be afraid,be very afraid

bassintom · 08-26-06, 11:03 AM

i fished a local tourney last nite.started at 10 p.m.there were only 9 boats and 10 anglers.started raining a little with some thunder and lightening off in the distance.to make a long story short,the storm came up very fast.5 of us got hit by lightening,fortunately it was not a direct hit.2 guys got knocked out and 3 of us(myself included)got zapped through our trolling motor pedals and rods.i saw a huge spark on my rod and it got knocked out of my hand as i got thrown back into my pedestal seat.my left arm and leg are still buzzing.
luckily no one got killed or hurt bad.this is the LAST TIME i will ever fish when i can see any little bit of lightening.a lesson learned.don't try to be a smart a** like we were.

PowerBass · 08-26-06, 11:25 AM

Holy crap! What lake Tom? Glad to hear no one was seriously injured.

bassintom · 08-26-06, 11:27 AM

furnace lake.......what an experience....jeez!

JB · 08-26-06, 12:49 PM

i've always heard if you can see it anywhere in the distance to put the rod down and get off the water...I've been surprised to see FLW tournies and others fish with a storm on the horizon

dodgeguy · 08-26-06, 01:22 PM

thank God you didn't get killed!!!i'd hate to see your underpants after that!!!ROFLMAO!!!

Fishie1 · 08-26-06, 05:14 PM

damn....pretty soon your gonna be like the guy from the GREAT OUTDOORS that got struck 66 times in the head!

Seriously though dang glad your are not dead!

One guy I talked to before was out fishing one time and the bait went up into the air like a kite on the cast due to all the static electricity in the air....he said he would never fish after that!

JB · 08-26-06, 05:35 PM

fishie,
sadly, as the days went by after the lightning,
tommy put his rods down and his new obsession became
playing with the dangerous volts

Fishie1 · 08-26-06, 05:45 PM

haha what's that guy with the rice cutter hat off mortal combat?

Rebbasser · 08-26-06, 06:29 PM

Dang, Tom! Glad you didn't get hit any worse! That lightning is scary stuff, especially when you are on the water. Hope all involved are OK.

lizardsrule · 08-26-06, 07:05 PM

Awesome, a brand new experience huh. JK of course, and awful glad your still around to come down south fishing. As Reb stated, hope EVERYONE was OK. We do get a lot of those pop-up storms down here. When it looks close, I go to the dock.

Lizards

zooker · 08-26-06, 07:36 PM

well i take it that a new pace maker is out of the question now huh??

mind ifin i smoke doc..

zooker

pig n jig · 08-26-06, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dodgeguy

thank God you didn't get killed!!!i'd hate to see your underpants after that!!!ROFLMAO!!!

He has them color coded, yellow stripe in the front and a brown stripe down the back.LMAO..... Tommy, I am glad your alright. Did you notice there were no stupid Kayakers out there ? Roflmao........

P N J

Vabass22 · 08-26-06, 10:09 PM

Gald to hear your all right, and hope the skid marks aren't permanent!

FlyRod · 08-27-06, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassintom

furnace lake....jeez!

Well, anyone who fishes on a lake with a name like that is asking for it!

Mebbe you should stick to something like Lake Babybutt, Bambi Reservoir, or Lake Mothers Milk...sound safer, don't they?

FR

flfireman · 08-27-06, 02:23 PM

Glad everyone is OK. Since you are physically alright, any damage to the boat or electronics?? By the way, did you win??

CarpMan · 08-27-06, 02:53 PM

Thunder roaring and lightening splashing, right through the middle Tom goes fishing. Sometimes there is no way out when a fast moving electrical storm comes in. Tom, it is good to know you are ok and there was no damage to you and your friends. Carpy & Polly Ann

bassintom · 08-27-06, 09:39 PM

thanks guys..no damage to the boat and the numbness is gone..the guy that got hit the worst won...go figure

lizardsrule · 08-27-06, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassintom

thanks guys..no damage to the boat and the numbness is gone..the guy that got hit the worst won...go figure

I'd say he deserved it

Lizards

Rodman_Rob · 08-28-06, 06:06 PM

Glad to hear there weren't any serious injuries. Thursday I did some fishing at the river from shore, got my lucky craft stuck in a tree. Took the boat out in a thunderstorm to retrieve it. I know I was pushing my luck. Read this thread, went fishing Saturday night and chose not to take the boat out because of the storm, paid off cause a caught a nice bass on a topwater RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME IN CLEAR WATER from the shore.......after the storm!!!

