tlturbo

Just because you have a fear of things doesn't mean you should go around and kill them all. At least learn what poisonous ones are in your area and how to identify them. Killing the poisonous ones in your area I suppose is OK since it is hard to remove them. But PLEASE leave the safe ones alone. Corn and rat shakes here in FL are usually pretty tame. And be glad that black snake wasn't an Indigo (hard to tell all the black snakes apart). They are a protected species in FL. and against the law to bother them.

And snakes do not SNEAK up on you, They are more afraid of you then you are of them. Given any chance and unless cornered, they will slither away.

Dan - we need to do some snook or shark fishing.
"Greenie" on the board lives in Miami area and is a snook fanatic under the bridges, etc

Terry