That's why I don't want to try it, snapping turtles, cotton mouths, eels, aligators, gars, to many things to stick your arm in around here besides a catfish. I used to sleep on top of my jeep hog hunting at night, instead of being out on the ground with them, the rattlesnakes, etc. Lake of the Pines has gators too, doesn't it? I don't get over there, its pretty far.