Northern Water Snake on the Rolling Fork
Channel: David Miller
Date: 2012-06-25

This snake was observed entering the water and soon coming up with a small catfish.  We did not see whether or not it succeeded in eating the fish.  The snake was misidentified as a poisonous snake although it is similar in appearance to the land snake the Copperhead.  If the snake had been a Water Moccasin, it would have had a more triangular head and side pits on the head.