Deadly Snakes for Bait Catch Monster Fish

It seems even venomous snakes have to keep an eye out for big, predatory fish! If you throw something dead into the water, eventually you might just hook a river monster!
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[@wildlifefishingshow]

If anyone is worried about fish consuming a venomous snake, don't be. Fish, birds, and other predators (including other snakes) frequently ingest venomous snakes, fangs and all. I'm just facilitating a process that occurs on its own quite frequently.

[@MrRock861261]

Even people can eat venom as long as it doesn't enter the bloodstream.

[@FSHARCL]

Yep, you can drink venom and be completely fine, however, if you drink poison you’re gonna have problems.

[@wildlifefishingshow]

@@davidscholtz3088 I'm not babysitting people's children. I click the "not made for kids" tab when I upload, so anything after that is a parenting issue.

[@TwoChin]

@@davidscholtz3088 this is such a hilariously bad take, you should feel dumb.

[@bobgoodman3952]

As a parent to five kids I agree its 100 percent my responsibility and not of anyone else

[@mattdad8429]

"don't need to go super far" *proceeds to cast three times as far as I've ever cast* Awesome video though! Thank you for sharing that experience. That was crazy, that bite taken out of him.

[@elijahhudnely7746]

read this literally as he said it 😅

[@totalannihilation9065]

It looks far because he has that 120 FOV.

[@BillGuldenschuh]

Fishing with spicy noodles? 🐍 This guy just earned a new subscriber. 👏

[@FishinGirlFlorida]

Wow, that’s a beautiful catfish. I would never have thought to use a dead snake to fish with. Great content, thanks!

[@wildlifefishingshow]

I appreciate it 🙏

[@johnnevin7759]

I used to live on a pond which had some wetlands adjacent to it. every year the local water moccasins would have their babies which I would see swimming in the lake. I was worried about my kids and dogs, so I purchased 300 Large Mouth Bass fingerlings and put them in the lake. I then fed them and when they got bigger I trained them to attack snake like surface objects. I always threw and dead snakes I would find to the bass who would gang up and rip them apart and devour them. after they all got over 2-3 pounds I never saw another snake make it across the pond.

[@rollbamaroll6518]

That’s awesome 💪

[@ThahnG413]

That's awesome

[@KermRiv]

I used the nature to destroy the nature

[@wilsonportugal1102]

Great story. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

[@JettBlast]

Clever idea!

[@robmangeri777]

This whole thing is impressive. Pretty extreme fishing my friend! Nice catch!

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Much appreciated

[@derekmichaelson4258]

Could've been whatever you felt snagged and got unsnagged when you first started reeling in. Very interesting, great video!

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Possible but I'm pretty certain the line went over the top of a tree branch for just a moment before coming free, and that was the snag.

[@Chaser-ql2ce]

yah tbh if a fish ripped its skin off on a branch in woulda fought like hell for a good second immediately after

[@SlabHunterTV]

I was thinking the same

[@twotoned2774]

Awesome video. I appreciate the fact about you mentioning the time it took to hook the fish (3.5 hours after casting). Most videos will show casting the bait, then cut to drag being pulled out. Don't change that, it gives us a realistic idea on how long it can take. On another note, I just saw this video recommendation from KZbin and I enjoyed the video. This is the first of many videos I am going to watch on your channel. I have liked and subscribed!!

[@PurpleDrac]

I like he took note of everything going on both prior to and after casting. a lot of important stuff when fishing big rivers and streams gotta be cognizant of your surroundings. That and how to detect weather you landed a turtle or a fish. I would never wanna hook a turtle but it does happen and really sucks when it does but a lot of good insight here on how to deal with it. Just everything he covered in the video how to avoid brush piles that sort of thing. Real easy to get a line caught in a tree limb inconveniently easy but there are methods to avoid pulling a catch into a nested area I would recommend following this dude or anyone who follows him that might be able to shed some more light on how to rid yourself of these instances. I've seen it happen so many times you wanna take a ten twenty minute ordeal and turn it into an all day project that's almost a guarantee recipe for unwanted disaster. Just crazy monotony in a handbag but keep following fish channels to find out the best way to avoid getting your line caught. Real surprised at the success this guy had at running it through the murky water. Just real hard with low visibility like that but glad he was able to land it without any issues. Just real rare of anyone pulling that off just goes to show how skilled our host is at fishing certain areas. You can tell he's been doing this a longtime.

[@robertpragle1461]

Anyone else notice the little visitor that he had just after he started talking? It popped up to say hello and disappeared just as fast. Can or has anyone else found him yet? 👍 for yes and 👎🏻 for no.

