mike rousseau Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 So I'm not sure what happened today... I was fishing a tourney today when an ugly black cloud rolled in and it started to pour rain.... No thunder... No lightning... I got 3 shocks in my hand holding the rod in about 10 seconds... Freaked me right out... My hand felt funny for a while and I felt a little light headed... Anybody have any thoughts on what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Maybe St Elmo's fire. Static Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Pinched nerve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 could be static Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted July 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Pinched nerve? It was 100% electrical.... Almost like a cross between a normal static shock and a 9 volt battery on your tongue....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Scary stuff Mike, glad it didn't go any further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Fishing Ham Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Maybe St Elmo's fire. Static X2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
206 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Check these videos out, these guy are big time crappie nuts, I'm sure some of you know of them. I wouldn't doubt the air was "electric" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 we had the same thing when we cast out we noticed the line was floating about a foot above the water I took the lure off my line and started pulling line out , it went up on a 45 deg angle thats when I figured out lightning was going to strike in the area we took off and less then a minute a big bolt of lightning stuck about where we fished just seconds before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 It was 100% electrical.... Almost like a cross between a normal static shock and a 9 volt battery on your tongue....lol Oh, so like when someone, who shall not be named, zaps you with the Executioner electric mosquito zapper??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted July 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Oh, so like when someone, who shall not be named, zaps you with the Executioner electric mosquito zapper??? Lol About as strong but less snap... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 we took off and less then a minute a big bolt of lightning stuck about where we fished just seconds before We were fishing Chemong last week and thunder started booming just north of us so we called it a day and came off the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherpete Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 I've had the same thing happen Mike - swinging the rods sounded like lightsabers - scared the crap out of us and we packed up even though the skies were blue. Touching the rod tips was giving a shock. Big storm rolled thru the area an hour later. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handlebarz Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 I have had the line on my rod float like terry was saying that is some freeky stuff but pretty cool to experience and yes we left the water a short time later a monster storm rolled in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) I've had the same thing happen Mike - swinging the rods sounded like lightsabers - scared the crap out of us and we packed up even though the skies were blue. Touching the rod tips was giving a shock. Big storm rolled thru the area an hour later. Pete Had the same experience a few times. About 15 yrs. ago was fishing Dalrymple in mid summer the braided line was lifting off surface, graphite rods humming and giving shocks. Got scared and docked the boat.. Ended up catching biggest crappies of my life, from dock, minutes later at 15 1/2 in. each. Just before t-storm started capped it off with about 5 lb.largemouth from dock Caught the pre-storm feeding frenzy. Edited July 30, 2013 by ehg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Yes I have had this happen a few times and it's freaky too !!!! I have had a glow around my line and static sparks from my graphite rod !!!! It's a little scary as both times it was just before a storm moving in and the air was full of static I could also smell the ozone in the air too !!!!! It's not safe to be on the water when that happens and you could be at the wrong end of a lightning strike !!!! At port Darlington in bomanville the parking lot at the boat launch has very high hydro towers from the nuke plant over top of the lot and while you are putting your boat in order to launch you can feel the electricity in your rods while you are setting them up !!! Also the gunnels on my boat would give off small shocks and sparks my VHF antenae would spark a well !!!!! Ya it's pretty weird when it happens on a lake another board member here and myself were in a bass tourney a few years ago and we had it happen as well when we were fishing in the rain about 20 mins before a storm !!! It's a sign to take cover mike ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Try your other hand Mike Just don't get lectrocuted before our day next weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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