Relocation is an interesting idea. Our lake is a bit small for
relocation to work. Water mocassins take very poorly to being
captured and tend to be very aggressive when disturbed. They are
different from most of the snakes around here. The aggression leaves
kids around the lake (there are a lot of them and it is a long 10 acre
lake) quite at risk. There have been bites when kids were exploring
the shore reeds. We leave the water snakes alone (although they can
also be pretty aggressive...just no venom). We have not thought about
transporting the poisonous snakes to another venue (certainly not
someone else's pond). That would involve folk in capturing the snakes
and a good bit of danger. To date, extermination has been the
response to poisonous snakes.

Jim