[@choritzo1963]

Great video, Payton. I wasn't too surprised about the bite on it's side. We've all seen videos where a bigger predator fish will eat your catch while reeling it in. Whether using live minnows, blue gills, etc., when a fish is impaired and struggling, other predators in the neighborhood will move in for a bite or a meal. That applies to the bird, mammal, world, too.

[@wildlifefishingshow]

I appreciate it 👍 It's a vicious world out there for sure

[@dominuspax9579]

Whatever it was it won’t have any trouble finding him once he got back in the water…

[@nickmac1104]

Hey man! Just got recommended to your channel and like the idea of using challenging baits. I love the sportsmanship of using a barbless hook as well. As far as that wound, the wound looks like the perfect shape for a big turtle bite, and that blood maybe got the attention of the gar and caused him to strike, but since he was running so fast with your bait the gar “missed” and only got a few teeth in. I don’t know it’s just speculation, but turtles are one of the fish’s biggest enemies.

[@brian_atc]

Holy cow, this was an unexpected surprise! Excellent video, well done!

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Thanks!

[@waltershoults8803]

Great bait ! You’ve gotten outside the box on this one 👍💯

[@bryanthalley1131]

I wonder if the current was just taking your line out quickly instead of the fish. My first thought when you said there was alot of slack and then a snag. Ive done the same. Awesome video man!!!

[@KickTheTiresAndLightTheFires]

Great video hope your catching lots of fishies!!! Have a good day my friend!!!

[@robertmceuen3630]

Great bait; never seen a snake used. I like seeing you catch a catfish for a change. Wonder what did attack it? Snapping turtle, gar or alligator would be about the only things...

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Yeah, I'm not sure. Could have been either.

[@michaelflores6777]

That’s awesome man!!! I had to take out a rattlesnake a few years ago and used him as bait too, caught my biggest catfish of the year between my family 🫡

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Crazy what they will eat

[@wildlifefishingshow]

@@brianwright4696 it swam off, genius

[@heathbiehl1225]

Unreal video. Was like watching one of my crazy fishing dreams come to life 👍🏻

[@MoltenPoo]

Morning from Hershey, PA...the sweetest place on Earth, if you believe the brochure.

[@wildlifefishingshow]

I'll have to see sometime

[@moblack5883]

Payton next time you fish there can you use an ultra light with a worm to see what bait fish you can catch while waiting ?

[@wildlifefishingshow]

I think this is a really good buffalo spot, probably going to try and catch some on the side next time I'm there

[@ramirocarrion9932]

Congratulations on your Catch my hat off for your catch n Release wow nice

[@celiajenks9885]

That was a big beautiful cat fish. I never heard a fish make a sound like that but I've never caught cat fish. My best memories are fishing with my grandfather but he paat when I just turned 13. I only wish with him on the otherside in dreams now. Why do you use venemus snakes I stead of regular nonvenemus? Do they smell more?

[@theestablishmenta7903]

I did notice that rod looks real nice. Yeah man clearly there is no telling what lurks in that river it keeps looking scarier with that dark water its just a matter of time before you hook into some even bigger monsters just be carful / the dead snake was dangerous but I'm sure it will get some views

[@wildlifefishingshow]

It seems to be working 👍

[@Hezakiah4]

Had a pond in my backyard when lived in Lake Co., Fl. I had a small Moccasin hit my Carolina rig, got hooked, and when reeling it in a bass nailed him LOL

[@wildlifefishingshow]

That's crazy

[@ThaBudCrawfordEra]

That's great I'm glad that snake got its karma back😂

[@wilsonportugal1102]

Great show. Love the bait you used. I never would have considered that. Thank you.

[@joshsozarkadventures1506]

Hey Payton, I really enjoyed watching your video! I have been watching your videos a lot more and I'd love to set a hook on a giant gar some day as I've seen you catch in some of your other videos. Great video again and awesome catfish for sure! Thanks for sharing your videos!

[@wildlifefishingshow]

I appreciate it. Look up Alex Sosa from Buffalo Bayou Fishing Champs, he does awesome guided trips for gar in Houston

[@joshsozarkadventures1506]

@@wildlifefishingshow I sure will, Thanks!

[@kevenbeene4585]

​@joshsozarkadventures1506 I believe it was lock 46 in Louisiana on the Red River. We hung into one over 8' an hour in broke the line while wrapped around a limb

[@joshsozarkadventures1506]

That's awesome!!

