I went fishing this weekend, but after a short time, i ran out of bait. Then i saw a cotton-mouth water moccasin snake with a frog in its mouth. Frogs are good bass bait.
Knowing the snake couldn't bite me with a frog in his mouth, i grabbed him behind the head, took the frog, and put it in my bait bucket
Now the dilemma was how to release the snake without getting bit. So, I grabbed my bottle of Jack Daniels and poured a little whiskey in its mouth.
He eyes rolled back, he went limp. I released him into the lake without incident and carried on using the frog as bait. A little later, i felt a nudge on my foot. There was the same snake, but with 2 frogs instead.