Fishing Stories and Tall Tales

[Clymer]

(05-30-2012 01:27 AM)MichaelAngelo Wrote:  Every angler, regardless of their seasoning, has their own collection of fishing stories. Exaggerated, or true to the every detail, we all love telling our stories to friends, family, innocent by-standers, grandparents, grandchildren, trees, and fellow anglers.

Here's an outlet for just that!

Let's hear your fishing stories. How many times have you been out on the water and thought... well that would make a great story....

Great Thread!

A few years ago on Balsam Lake. My fishing partner and I are fishing on a gloomy day. In the distance we can see storm clouds brewing/thunder/lightening and comment to each other that we may have to head back soon.
I make a long cast off the back of the boat and as I wait for the bait to sink I notice that my line is free-spooling off my bait caster straight up into the air! This happened continuously as I stood and stared at the phenomenon..unsure what to think. Moments later my buddy, is experiencing the same thing. We decide its likely in our best interest to head for home...a 15 min ride across Balsam. As my buddy is storing his rod, his wedding ring comes into contact with the metal guides on his rod and gets a nice little jolt.

Immediatley we decide to fire up the motor and get off the water! Within seconds we are surrounded by a crazy storm. Waves, wind rain

Managed to get off the water safely but surely we were seconds away from being struck by lightning.

I did a bit of research once I returned home and this is something that has happened to others, but no real confirmation of what we experienced.