chuck--several years ago, Buddy W. and I were fishing on one side of the creek, and watching another angler fish the opposite side. he yells, jumps up on the front deck, and grabs hispistol from his tackle box. he shoots 6 times at a snake that had fallen into the boat from an overhead limb. we went over and helped him get the boat out of the water. he was trying to figure how to get the boat back to the ramp, and i had to play the redneck. i took some button willow limbs, sharpened the ends, and drove them into the holes he made in the bottom of his aluminum boat. he still took in some water, but was able to make it back. now that's being SCARED of a snake!