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Horsetooth Rattlesnake Boards Boat

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#1 ·
Monday morning while fishing for smallies, a friend of mine had a rattlesnake swim near his boat and actually crawled up the engine.

The unwelcomed visitor soon met its demise as it did not have a boarding pass.

Beware.
 

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Very interesting, same thing happened to me last year at Horsetooth. We were anchored in one of the coves and the snake swam right up to our boat and around the motor mount. Pounced it with my long net handle and it bit into the foam grip with its fangs. It met its demise through continued pounding from my net handle.



I did see it coming for quite a long ways but didn't realize it was a rattler until it got close. We will probably stay out a little deeper in the coves there to give us some extra space in case it happens again.
 
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