The meat is very much a reddish color, havent eaten it yet but I will be eating it here shortly. No rattlesnakes on the walk but it was very warm out and tiring on the way back up with the raft on my backpack, all the gear and an extra 7 lbs

. I was out on the raft using powerbait and two barbed hooks

. Jk its selective gear and one limit. I was using a dick nite.