Pond Boss Forums FISH & FISHING Sunfish-Including Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass Do ribbon snakes hurt the spawn of fish?

We had Northern Water Snakes, which are aggressive enough that my wife and daughter got the experience of beating them of with oars while in a rubber raft, on our first pond when it was fairly new. Once LMB got large enough (to eat them), we never saw them again.

I wouldn't count on a heron eating skinny snakes over fat fish.