08-26-06, 11:03 AM	#1
bassintom BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: washington(northwest) N.J. Posts: 3,958	be afraid,be very afraid i fished a local tourney last nite.started at 10 p.m.there were only 9 boats and 10 anglers.started raining a little with some thunder and lightening off in the distance.to make a long story short,the storm came up very fast.5 of us got hit by lightening,fortunately it was not a direct hit.2 guys got knocked out and 3 of us(myself included)got zapped through our trolling motor pedals and rods.i saw a huge spark on my rod and it got knocked out of my hand as i got thrown back into my pedestal seat.my left arm and leg are still buzzing. luckily no one got killed or hurt bad.this is the LAST TIME i will ever fish when i can see any little bit of lightening.a lesson learned.don't try to be a smart a** like we were. __________________ A man's gotta believe in something...I believe I'll go fishing.

08-26-06, 11:25 AM	#2
PowerBass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,638	Holy crap! What lake Tom? Glad to hear no one was seriously injured. __________________ fivealivebassmasters.com

08-26-06, 11:27 AM	#3
bassintom BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: washington(northwest) N.J. Posts: 3,958	furnace lake.......what an experience....jeez! __________________ A man's gotta believe in something...I believe I'll go fishing.

08-26-06, 01:22 PM	#5
dodgeguy BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: poughkeepsie,n.y. Posts: 930	thank God you didn't get killed!!!i'd hate to see your underpants after that!!!ROFLMAO!!! __________________ chrysler master tech,avid fisherman and i bleed red,white and blue!!!!

08-26-06, 06:29 PM	#9
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,142	Dang, Tom! Glad you didn't get hit any worse! That lightning is scary stuff, especially when you are on the water. Hope all involved are OK. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

08-26-06, 12:49 PM	#4
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	i've always heard if you can see it anywhere in the distance to put the rod down and get off the water...I've been surprised to see FLW tournies and others fish with a storm on the horizon

08-26-06, 05:14 PM	#6
Fishie1 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 308	damn....pretty soon your gonna be like the guy from the GREAT OUTDOORS that got struck 66 times in the head! Seriously though dang glad your are not dead! One guy I talked to before was out fishing one time and the bait went up into the air like a kite on the cast due to all the static electricity in the air....he said he would never fish after that!

08-26-06, 05:35 PM	#7
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	fishie, sadly, as the days went by after the lightning, tommy put his rods down and his new obsession became playing with the dangerous volts

08-26-06, 05:45 PM	#8
Fishie1 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 308	haha what's that guy with the rice cutter hat off mortal combat?

08-26-06, 07:05 PM	#10
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	Awesome, a brand new experience huh. JK of course, and awful glad your still around to come down south fishing. As Reb stated, hope EVERYONE was OK. We do get a lot of those pop-up storms down here. When it looks close, I go to the dock. Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

08-26-06, 07:36 PM	#11
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	well i take it that a new pace maker is out of the question now huh?? mind ifin i smoke doc.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

08-26-06, 10:09 PM	#13
Vabass22 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern Va Posts: 1,120	Gald to hear your all right, and hope the skid marks aren't permanent!

08-27-06, 02:23 PM	#15
flfireman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Palm Bay, Fl Posts: 2,751	Glad everyone is OK. Since you are physically alright, any damage to the boat or electronics?? By the way, did you win?? __________________ In the Lord all things are possible.

08-27-06, 02:53 PM	#16
CarpMan BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 676	Thunder roaring and lightening splashing, right through the middle Tom goes fishing. Sometimes there is no way out when a fast moving electrical storm comes in. Tom, it is good to know you are ok and there was no damage to you and your friends. Carpy & Polly Ann

08-27-06, 09:39 PM	#17
bassintom BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: washington(northwest) N.J. Posts: 3,958	thanks guys..no damage to the boat and the numbness is gone..the guy that got hit the worst won...go figure __________________ A man's gotta believe in something...I believe I'll go fishing.

08-28-06, 06:06 PM	#19
Rodman_Rob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ocala, FL. 1/2 hour southwest of Rodman Posts: 1,702	Glad to hear there weren't any serious injuries. Thursday I did some fishing at the river from shore, got my lucky craft stuck in a tree. Took the boat out in a thunderstorm to retrieve it. I know I was pushing my luck. Read this thread, went fishing Saturday night and chose not to take the boat out because of the storm, paid off cause a caught a nice bass on a topwater RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME IN CLEAR WATER from the shore.......after the storm!!! __________________ Lizardsrule may not be able to drive a boat, but he can sure put you on the fish!

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