[@kennethjackson7574]

At one of the Northern California reservoirs decades ago my father asked a couple of young boys what they were using for bait. “Biting worms.” They were newly-hatched rattlesnakes. Of course my father took them, then went to find a parent. On the humorous side of fishing, my father used to amuse children in campgrounds by fishing for chipmunks. Tie a slice of apple to the end of your fishing line, cast it, and slowly retrieve. Once chipmunks find it let them get a bite now and again as you retrieve. It amuses kids’ sense of the absurd.

[@wildlifefishingshow]

'Biting worms' lol

[@wildlifefishingshow]

@Smell The Glove why are you smelling your cats breath?

[@wildlifefishingshow]

@@smelltheglove2038 I've seen The Office

[@TheGreyGhost_of43rd]

@@smelltheglove2038 I really don’t like violent war movies. Tho i do love Tom Hanks, so i absolutely had to watch Shaving Ryans Privates. It changed my fishing techniques for life! Its how we all learn tho right

[@bradfordfields1079]

Incredible catch !!!! On a poisonous snake. Wow!!!

[@svtkilr]

Venomous bro

[@brooksysdead]

Never seen anyone fish with a wacky rigged snake before 😂

[@GMBoehler]

… and three days old.

[@King-Fishing-Navsar-masi]

yem şekli bir harika bol şans güzel av

[@honkytonk3581]

Forbidden wacky rig

[@scottbarnett8835]

The line was wrapped around it several times that is why it was doing tight circles also when pulling it around the snag it got impaled by the snag

[@yikes7963]

I love catfish they are fun, spunky and a good fight!

[@wildlifefishingshow]

💯

[@brockbrunner8945]

New to your channel. Thanks for keeping me entertained while my daughter is in the hospital

[@joshwagner8468]

Let's freaking goooo Payton. Love your channel bro

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Thanks, man

[@PsychicPsychToad]

Almost 1,000,000 views is awesome! I was just showing this video to my buddy a couple weeks ago.

[@steeldriver1776]

Saving up for a new reel. Thanks for the videos!

[@wildlifefishingshow]

What kind? And thanks!

[@guyjohnson3775]

Thanks for the good time 👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Thanks for watching

[@0711boomer]

Def the bite was from a gar, I see them do it all the time here in Oklahoma on the river

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Quite possible

[@smithgroove945]

Great catch. Great video.

[@Flahmas]

What an interesting bait to catch such a nice catfish. I don't remember the last time you did a big catfish video so this was awesome to see especially coming from the special new spot that holds monsters. Continue doing the weird bait videos cause they are very cool.

[@wildlifefishingshow]

I desperately want to put more flathead on the channel, making some plans for that

[@Angkorcountryside]

I appreciated your introduction, I love this kind of fishing, I surprise and greetings, thanks for your sharing

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Thanks

[@honeyholehuntersfishing]

I use a lot of different live bait.. pretty much anything I can catch haha.. never tried a snake before tho.. that was pretty cool.. that was a very fat cat.. can’t believe something took a swipe at that.. cool video bro 👍

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Thanks

[@KatiTheButcher]

Never get tired of Mr. Whiskers. Btw I don't think you are a bank fisherman if you haven't slid on the mud and landed on your butt a few times :)

[@wildlifefishingshow]

100%

[@edspencer7121]

You've hooked into a giant goonche

[@wildlifefishingshow]

I wish

[@daedaebfishin]

Definitely true about them darn turtles! I catch at least 3 to 4 turtles to 1 fish.

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Same

[@rbartig]

First video I've seen where a cottonmouth was used as bait. Trailblazing.

[@wildlifefishingshow]

As long as they don't blame me for getting bit

[@Haidyn_archer]

One time I went fishing with my dad and his friends and my dad caught a water moccasin. It was surreal and terrifying

[@dixon_wrecked_em]

Points for creativity!

[@peterderidder9922]

Saw this vid a second time , and again I enjoyd it ;-)

[@jorgen.zamora]

It's like watching my bass-freak friends go "check out my wacky rig, bro. I'm gon' catch a toad"

[@wildlifefishingshow]

They do

[@jorgen.zamora]

@@wildlifefishingshow I love your videos! specially the ones in abandoned places!

[@lilesmw]

What a unique bait!!!! I knew you wouldn’t hurt an animal, so when was run over makes sense! First part of video, so let’s go!

[@scottmccain1537]

The murkier the water the lighter the fish will be. Being a lighter color helps to absorb more sunlight.

