Fishermen, do you kill water snakes?

Question

Thousands of harmless nonvenomous water snakes are killed every year because people think they are Water Moccasins. (I would never kill a Water Moccasin either).
Please don't kill water snakes. They are part of the environment and do their part of keeping things in balance.
In Florida (USA)
We have Brown Water Snakes, Banded Water Snakes, Green Water Snakes, Mangrove Water Snakes and many others. Water Moccasins are very rare.

I have a Brown Water Snake as a pet and it is friendly and likes to climb my arms. They are not the monsters people think they are. Of course if you grab a wild one your are in for a fight, so don't.

Answer 1

Some people are afraid of snakes and will kill them. Water snakes are usually gone too fast to bother with. Fishermen don't target snakes but will often kill a rattle snake because they are afraid of getting bitten and the snake stands it's ground. I will personally not kill any snakes unless I absolutely have to, and that has only happened once out of the thousands of snakes that I have seen.

Answer 2

We used to have two water moccasins(not just water snakes but the poisonous one) they would jump at us a few times, but finally they learned that we weren't a threat and just leaved us alone. ever since i have seen them every year for the past five years. I have never seen a fishermen kill a snake, i feel like they would like them because they would kill the little fish that you wouldn't want. (The fishermen might kill it if it keeps going into there boat when its parked). One of the two snakes would get into one of my boats that had a cover and boy was that a surprise, i didn't kill it but let it get out by its self.

Answer 3

Not all snakes are dangerous ... but why take the chance?



My younger son had a great little maxim:



(applies to all creatures except for most fish)



Count the legs!



More than four: kill it!



Less than two: kill it!



I think that I am right in saying that snakes have less than two legs ... right? So KILL the slthering b@rstards! Kill! Kill!" Kill!



Now I know that there are snake lovers out there that will be cringing. I love snakes too. I love to kill 'em. I love 'em when they're dead.



Ok ... here's a mantra to follow:



"Kill a snake - save a life!"

Answer 4

Fishermen don't kill water snakes there's no point in it. Who ever told you that is dumber than you are.