that happens often, my buddy and I had one heading to our boat out in the middle of a lake where we were on a hot walleye bite. it looked like it was going right by till we were between it and the setting sun when it turned right for our stern but it couldn't out run the big motor
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.
My neighbors used to waterski Horsetooth a lot, till she decided to ski over a stick in the water and noticed it had a rattle on it when she passed over it. Good for a tale the rest of her life.
That could get real interesting fast in a kayak!
I know Chad LaChance fishes there with his stand up paddle board alot. I wonder if he's had any close encounters?
Men are afraid of snakes because it reminds them of the Garden of Eden where life was perfect with lots of hunting and fishing until god made a mistake and provided woman to tell man what to do.
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