[@setthehookwithtlbroyles919]

WILDLIFE! What's going on man! Man that giant blue cat nailed that snake what! Yeah man that's crazy that something bit that fish on the way in like that. Never know about those type of waters on the real. Another great episode man I I oved it ! Keep on getting down!

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Thanks!

[@JuniorHubble-uq4et]

With that being bloody on the side, other fish & turtles will devour that fish before long. I’ve seen it done before several times.

[@Lovell93]

Awe man as a snake keeper and lover, venomous and non, it really hurt me to see that poor dead snake. At least it was dead already. I just hate people who kill them just for existing and being in their habitat. Love the fishing vids though man! You always catch some monsters! I do use snake lures for bass fishing, caught a baby cat once on it lol.

[@wildlifefishingshow]

For sure. Although my channel focuses primarily on fish, I actually do personally like reptiles more than fish, so I'm in agreement, 100%.

[@Lovell93]

​@@wildlifefishingshow I love them all! But yeah I'm definitely more of a reptile guy, but I'm a keeper of them so I'm a little biased lol. Fish are incredible too, though! I have a pretty decent sized salt water tank, although it's a pain in the ass to upkeep. I also enjoy my reptiles more because I can actually get them out and handle them, although I have to do it a bit differently with the dangerous ones. I have a love for all animals, though, no matter if they live on land or in water!

[@EsstrangedAngling]

That’s a crazy catfish 😮 good fight!!

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Thanks!

[@hensleyshobbies-doug7761]

I caught a pretty good largemouth Bass on a small dead garter snake before, about a 12" snake, had it hooked through the head and using it like a plastic worm, kinda, anyways yeah it was about a 4-5 lb largemouth, in a small creek no less. I saw a snake swimming across the top of the water once, another small snake, maybe about 15" inches or so long, and something came up and grabbed it, I never saw it ( the snake) no more, that could have been a bass, catfish, or who knows, I never really saw the fish.

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Yeah, I see a lot of videos using snake lures but never actual snakes

[@hensleyshobbies-doug7761]

@@wildlifefishingshow - yeah, me too buddy, me too!

[@jefflay5818]

I used about 10 inches of the tail from a Water Moccasin in Barren River and caught a 12 lb Yellow belly Channel Cat.

[@wildlifefishingshow]

I wonder if there's anything they won't eat

[@jefflay5818]

@@wildlifefishingshow I normally use chicken liver with pancake syrup, vanilla extract, and garlic powder. Though Gummy worms are amazing at Pay Lakes.

[@wildlifefishingshow]

@@jefflay5818 I bet that smells great, lol

[@hotchihuahua1546]

Snapping turtle is a possibility .

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Quite possibly

[@jeremybell5745]

Wow nice catch! I wonder what got him

[@Bolsaa]

My new fav fishing channel.

[@HobbolinGobbolin]

That friendly turtle at 2:18 was great

[@kendarley7501]

Why don't you just clip the fangs. That's what we do. No fangs, no worries.

[@jasonrobinette4941]

Ill bet when you were feeling the line go slack that was the Gar attacking

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Quite possible

[@zachb5803]

Alligator Snapping turtle 🐢 did the damage

[@toddpeterson9557]

Maybe a snapper turtle. Healthy looking catfish, nice video thanks for making it..........

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Very likely. Glad you enjoyed the video

[@jefflay5818]

The 🐍 tried getting in our boat so... It is what it is lol😂

[@michaelkolbe5963]

I agree but some states protect them or I'd use them for cat fish bait .Especially copper heads and Atters the Timber Rattler aren't a problem here .

[@wildlifefishingshow]

If they are protected then I'd say it's for a good reason. I wish Texas had better protections for just about everything.

[@DoctorSess]

@@wildlifefishingshow agreed. Snakes get a bad wrap but they’re important parts of the ecosystem. Most people get bit trying to remove or kill them. Best to let them be, within reason.

[@jackbar28]

The ultimate wacky rig.

[@Dogsrule777]

Awh. Poor old buddy. I hope he makes it. Beautiful Cat! 🏆💙

[@cynestix2354]

Looks like a big turtle bite from the shape of it usually I get bites like that on live bluegill and it looks like the just do a clean chop of what they bite off and that looked clean and not messy such as gar having a X amount of teeth and they chew so more bite marks to see than a turtle so I assume turtle just cuz of how clean it is but damn that’s a big turtle bite 🤣 would love to catch that creature

[@Asherufc]

anyone know what that was in the water at 2:19

[@ryanraddin9568]

Good eye!! I just saw what you're talking about...looks like a little water snake or a turtle

[@wildlifefishingshow]

There were both diamond backed watersnakes and turtles all over the place that day

[@razakarimsworld1424]

my buddy once caught a bull shark out of buffalo bayou

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Is there video or photos of this?

