Woods Canyon

[Jazz]

Fathers Day was a blast.

 

Quick story. And I"m only posting this because I've never even heard of it before.

 

Was with the kids- fishing the north shore of Woods Canyon. Catching a few small fish ( I think Bluegill) and threw them in one of Trapper Arne's crawdad traps.

 

I was helping the kids with their poles, and a snake comes up, goes into the trap, grabs a bluegill and starts to run. I managed to get some video- here's a screenshot.

 

Just thought it made for an interesting story.

[bonecollector]

What kind of snake is that?

[CatfishKev]

That's crazy dude! Also curious what type of snake.

[Jazz]

It's a woods canyon thieving danger noodle.

 

 

Or.. maybe a kingsnake. Not sure.

[Roosevelt Mark]

That's awesome, 1 bet the kids got a kick out of that.

[rossislider]

Looks like a watersnake to me.

[ThomC]

No wonder there are no trout in that lake. Just hundreds of green sunfish.

[Flatlander]

Where we fish on that lake there are tons of sun fish and every time we see a water snake trying to nab them. We always have a blast catching the little sunfish, crawdads and the occasional trout. Usually at some point we get hot and bored and end up swimming.

[Ohthatguy]

It's the elusive and very rare Checkered Garter snake..

[CouesPursuit]

It's the elusive and very rare Checkered Garter snake..

 

Although ironically observed, might be a Western terrestrial.

[MT_Sourdough]

You all are right, kinda. It's a Wandering Garter snake of the family of Western Terrestrial Garter Snakes. It's gotta be one of the most common types of snakes in Western US. We have the same types of snakes in Montana. Everywhere they exist, they are most commonly referred to as water snakes because they are often found in and around water and, yes, they eat fish.

 

I went reviewed this and it my be a Checkered as previously mentioned. Either a Wandering or Checkered, scales number shapes on head may be what distinguishes which one it is, but I couldn't tell.

[stanley]

Sure it's not a cobra???

[NOTAGS]

I have caught garter snakes from Missouri to AZ, had many as "pets" as a kid. I taught my daughter how to catch and hold them with one at Blue Ridge when she was very young when we found one fishing with us on the bank. Great one to teach kids that snakes are not slimy or evil, and actually have a place and purpose in nature other than smashing them with a rock or shovel.