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doh today, I caught a little eddy right below diamond splitter (rr) I slammed up against the bank and right into a New

Forum: BoaterTalk
Date: Oct 12 2008, 0:23 GMT
From: BLUEEZ

BLUEEZ
SNAKE!!

a gray one about the size
of two of my fingers in diameter
I'm sure it wasn't poisonous,
but it startled me nonetheless
!
probably as much as I startled him.

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note Hmmm....... I never eddied right below Diamond Splitter. I wonder why not. <NT> ezwater New
more Possibly because nearly all my Ocoee runs were pre-'96, when I had uncertain cross strokes and a crappy ezwater New
note Twice I've amost put my hands on a copperhead on RR just below Hell Hole.  Be careful out there! <NT> Boilermaker New
note More than likely a "water snake"...looks alot like a copperhead. <NT> Shrimpboat New
note I'm about as laid back as you can get with respect to snakes, but that would have unnerved me! <NT> rroberts New
smile Saw two snakes in one stop on river left below Diamond Splitter a few years back. GRITS New
idea I was fishing above Elkmont today and alomost landed on a Rattler! duckypaddler New
smile I understand.  I would love to have a photo of that snake and I looking at each other, BLUEEZ New
note Copperheads really dont hang out in or near the water.probably a watersnake <NT> stomper New
note not really true dancytron New
feedback I also have seen copperheads on the Ocoee...It is a hot spot for them eyeyoh New
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