[@wanderingspider8988]

Snapping turtle tried to grab him.

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Definitely possible

[@eldiablo6251]

I thought I was the only garfish a man out there most people think they're trash fish I find it fun as hell. I think you may have just inspired me sir

[@atye04]

We got gar, carp, and catfish in MO. The gar do attack cats sometimes apparently.

[@Nick_Ramirez89]

Your using the PENN Fierce lll reel, your in good hands.

[@bigrooster6893]

He wasn’t attacked by anything when you were reeling him through that snag or whatever he hung in it ripped his side.

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Lol, no

[@michaeloti6020]

Nice video. I have a video on my TikTok where I used a small live snake to catch a catfish at the lake in Texas. Love the content

[@wildlifefishingshow]

It's amazing what fish will eat

[@muratyz6607]

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[@Ratel777]

Woooohoho Amazing fishing movie 🤩👌💪 Greetings From Poland !! Five ✋👊

[@1StrongUmmah]

Fantastic video, I don’t why some people were complaining, keep up the great work, you earned a new subscriber🔥🔥🔥

[@wildlifefishingshow]

I appreciate it

[@rickygraham9954]

Man I was definitely wondering what happens when your food digests a venomous snake thanks for the clarification I still pass on that tho

[@DanielPescaRS]

😮

[@juliettelopez8213]

Next time bring fish medicine with you so you can help them get better fast

[@socaloutdoorman4175]

Rainshadows are the best rods for everything... I have yet to find a species that they do not make a blank that could handle it.

[@sqgidrapubg1472]

In my country no one uses snakes for bait so its quite interresting to see massive catfish at the end of the line

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Nobody really does it here, which is why I thought it would make an interesting video

[@marqosmarqos1201]

I had no idea that fish eat snakes. I guess anything in the water is fair game.

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Yeah, It's kind of shocking what will eat what when it's available.

[@yhung_pharoh]

He busted from fighting while full it happens A lot with big fish

[@robertromeo1252]

Looks like he drove them off at Rocky's cast over and it snag him

[@Peterpiperofthes]

Why wait so long to set the hook, hell as soon as he was peeling your drag/clicker the line was tight ... could have poped him then, theres no garuntee he would have had the hook in his mouth when you tried to set the hook when you did either... I guess theres a better chance it has the hook in after letting him run for 100 yards?

[@determinationchihlengwe2828]

Great work bud

[@ernest9606]

Never before seen someone using a cottonmouth for bait. Where I fish here in kentucky lake I killed many cottonmouths with some cci shotshells in 38. I wouldn't ever thaught of keeping one and trying for bait. Next time I pop one I'll definitely give it a try. I mostly fish for flathead. I know one thing I'm going to get my pliers and pool them fangs out lol

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Probably a safer option

[@user-yc8bi9td2n]

Nice catch ,was this your first time using a snake for bait ?

[@wildlifefishingshow]

Yep, first time

[@petermyers479]

I’ve caught some very large bass with snake lures. I don’t even like handling snakes.

[@kennyvillegas72]

snake on a drop shot , frackin awesome

[@lewhellickson3130]

Survival in wild water

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

That snake was scary even as bait.

[@wildlifefishingshow]

For sure

[@wildlifefishingshow]

@@Tyrone_Bone Dude, you're very wrong. I'm sure it looked alive on your phone screen but I found that snake very dead five days before I filmed this video and kept it, very dead, for five days. It was very close to being too rotten to fish with. Why on Earth, in all seriousness, do you think looking at a few seconds of a video on your phone gives you more info about what I was doing that I have? Serious question. Why do some of you do this?

[@choritzo1963]

In Oklahoma, Bass fishing, my red plastic worm went very light, and I soon noticed a water mocassin swim above the water, with worm across it's mouth. If I had set the hook, I would have hooked it. But hooking a venomous, live snake, was not my idea of fun for releasing it. (using it as bait never entered my mind). Snake soon dropped my worm and I moved on 50 feet away from there.

[@hydraxc2478]

​@@wildlifefishingshowI'm glad you reiterated that. I thought you had found a snake to kill, then used it as bait for fun. Good video.

[@ThaBudCrawfordEra]

​@@hydraxc2478nothing is wrong with killing a snake and using it for bait because karma is real even for wildlife .. the snake got wat it deserves because it kills so many other species

[@southernalbertapikewalleye6833]

Nice job snake boy