[Lard Almighty]

I found a pond on Google Earth over the winter that I have wanted to try for a while. With a lot of bass now moving up shallow for the spawn, I decided today would be the perfect day to scout it out and see what was going on. As soon as I got there, I started seeing tiny bass in the shallows. They were everywhere, tons of them! Only saw a couple of larger fish however, and getting them to bit e proved to be a challenge. I worked around nearly the entire pond, catching about a half dozen bass (and one behemoth sunfish), none of them over a pound, an most not more than a few inches long. Eventually I found a log in the water, the only piece of real structure I had seen all day. First cast with a lipless crank, and something hammers it! A 4-pounder rocketed out of the water, and after a brief fight I was able to land my biggest largie of the year so far.

Can anyone tell me the species of the snake in the third pic?