Red Bellied Black on Board

[ronnieandbill]

Hi All
Never thought you guys would post so many replies. Hope this story made a few of you laugh.
I can now but at the time I wasn't. I have a phobia beyond imagination of snakes and I am still surprised I stayed on board.
I forgot to thank the four guys in the tinny to who came along side and wanted to know what was going on. As soon as I mentioned black snake I have never seen a tinny get up on the plane so fast in all my life.

Now the serious stuff-------- Just for the conservation bit guys I have heard that the numbers of black snakes have certainly dropped in recent times. Even though they are not my favorite thing It is sad that we are losing any kind of wildlife native to this state or country.
We should all do our bit to preserve what is naturally ours whether it be a snake or a fish, a piece of bush or anything that is uniquely ours.
I know I mentioned dead snake but that was just talking.,. I'd never get close enough to harm one anyway.
It was only doing what was natural.
We will all be mindful of watching that snake in the water if we ever come across one on our boats.

Thanks Guys and Girls

[S.S.]

I have no problem dealing with snakes at all...just don't stick any of those ugly spiders like huntsman and those big tree spiders near me..ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

That's what Baygon is for!!!!!!

[grey_inflatable]

hi guys similar thing happend when my father and brother and i , were in my rubber rucky when we saw a 3m+ carpet snake swimming across the river towards us, the head was highter than the side of the boat as it swam with my brother at the helm , he panicked, and steered us into the mud as we got a good view of the snake and a stalled motor , but luckly the sight of the three of us jumping around did not look too inviting. but i've seen a few snakes at nudgee beach big ones.

[Tony_N]

Hi Tony_N,

Bummer about being bitten - did you need anti-venom? *snip*
Mike

I went to Casualty and they put a plug into my vein in case I needed anti-venene. Because it was dark, and because of the degree of my inebriation, I couldn't tell them what had bitten me. Anyway no ant-venene required. Threw up until I felt hairs in the back of my throat (thanks Muzz for that one) and got a black line from the bite to my groin. OK the next morning to go home.

The snake was hanging around the house the next day and I caught him with a stick and rope lassoo thing I made up for getting brown tree snakes and carpet snakes out of the house. Since then I have been a bit more careful where I walk with bare feet.

[Haji-Baba]

Best way to remove any snake from a boat is with a shotgun.
Place the barrel close to his head and pull the trigger.
The closer you get the smaller the hole in the bottom and any one can top a small leak like that. Works every time.\\


Have fun Haji-Baba

[Mozza]

What?

No pic?

No Bragmat?

What is this world coming to.....

Mozza

[Reef_fisher]

You missed the catch of the day. Red bellied blacks taste great. Used to eat them all the time when camping, yum.

[robyoung1]

They do chase boats, well kinda chase them.
I was at Bjlke peterson dam some years back in a very small tinny. We saw a very large brown snake in the water as we trolled along. As we came close (not intentional, just crossing paths as it were), the bugger figured he'd hitch-hike and made straight for us and was raising it's head when I took to it with the oar! We'd have likely just outrun it if possible, but my mate's boat was very, very slow. Home made steel thing with a small motor. We did try to outrun it for a short while but it had the goods on us.

Unreal, as we were right out in the open. the only possible place it could have been headed was the complete opposite side in the main basin.
Gave me plenty to think about.

cheers
rob