I had not one, not two, but three water snakes enter a collapsible mesh fish basket once when I was a young kid. This was before the baskets came with floating plastic lids. Since they couldn't float in the expanded, open position, I always tossed them out on their sides, in shallow water. This usually meant some of the basket stuck up above the surface. The three critters squeezed in between the mesh, and swallowed some small BG I was planning on using for CC bait later that night.

Trouble was, then they couldn't squeeze all the way back out again. I didn't notice their heads sticking up beside the basket, and just grabbed the handle and pulled it out. I must've looked like Perseus holding Medusa's severed head with those squirming snakes writhing around. I dropped it pretty quick. Had nightmares for almost a week.


"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"

If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.