I went fishing today and didn't catch that many fish, but I did see three snakes and managed to catch the third one. I'm pretty sure it was a DeKay's Brown Snake and it was very pretty and friendly. I wanted to take it home with me so bad but I let him go back into his little drift wood hide out. I caught him right at the water's edge. I had no idea DeKay's liked the water...







Earlier I caught a glimpse of a much larger garter. It was dark brown with at least one dark orange/yellow stripe down the back. I'm in western Montana, any ideas what species it might have been? I saw a third snake in the same wood pile as the one I caught. It was just a dark blur but I'm assuming it's was probably another DeKay's. It really could have been anything though.



And since I just have to include it, here's the GIANT Brook Trout I caught today