Russ
I've been bitten by
alot of water snakes & black racers. Both have a bad disposition when caught. They don't do much damage but sometimes get stuck & you have to peel all those backward slanted teeth loose. Kind of like pulling velcro.
I once took my sons fishing at a public pond. Two teenagers were frog gigging & had gigged a water snake. They came over & shoved it in my face asking what kind it was but really trying to scare us. I jerked the wriggling 2' snake off the gig, held him up as if to examine to determine what he was & he was dangling from my thumb. The look on their faces was worth it! I still have the gig they left when they ran. :p
