Lightning - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

stripermaineiac · 06-23-2015, 10:21 AM

Just got caught fishing by a Big T-Storm. LOL no waders an a Century Slingshot

over a mile from the Yukon. Amazing how much graphite starts to glow due the static a storm like that causes. Tucked by a seawall till the storm passed. LOL had plenty to drink with those huge rain drops. Fishin was ok before . tried it after an nothing. No point in dryin off was soaked to the bone LOL .

Raven · 06-23-2015, 11:27 AM

my Dad was swimming in a lake
that got hit by lightning
He said it was like someone kicked him in the back
his back was never the same after that.

Mike P · 06-23-2015, 01:29 PM

I got caught out in the open once. I took shelter in a low area between a couple of dunes. Any idea what thunder sounds like when lightning hits something about 100' away?

Rockfish9 · 06-23-2015, 02:21 PM

Makes you feel ALIVE.... I've been caught in it quite a few times through the years....being older and a tad wiser they don't sneak up on me like they used to.. seen some fantastic fishing during the storms though... and like you said totally shut down after the front passed...

I remember one night I had a charter out and a nasty one came through... the guy's were doubling up 20 lb class fish on every cast.... lighting was dancing from mast to mast on the sail boats.. they didn't want to leave... finally when the antennae on the boat started to hum I pulled the plug...back at the dock... his alarm went off on the truck... some how the lighting had enabled it leaving him stranded... he had to call for a tow back to western mass....he called me the next day and told me it was the best fishing trip of his life but the on board computer in his truck was fried....

Cool Beans · 06-23-2015, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike P

Any idea what thunder sounds like when lightning hits something about 100' away?

As a teenager, fishing on a Kansas farm pond when lightning hit the only tree around, which happened to be 30 feet to my right. It was a tiny scrub of a tree about 8 feet tall.

Funny thing with lightning strikes that close, all the hair on your arms and back of your neck seems to stand on end a second or so, before the near blinding flash and deafening crack of thunder.

Luckily growing up in Kansas, I knew when your outdoors and you feel your hair stand on end, you promptly "belly flop" in the grass, so all I got was scared "spittless". With the only thing around that "used to be" taller than me gone, I ran/crawled the 1/4 mile back to my truck and called it a day.

Higgie · 06-23-2015, 02:37 PM

Was shutting off the power in my dad's Morton garage out in Worthington as a kid while a storm hit and as I walked out the door with the knob in my hand lightning hit a tree nearby and my hair stood up and my heart rate went insane for a couple minutes I'll never second guess lightning after that
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Liv2Fish · 06-23-2015, 03:37 PM

I got caught in my 20' center console with a bunch of kids out by the plymouth sand spit. Lightning all around us. You could feel the air charge up then snap bang - lightning and thunder at the same time. Sounded like a cannon going off. Huge freezing rain drops and like 60 mph wind gusts for about 5 minutes straight. Everyone but me huddled under towels in the bow while I tried to keep the boat pointed into the wind. The cell just appeared around us. Never showed on radar.

bobber · 06-23-2015, 04:13 PM

we just had a whopper come through here. power blinked off for a second.... the flashes of light were almost continuous for a few minutes there

stripermaineiac · 06-23-2015, 06:07 PM

went back to where I had the fish this morning. walked out on the beach an heard thunder in the distance. went back to truck put rod away. got home got a cold beer an gave up for the day. LOL. got rods an plugs to work on. lets see if the power holds. Either way beer is cold. MMMMMM nice

Jackbass · 06-23-2015, 07:01 PM

I was in Rhody one night 5 yrs ago or so. I hiked across a pile of rocks to a nice spot. Saw what I thought was heat lightning in the distance after a few minutes it was getting closer and clapping. I buried my ass into a break in the rocks. Not to mention I was with a guy who has been struck twice. He of course was floating in the water. Man of extreme faith I guess. Lol
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Jenn · 06-23-2015, 07:06 PM

wwooooooohhoooooooo round 2 in progress here right now

steve1874 · 06-24-2015, 04:57 AM

I left providence last night at 7 and headed south as the weather out the window looked ok. Got to my spot and there were a few clouds. Put wet suit and swam out to my rock. Got on the rock, popped 2 quick fish and them boom! !! Ijumped back in the water and swam/bobbed as quick as i could the last 30 yards back to shore. I got back to providence by 10pm and the weather was perfect. It was crazy last night. Go figure i should look at the Google box before i drive 45 min to fish
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stripermaineiac · 06-24-2015, 07:24 AM

Saw the news this AM. Wow that stuff was bad all over. Lost power for 3 hrs. Beer still stayed cold though. LOL. just got back from fishing wasn't bad just small fish. Water a mess though. Most of the fish on the teaser an near the bottom. Only 2 on top. 1 was about 12 in long an had a huge heart. hope to get a return engagement in about 15 yrs. That will be fun.

Rappin Mikey · 06-24-2015, 09:54 AM

Becareful of d#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g behind a seawall. I had a buddy that found out the hard way that they sometimes I are reinforced with rebar.

Rappin Mikey · 06-24-2015, 09:58 AM

When did "d#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g" become swear?

Rappin Mikey · 06-24-2015, 09:59 AM

Duck-king

Got Stripers · 06-24-2015, 10:49 AM

I've had two really "hair raising" fishing experiences with lightning. Way back in the day I was in a freshwater tournament on Wakeby-Mashbee and fishing on the back end near the island and saw the front with lightning rapidly approaching. My hair stood up on end and my fishing line suddenly arched high into the air, so I tucked the front end of my Basstracker V-17 as far under a large hardwood with overhanging limbs as far as I could. Funny thing is I could side arm a plastic worm out from under and didn't a bass pick it up, jump and throw it due to my in ability to set other than reel quick; probably would have put me on top that day if memory serves.

Another day off Cohasset ledges a flat calm day turned into 6 footers in almost no time. Being only a half mile from shore and westerly winds it was amazing how fast it blew up and with side-ways rain that stung your face and no console or canvass; I wasn't running anywhere. I do remember saying too bad after it went threw as fast as it came, because just before every eel was being hammered by big stripers on every drift and the bite shut down completely after.

JohnR · 06-24-2015, 10:53 AM

Had that happen 10 years ago at Watch Hill - wicked storm.

Then Pete and Toby walk by in wet suits, glowing a little.

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Originally Posted by Rappin Mikey

When did "d#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g" become swear?

Its the uc kin ng part

Raven · 06-24-2015, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by stripermaineiac

went back to where I had the fish this morning. walked out on the beach an heard thunder in the distance. went back to truck put rod away. got home got a cold beer an gave up for the day. LOL. got rods an plugs to work on. lets see if the power holds. Either way beer is cold. MMMMMM nice

Smart Man!
One of the side effects of being struck by lightning
(depending on the severity of it)
is to loose some of your memories
This will happen eventually anyways ....so why rush it
in the end..... that's all you have left.... to savor.