Originally posted by Faceplant8:

Originally posted by RasaNova:

That's why in my previous reply I said to put up the sail. Stop the boat, shoot them with arrows, they die right next to you so you can just hop in the water to grab the loot. Time it right and you can even get the scales without them sinking.

It's been a while since I tried, but they do swim around, and it's generally in a storm. I know the couple of times that I tried it ended up far enough away that I didn't want to swim it. Maybe I'll have to try it again.

Meat floats for ever , so doesnt sink , get close with your boat and jump to the water
Serpents are so easy to kill with ice arrows ( 3 or 4 )