2022 caught 20 , 2023 #22 - #27 just caught about 18inches

[addy1]

Trap is set again.

 

[poconojoe]

Damn! You guys are fearless!
What kind of snakes are they?

 

[addy1]

Good old northern water snakes, mama can have up to 30 babies, I think fatty last year was a mama.

 

[j.w]

Good old northern water snakes, mama can have up to 30 babies, I think fatty last year was a mama.

Hope they can't find their way back from that farm pond! That place is gonna be over run w/the nessie's!

 

[addy1]

It is a good 5 miles away and a real farm pond, cows weeds etc.

 

[j.w]

It is a good 5 miles away and a real farm pond, cows weeds etc.

They can chase the cows around the fields and not you guys now

 

[addy1]

Just saw #9, now hope to trap it. Another big one.

 

[j.w]

What the heck? Wonder how long this can go on................I mean how many of these creatures are out there.................could be hundreds and thousands!
I think you need St Patrick to come and chase the snakes out of Maryland

 

[GBBUDD]

Yep mouth open coming for me. I put on my bee gloves to let this one loose. Kept in minnow trap until at the farm pond. No more snake grab dance on the driveway.

Can you do that dance recital just one more time and video tape it . I get it on tick tock and well make a fortune going viral . Granny learns the old tribal ritual of copper head road

 

[addy1]

What the heck? Wonder how long this can go on................I mean how many of these creatures are out there.................could be hundreds and thousands!
I think you need St Patrick to come and chase the snakes out of Maryland View attachment 152184

NO NO NO NO Don't bless that on me!

 

[addy1]

Find miss snakey..................please go away. My fish are disappearing, the frogs are gone.

 

[GBBUDD]

Not envious there @addy1 . Though I still want to see the snake dance in the driveway.

 

[Tula]

I can't find the snake in those pictures.

Honestly I'd be tempted to euthanize these snakes and lay them out for other predators to eat.......you're overrun with them and soon the farm pond will be too !

 

[addy1]

I can't find the snake in those pictures.

Honestly I'd be tempted to euthanize these snakes and lay them out for other predators to eat.......you're overrun with them and soon the farm pond will be too !

It is against MD law to kill a snake. I find it hard to kill a spider let alone a snake. This is getting a bit overwhelming.

 

[GBBUDD]

In the city I can understand but coper heads 9 copper heads in one 2 month span that's a but much there's no way there's enough food

 

[addy1]

In the city I can understand but coper heads 9 copper heads in one 2 month span that's a but much there's no way there's enough food

Oh my not copper heads! Northern water snakes. Non venomous. If it was copperheads I would have a exterminator here now.
Food ,there is a lot, the frogs are gone, the fish are going. I bought 150 fish, the numbers are way down now.

All I can do is keep trapping, if big mama has her kids that is up to another 30 (normal load is 8-10 babies)

The fish in the 1000 gallon pond are really spooked they won't even come and get food now.

 

[j.w]

Oh my not copper heads! Northern water snakes. Non venomous. If it was copperheads I would have a exterminator here now.
Food ,there is a lot, the frogs are gone, the fish are going. I bought 150 fish, the numbers are way down now.

All I can do is keep trapping, if big mama has her kids that is up to another 30 (normal load is 8-10 babies)

The fish in the 1000 gallon pond are really spooked they won't even come and get food now.

The gift that keeps on giving....................man I hope all this ends soon as I can't bear thinking of all those fish becoming sushi!
Too many to count pretty soon!

 

[Lisak1]

Oh my god. I'm gonna have nightmares about this scenario!

 

[addy1]

Well caught #8 some poor lil fry got into the minnow trap, #8 went in and ate them. It is hard to see, but I could see #8 eating the fish. Now #9 is going around the trap , might enter tonight, they seem to want to join their snake buddy. Fingers crossed we have two tomorrow am.

 

[addy1]

IF you have a Nessie show up REMOVE IT! This invasion is unreal. Catching them with a egg and a piece of chicken. I release the fish when I see them in the trap, missed this one that got in and poor thing was a snack.