excellent photo Razzo! i grew up fishing Rock Creek. i have caught some beautiful smallies from that little creek, although its been years since i've been there. funny thing is, i was at waldenbooks the other day with my girls and we were browsing thru a chicago area nature guide (more of a picture book for the table top than an actual guide). anyway, there were some really beautiful pictures of the Rock in it, including the cover which is why i picked it up in the first place, because i thought i recognized it. anyway, cool snake, i've caught many of those babys, and gotten smacked a few times in the process, as you probably know from experience, know they are very aggressive - but harmless. keep postin the herps - they add a nice change of pace to the fishing photos, but who ever tires of seeing a nice smallie!