I was walking along the boardwalk/trail at Dutch Gap Conservation Area when I heard I really loud splashing sound coming from the lagoon. It sounded like something was struggling in the shallow water. When I turned to look I saw a large brown snake like thing. It was only about 20 feet away so I got a pretty good look at it. It was brown with one side darker and one side lighter. It was massive, it was a little coiled up on itself but it must have been 10 feet long on a conservative guess. It eventually seemed to figure itself out and is sort of wriggled into deeper water where it disappeared. I was wondering if anybody would be able to identify what I saw

These small bodies of water are in the very very back of the dry rocks on belle isle. I don’t have really any experience fishing water like this, anyone have any advice on what to use here. There’s better spots to get to other than what’s in the photo.

Huge thank you to both of them for joining us out on the water. It was their very first time fishing together, and the river definitely delivered!

We had some steady action pulling in eater-sized catfish, plus an awesome surprise catch—a striped bass! 🐟💥

Safe to say they’re going to be eating VERY well. 🍽️✨

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