static electricity

 Was out last  night chasing pinks and on the  way  home i had  a graphite  plastics rod in the rocket launcher when that  lightning came thru. Anyway i starting hearing a click. It got louder and more frequent.i thought it was my flood  light or white  light so i turned  them  both off. Kept happening so i had  a look and could see a flash coming out  the bottom of  the  rocket launcher.it stopped as  soon as i went under the  garden  island bridge..must have happened for  a minute or so..has any body had this happened?. Lightning was directly above me.

Needed a new pair of pants when i got home lol.

 


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 Yup I've had it before. All

Tue, 2016-03-15 12:28

 Yup I've had it before. All the hair on my arms was standing on end. Reminded me of the sound you hear from a wet power pole. Lay the rods on the floor in future and lower aerials 

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Graphite rods are conductive

Tue, 2016-03-15 12:31

 Having them in a rod holder, particularly if you are in a tinny, makes them a lightning rod. Google it, there are a few pictures out there. It would have been discharging static build up.

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Stuff that.

Tue, 2016-03-15 13:02

 We were on the James Service and saw that storm coming down. But the boat was well and truely on the trailer before it was anywhere near us. Hate lightning when near the water. 

Get any fish? We only managed a 52cm Pink. 

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 Yeah  pinks were on got 3

Tue, 2016-03-15 15:57

 Yeah  pinks were on got 3 but only 70cm models and  went to another spot looking for  mullys when the  lightning started so came in

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Tue, 2016-03-15 21:24

 

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yep

Tue, 2016-03-15 15:59

happened a couple of months ago

had that same sizzling sound getting louder as the storm approached 

felt like a big lightning conductor out in the middle of the ocean. haha

 

maybe the site sponsors should start selling special brown undies for fishing when there is lightning forecast?  

 

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 This wasnt a sizzle it was a

Tue, 2016-03-15 19:24

 This wasnt a sizzle it was a loud click and flast out the bottom  of rocket launcher.i could easily hear it over a Honda  225 at 3500rpm

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Yeah beach fishing one night was getting electric shocks

Tue, 2016-03-15 21:32

thought it was time to pack it away before the big one. Also when you put your finger near the rod it would arc across a little blue spark