I am dreading this part. We have seen quite a few snakes in our yard (we back up to woods and a pasture), and it is only a matter of time before they get in our new pool.

Thats nothing...
For the month of Oct., I found 20 snakes in the pool! Most were in the infinity edge trough. All were ground snakes and water snakes.
I believe they were after the mice and frogs and grasshoppers that magically appeared after I threw down very seedy straw, which I used to cover the grass seed.
Not a big deal to me... I enjoy the snakes, and use the opportunity to teach my 9 year old daughter how to ID the different varieties.

It happened! First snake in the pool this am. A small baby -- either water snake or copperhead. I don't usually ask it what kind it is. It had a white belly and had dull gray and brown markings

I have lived here for 15 years and last year was the first time and I would have 5 or 6 little baby snakes in the pool almost every day. I also have a screen enclosure.

We don't have any in the pool, but we have a couple BIG black snakes that are around all the time. They are good snakes. They eat mice and keep rattlers away. In fact, I told my husband if black snakes eat marmorated stink bugs, I'd invite one inside as a pet! He thought I was kidding.......