Yakin the Cove.

[SpeckWrangler]

Drove down to the beach this morning because it showed wind was north last night and this morning. Get down there and there is no wind and the surf is crashing. Water still looked decent just rough. So I headed to west cove.

Fished the main canal and lost one nice speck that spit the hook at the boat.

Drifted all the way down the south bank picking up one red and several croaker on my way to old dock. I kept hearing thunder in the distance but couldn't see any weather.

About 11:45 i decided to make the paddle back. Well i was about 10 mintues too late. Tide was ripping out of the canal and lighting was hitting all around me. I was also greeted with a stiff west wind. I paddled for 40 minutes straight no stopping to try to beat weather. All in all i got real nervous today!

[RAGINJROB]

That canal is tough coming back when its ripping out. How was water in the cove?

[1fastmerc]

Originally Posted by SpeckWrangler

Drove down to the beach this morning because it showed wind was north last night and this morning. Get down there and there is no wind and the surf is crashing. Water still looked decent just rough. So I headed to west cove.

Fished the main canal and lost one nice speck that spit the hook at the boat.

Drifted all the way down the south bank picking up one red and several croaker on my way to old dock. I kept hearing thunder in the distance but couldn't see any weather.

About 11:45 i decided to make the paddle back. Well i was about 10 mintues too late. Tide was ripping out of the canal and lighting was hitting all around me. I was also greeted with a stiff west wind. I paddled for 40 minutes straight no stopping to try to beat weather. All in all i got real nervous today!

Lol


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[SpeckWrangler]

it was fairly clear. not green but about 18in visibility. I could see hard heads swimming.

[SpeckWrangler]

Merc I see how you felt today man!

[1fastmerc]

Originally Posted by SpeckWrangler

Merc I see how you felt today man!

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[SpeckWrangler]

lighting strikes!

[1fastmerc]

Originally Posted by SpeckWrangler

lighting strikes!

Lmbo. Make you nervous with your rods in the air. Lol


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[BassYakR]

Ur phone broke? I been textin u

[SpeckWrangler]

yea i laid em down! then caught me damn fingers in my topwater getting out

[1fastmerc]

Originally Posted by SpeckWrangler

yea i laid em down! then caught me damn fingers in my topwater getting out

Lol.


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[Gerald]

Originally Posted by 1fastmerc

Lmbo. Make you nervous with your rods in the air. Lol


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They are not "lighting rods".......graphfite.

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Now this don't sound like fun

[SpeckWrangler]

No but metal doesnt attract lightning anyways. It is just a conductor. What does attract lightning is tall isolated objects.

[MathGeek]

Originally Posted by SpeckWrangler

No but metal doesnt attract lightning anyways. It is just a conductor. What does attract lightning is tall isolated objects.

Actually, it's a little of both. Lightning wants to take the shortest path to electrical ground. If the metal object is electrically grounded (has a conducting path to earth), then it will attract lightning, but even more if it happens to be tall, because height shortens the path. But a tall bus, or even a tall piece of metal equipment being moved on a semi trailer won't attract lightening, because the rubber tires are an insulator and prevent there from being an electrical path to ground. However, even some things that seem like insulators conduct well enough to attract lightning, trees for example, the saps is a moderate conductor, sort of like salt water, blood, or urine (never pee on an electric fence).

I've had a couple of occasions caught in a t-storm where I quickly put all the poles in the boat horizontal. They are normally in vertical rod holders and extend 11 ft above the water line. Once they are wet, they will conduct and attract lightning.

[1fastmerc]

Originally Posted by SpeckWrangler

No but metal doesnt attract lightning anyways. It is just a conductor. What does attract lightning is tall isolated objects.

Lol. I understand what Gerald is saying but I was going to let him prove that theory. I know I'm not. Lol


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[SpeckWrangler]

haha

[Rippinlips55]

Me and the little bro paddled to west cove today, picked up a flounder at dark and caught three little rat reds along the west bank on top water, not even big enough to fool with! Was glass calm early,then about 10:00 it was rippin in the canal on the way in!!

[Gottogo49]

Originally Posted by MathGeek

Actually, it's a little of both. Lightning wants to take the shortest path to electrical ground. If the metal object is electrically grounded (has a conducting path to earth), then it will attract lightning, but even more if it happens to be tall, because height shortens the path. But a tall bus, or even a tall piece of metal equipment being moved on a semi trailer won't attract lightening, because the rubber tires are an insulator and prevent there from being an electrical path to ground. However, even some things that seem like insulators conduct well enough to attract lightning, trees for example, the saps is a moderate conductor, sort of like salt water, blood, or urine (never pee on an electric fence).

I've had a couple of occasions caught in a t-storm where I quickly put all the poles in the boat horizontal. They are normally in vertical rod holders and extend 11 ft above the water line. Once they are wet, they will conduct and attract lightning.

Did you see the Myth Busters one about peeing on a electric fence? They showed that the stream is too broken up to conduct electricity. Anyway, I'm not going to try and prove them wrong - no peeing on a fence for me. HaHa!

[Slidellkid]

Myth busters is a joke. They also said that it was not possible to "robinhood" an arrow one into the back of the other. I've done and so have thousands of other archers. I lost all respect for them when they said it couldn't be done and their proof was that they shot about 50 times and couldn't do it. The guy could barely pull the bow back and was a horrible shot - what did they expect? Bunch of BS is what that show is.