Snakes eat trout

[WxGuy]

I, along with a few other guys working on a stream project, happened to see a flash in the bottom of a pool when we noticed it was a snake. Not only was it a snake, but the snake had caught a trout and decided that was dinner. The fight lasted a few seconds and the snake brought the trout to the surface and over to the bank to eat it.

[DEADhead]

cool picture.

[so haaad]

Wow, never seen that before. I can't tell from the picture, but what kind of snake was it? Bull?

[WxGuy]

I believe it's a common water snake. We thought it was a bull at first, but there happened to be a DNR fella there who said it was the common water snake.

[lookincalifornia]

very cool, the cruel balance of nature.

i came across a simlar situation fishing a pond in missouri years ago. a baby water snake trying to eat a baby bullfrog. i watched the stuggle for about a half an hour. the snake won.

[DEADhead]

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We thought it was a bull at first, but there happened to be a DNR fella there who said it was the common water snake.

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Randy, you know better than trust what a DNR guys says....

[ironman]

I was fishing down in Whitwater about a month back. While fishing this little pool a snake swam right by me. I wanted to grab it for a closer look but before I could he was already over the deeper water. It lifted its head alittle as it swam by me and flattened its neck out kinda like a cobra...obvioulsy not a cobra, was unaware that water snakes did that. I went around to the bank to see if I could find him...to no avail. That was pretty cool.

[Tyler Holm]

Nice one WXer,

This one got ahold of about a 6" crappie. Made a decent splash on shore about 6' away from me. I went over to check out the ruckuss and the snake just sat there with this crappie in its mouth. I went back to grab the camera and motioned to my buddy to come and take a look. Just before I took the picture it spooked and swam about 15' down the shoreline.

[copterjohn]

Hey WxGuy,

Whatta think about Tuesday? 18Z Tue GFS looks promising if you aren't ovc by then. Guess we will see where the warm front ends up.

Copter John (kcci.com)

[Scott M]

Hey no secret languages! J/K. I have been learning a lot about meteorology laterly for some reason. Just found out what zulu was....

[WxGuy]

Hi John!

Pretty cool that you're here on FM! Thanks for the post.

I'm not too excited about our severe chances up here tomorrow, but it's looking a bit better down in your neck of the woods. It'll be interesting to see if the morning grunge stays strong or if there's some quality destabilization.

Anyhow, back to regular programming. I'll shoot you an email.