Over this past holiday weekend, the snakes were out in full force at my pond. Around my pier, there were at least (5) out and visible at one time.

We were sitting there fishing, and I would hit one of the snakes pretty hard w/ the end of my fishing pole. These snakes would just stay there and taunt me to try and beat 'em some more.

As we were leaving on Monday, the largest of the snakes (maybe 3-4'long and 2-3" in diameter) somehow ended up catching a small 3-4" bluegill in the shallows near my pier.

I threw one of my bait buckets, while holding onto the tether, on the snake. I had to land the bait bucket on him three times before he let go of the bluegill. The bluegill did get away.

Prior to this past weekend, I was content to just let these snakes co-exist. Now I think I'm going to have to waste some of 'em.

Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."