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G thanks Chris, that was a real confidence booster!
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tj, how did you get from SDSU to Moo U?
You will find good fishing around there. Get on the Ms. fishing forum.
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Tyler when you get the chance go over and meet Marty Brunson.
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tj, how did you get from SDSU to Moo U?
You will find good fishing around there. Get on the Ms. fishing forum. Just wanted to go from 1 great fisheries school in the North, to another great fisheries school in the South. New biota, new people, new experiences, just adding to the toolbox. I will definitly have to look up the Miss fishing forum! Tyler when you get the chance go over and meet Marty Brunson. Is he a snake expert?
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No he is a Fisheries Scientist PhD who now runs the "Catch A Dream Foundation" (hunting and fishing trips for sick kids) through the University. A super guy and noted fisheries study author and past Chairman of the MS Wildlife Federation and past head of the Co-op Ext. program.
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He sounds like an awesome person to get in touch with when I get down there. Thanks ewest!
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tj, congrats on grad school! Way to go!
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tj, how did you get from SDSU to Moo U?
You will find good fishing around there. Get on the Ms. fishing forum. Easy on Moo U there. That's my school you're talking about. 
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That video never gets old!  I have all the Bill Dance bloopers on my favorites list.
12 ac pond in NW Missouri. 28' max depth at full pool. Fish Present: LMB, BG, RES, YP, CC, WB, HSB, WE, BCP, WCP, GSH.
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Build a homemade snake trap.
Get 30 ft of chicken wire or screen and make a fence 1-2ft high next to the pond. Make sure you bury it a little so nothing can crawl under it. At the ends of the fence on both sides put standard minnow traps. So you need 4 traps 2 on both sides. Cover the traps with a board or anything you trap will die in the direct sunlight. This works our professer used it in college to trap snakes. You also trap mice and other critters. The snakes will get to the fence and go right up it into the traps. We caught 2 copperheads in one trap. Its a live trap so you can release them if you want. Also you can put a couple around the pond fairly cheap. If you dont want to deal with the traps just turn the minnow traps up so nothing can get in. When you decide you want to trap some more put the minnow traps down. This thing works trust me.
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Seems like, to me, that most snakes could go through chicken wire. The entry hole in my minnow trap is about the size of the holes in the chicken wire. What makes them avoid the holes in the chicken wire and then accept the hole in the minnow trap?
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP Grandpa
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Dave,
Maybe that's why it's called "chicken wire"?
1/4 & 3/4 acre ponds. A thousand miles from no where and there is no place I want to be...
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What the heck time is it in Thailand now, Rad?
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Theo,
Right now it is 2019 hours. Maybe an hour after I wrote that. You guys are getting up as I am going to bed, sort of.
Dave is an early riser so he and I are here together often.
1/4 & 3/4 acre ponds. A thousand miles from no where and there is no place I want to be...
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IF YOU SHOOT A COTTONMOUTH IN YOUR POND CAN IT BE HARMFUL TO THE FISH?
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Welcome to the forum sdupond...
As long as that shot is fatal, I think the cottommouth is then pretty well harmless. If you stuck your finger on a fang messing with a dead snake, it may be an issue, but I doubt the fish are gonna go messing with a dead snake. Although, if a big catfish tried to swallow the dead snake whole, it'd be interesting. I suspect the upper and lower jaws would keep the fangs inside the mouth and protect them from sticking the catfish's stomach or throat...
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Wish I knew how to post my son's picture he took of a water snake with a catfish in its mouth. Probably wouldn't load anyway since I have dial-up.
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IF YOU SHOOT A COTTONMOUTH IN YOUR POND CAN IT BE HARMFUL TO THE FISH? Not harmful at all. It will be gone in no time. The turtles and crawfish will get it started, and the fish will finish the job.
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