Name:   Ulysses E. McGill - Subject:   Before the hysteria begins.... Date:   6/23/2014 12:04:00 PM (updated 6/23/2014 12:06:50 PM)

It sounds like a brown water snake. They are quite harmless and eat mostly fish and frogs....and other snakes. They are very common in all areas of this lake and throughout the southeast; I see them on occasion around my pier and waterfront.  People that know nothing about snakes commoly confuse them with rattle and cotton mouth snakes.