Once upon a time....

[Rockfish9]

I've never been a fan of "during the blow" fishing, I've found it IMHO, much more productive just prior to and after the carnage...
That being said, I ran charters for quite a few years, I had 2 guy's that showed up on one of those mid august nights that you just can feel the atmosphere ready to strike for the evening tide, the sky was eerie, not a breath of wind, I advised that we postpone and reschedule, they REALY wanted to go as I had told them how hot the fishing had been, against my better judgement, we headed out, first pass through everyone got tight just about from the first cast, the sky's grew dark, the wind picked up, but the bass were on a rampage, bass after bass, all 25 to 40 lbs kept coming over the rail, lighting and thunder joined the fray, when lighting danced between sail boat masts, I was able to convince the guy's we were in serious danger and headed for the dock.. .. no wake zone my @$$.. just the electricity in the air took out my GPS.and marine radio. back at the dock, the vehicle they came in had the alarm going off, something bizzare had happened and it would not start and it was obviously electrical and they had to call for a ride back to Worcester..that night was one of only 3 times I can say I was truly afraid for my well being while on the water.

[Guppy]

Originally Posted by Rockfish9

I've never been a fan of "during the blow" fishing, I've found it IMHO, much more productive just prior to and after the carnage...
That being said, I ran charters for quite a few years, I had 2 guy's that showed up on one of those mid august nights that you just can feel the atmosphere ready to strike for the evening tide, the sky was eerie, not a breath of wind, I advised that we postpone and reschedule, they REALY wanted to go as I had told them how hot the fishing had been, against my better judgement, we headed out, first pass through everyone got tight just about from the first cast, the sky's grew dark, the wind picked up, but the bass were on a rampage, bass after bass, all 25 to 40 lbs kept coming over the rail, lighting and thunder joined the fray, when lighting danced between sail boat masts, I was able to convince the guy's we were in serious danger and headed for the dock.. .. no wake zone my @$$.. just the electricity in the air took out my GPS.and marine radio. back at the dock, the vehicle they came in had the alarm going off, something bizzare had happened and it would not start and it was obviously electrical and they had to call for a ride back to Worcester..that night was one of only 3 times I can say I was truly afraid for my well being while on the water.

Good one Joe
Hair standing up on the back of my neck…. been there… how about Elmos fire,,, LOL