Shawn,
Personally I have always liked snakes. I would guess I have caught just about every variety in my home state (North Carolina) & have been bitten by pretty much all the non poisinos ones. Of those the black racer & the common water snake are agressive. I get bitten mostly because I don't try to hard not to ... they can't do much damage.
So far as a cottonmouths are concerned, they can be agressive. They tend to stand their ground at times which is a behavior I have personally witnessed and am not too fond of! All snakes compete with your fish for food ie: frogs, tadpoles, forage fish, salamanders, insects ect. I do not want them around my pond for that reason. You will not find many frogs around a pond with a couple of full grown water snakes in residence.
Sorry, but yes we do have cottonmouths in abundance in eastern NC.
Ric

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