Well, there is one spot I know of where there are still plenty of snakes to be found but not near as many as you could find a few months ago, and that would be the place where I find anerythristic oregon red-spots. And you have to go very early, or on a cloudy cool day, or after 6pm. No plywood needed.. just got the right time of day and they'll be slithering all over the place but still, harder to find them now, and there aren't as many.

The place where I find 3 stripe and just downright enormous ones is completely dry now. Even the pond that was full of turtles yields none now. Don't know where all the turtles have gone either. Can't find a single snake any time of day now. Spring is the best time at that location.