ll fish in NJ instead of the South.

Maine as well. No venomous snakes here.

kandydisbar Loc: West Orange, NJ

NJ219bands wrote:

I think I’ll fish in NJ instead of the South.

kandydisbar Loc: West Orange, NJ

NJ219bands wrote:

I think I’ll fish in NJ instead of the South.

That first pic looks like one I saw around the lake in South Mtn Reservation. It was just coiled up sunning itself between the path and the lake. People were freaking out but a guy came around in a golf cart and told everyone it was not venomous, just a water snake. I took pics but 4 years ago so can't find them.

Big dog Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York

FisherQueen1 wrote:

Hello,
My friend and I were bank fishing on last Wednesday at Lawrence Shoals (a GA Power Lake) and we realized that a snake was sunning in a tree less than 10 feet from us in two different areas. Can someone identify them for me please, and THANK YOU.

That’s amazing, absolutely amazing, you spotted not only one but TWO of the elusive Georgian tree snakes .!!!!!

smitty Loc: maine

yall say theyre cottonmouth/water mocasin. maybe so but when i lived in tx they would chase if you got that close
several times trying to climb up into boat at the lake [lavon lake]. broke a rod whippin one climbin up the outdrive

johnlmac Loc: Salem OR

FisherQueen1 wrote:

Hello,
My friend and I were bank fishing on last Wednesday at Lawrence Shoals (a GA Power Lake) and we realized that a snake was sunning in a tree less than 10 feet from us in two different areas. Can someone identify them for me please, and THANK YOU.

A guy I met in Baltimore years ago said that he and his friends went to a local pond in South Carolina to swim every year. And this one year his cousin ran off in front of everyone and jumped into the pond. He said that the water was thrashing around like it was full of Puranas. When they got up to that point his cousin was floating on top and was all swollen and bleeding and they realized that the pond was full of snakes (water moccasins). They were breaded in the pond. The local fire dept. came and pumped the pond out and poured some gas on them and lit them on fire.

PLS Loc: Kingsport, TN

smitty wrote:

yall say theyre cottonmouth/water mocasin. maybe so but when i lived in tx they would chase if you got that close
several times trying to climb up into boat at the lake [lavon lake]. broke a rod whippin one climbin up the outdrive

I agree with Blackdog. The second is definitely a moccasin. Don’t know about the first. I have fished in Florida and could reach out with the fishing rod and touch a moccasin sunning on a branch in the springtime. We have water snakes here that look like the first.