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Garter & Small Snakes (Reptile Forage)

The rarest forage category — large predatory trout and bass will occasionally take a small snake (e.g. a garter snake) swimming across the surface. Included for completeness; it's an opportunistic, trophy-only curiosity, not a pattern to plan a day around.
Low confidence / general knowledge — no vault source documents reptile predation on these specific waters. Do not present as established local fact. #open

Timing / abundance

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Warm-season, surface, near shorelines and weed edges; highly opportunistic and rare. #open

Imitated by

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Large articulated surface/streamer patterns (the same gear used for mice and voles).

Found in (waterbodies)

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Warm low-elevation bass/big-trout waters generally (e.g. potentially duck lake); unconfirmed. #open

Related

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mice and voles — the comparable big-surface-meal category.
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frogs and tadpoles — warmwater surface forage.

Sources

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None — add only if a credible local observation is found. #open
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