Jump to content


Photo

Lightening hits fisherman... OMG

Started by CoyoteHuntress , Sep 23 2009 01:50 PM

  • Please log in to reply
20 replies to this topic

#1 CoyoteHuntress

CoyoteHuntress

    Royal Oaks Taxidermy

  • Advertiser
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 3,920 posts
  • Gender:Female
  • Location:Elk Grove, Calif
  • Interests:Im a full time taxidermist and I LOVE Hunting- coyotes, bobcat, bear, boar, elk, deer etc..

Posted 23 September 2009 - 01:50 PM

Attached File  Lighteninghitsboat.jpg   102.13K   85 downloadsAttached File  lake_charles2.jpg   91.51K   73 downloads Saw this on another forum... Happened in Lake Charles.. No clue where that is.. BUt THIS is why you do NOT fish when its lightening out...
Royal Oaks TaxidermyAward Winning Taxidermist...When Quality Counts! DEER CAPES WANTED

#2 BullsEye

BullsEye

    Big Kahuna

  • Members
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 2,010 posts
  • Location:Pasadena CA

Posted 23 September 2009 - 02:14 PM

Did he survive?

#3 BC9696

BC9696

    Big Shooter

  • Banned
  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 1,488 posts
  • Location:OC, CA

Posted 23 September 2009 - 02:17 PM

Nope. He died, here's the summary:Monday, Sep 7, 2009 @12:42pm CDTThe Labor Day weekend turned tragic for a Lake Charles man. Joseph Landry and Richard Bergeron were fishing on Old Black Bayou near Lake Charles Saturday. That's when lightning struck their boat. The lightning strike injured Bergeron, but killed the 44-year-old Landry. Bergeron has been treated and released from the hospital.

#4 bretmoua

bretmoua

    Predator

  • Members
  • PipPipPipPip
  • 364 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Fresno

Posted 23 September 2009 - 08:41 PM

That is so awful. It's a good thing I don't fish in the rain. Believe it or not, that's the first time I've heard of anything like that.

#5 peeker seeker

peeker seeker

    25-06 shooter

  • Members
  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 1,856 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Near Modesto
  • Interests:Grand kids, My dogs,(My girls the rabbits and hens)Hunting & fishing

Posted 23 September 2009 - 08:54 PM

rods act like lightening rods. and so do boats.
Reach out to are fury friends . Use a 25-06 If runs swims or flies ,IT CAN BE DEEP FRIED OR MADE INTO A PIE mmm mmmm ANIMALS IT'S WHATS FOR DINNER. Beeman air...25-06, 223, 7mm- 08 ,7mm Rem mag .Beaman 8 cats 0. Keeper of 2 Border Collie Heelers

#6 Yodel Dog

Yodel Dog

    Big Shooter

  • Members
  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 1,636 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Lodi, CA 95242
  • Interests:Guns and hunting, fishing when I can.

Posted 23 September 2009 - 09:12 PM

Scroll to 9/05/2009, two incidents involving boats. The others are also interesting.http://www.struckbyl....cfm?StartRow=1

#7 Jeff213

Jeff213

    Predator

  • Members
  • PipPipPipPip
  • 228 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Stockton, CA

Posted 28 September 2009 - 05:08 PM

Fishing in the rain is just fine, just don't fish in a thunderstorm. I would say less than 10% of rain storms in the central valley area are thunder storms.

#8 Moe

Moe

    Big Shooter

  • Members
  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 1,079 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Oregon

Posted 29 September 2009 - 06:06 AM

I don't think my fiberglass rods act like lightning rods..........
George Soros says we have the best Congress and Administration money can buy.

#9 BC9696

BC9696

    Big Shooter

  • Banned
  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 1,488 posts
  • Location:OC, CA

Posted 29 September 2009 - 07:37 AM

I don't think my fiberglass rods act like lightning rods..........

Yeah they do...just not as conductive as your graphiters. A high point is a high point...the guides will get so hot they melt the fiberglass.

#10 Moe

Moe

    Big Shooter

  • Members
  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 1,079 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Oregon

Posted 29 September 2009 - 09:44 AM

Yeah they do...just not as conductive as your graphiters. A high point is a high point...the guides will get so hot they melt the fiberglass.

When did Tesla join the group??
George Soros says we have the best Congress and Administration money can buy.

#11 ShooterJohn

ShooterJohn

    Admin

  • Root Admin
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 19,296 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Northern, CA
  • Interests:Hunting, shooting sports and fishing.

Posted 29 September 2009 - 09:55 AM

28-February 09 :smiley-innocent-halo-yellow:

Time waits for no one--
treasure every moment you have.

#12 Moe

Moe

    Big Shooter

  • Members
  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 1,079 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Oregon

Posted 29 September 2009 - 09:59 AM

Here's something he needs to know. http://www.allaboutc...1/chpt_1/2.html
George Soros says we have the best Congress and Administration money can buy.

#13 Shoot-it

Shoot-it

    Big Kahuna

  • Members
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 6,730 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:CA

Posted 29 September 2009 - 02:01 PM

I bet that was an electrifying experience for the survivor.

#14 Moe

Moe

    Big Shooter

  • Members
  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 1,079 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Oregon

Posted 29 September 2009 - 02:03 PM

Simply shocking!!
George Soros says we have the best Congress and Administration money can buy.

#15 Fjold

Fjold

    Traveling hitman

  • Gold Contributor
  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 1,636 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Bakersfield, CA
  • Interests:Shooting, hunting and fishing.

Posted 29 September 2009 - 06:56 PM

Lake Charles, Louisiana. I built a power plant there in 1997 or so.
Frank
One rifle, one planet. Holland's 375
Posted Image

#16 BigMatt

BigMatt

    Plinker

  • Members
  • Pip
  • 47 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Livermore, CA
  • Interests:Tight groups, long shots, sight and stalk, reloading, homebrewing beer, building stuff, my GTO, beer, law, good friends, beer and good times.

Posted 14 October 2009 - 04:12 PM

Has anyone here seen lightning strike the water of a lake? It is AMAZING to watch. I definitely would not want to be in a metal boat on the water... Poor guy.

#17 SAGITARUS

SAGITARUS

    Squirrel Shooter

  • Members
  • PipPip
  • 92 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:FRESNO COUNTY
  • Interests:many lots of sport hobbies, such as mtn biking, snorkeling, surf fishing, wall climbing, hiking, snow shoeing, airgun target shooting, photography, and most recently, archery.

Posted 30 December 2009 - 12:03 AM

Looks like a Scudd Missile or a rocket launcher weapon hit that vessel......... :smiley-innocent-halo-yellow: Isn't there some sort of lightning rod antennas you could attach to a vessel to avoid this sort of event?

#18 Yodel Dog

Yodel Dog

    Big Shooter

  • Members
  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 1,636 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Lodi, CA 95242
  • Interests:Guns and hunting, fishing when I can.

Posted 30 December 2009 - 12:19 AM

Isn't there some sort of lightning rod antennas you could attach to a vessel to avoid this sort of event?

Check Here: www.marinelightning.com

#19 ShooterJohn

ShooterJohn

    Admin

  • Root Admin
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 19,296 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Northern, CA
  • Interests:Hunting, shooting sports and fishing.

Posted 30 December 2009 - 09:30 AM

I'll have to get one of those setups for my SUPER yacht! :smiley-outta-here:

Time waits for no one--
treasure every moment you have.

#20 Bennie

Bennie

    Big Shooter

  • Gold Contributor
  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 1,825 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Yuba City, CA
  • Interests:Hunting, Fishing, Shooting.

Posted 30 December 2009 - 05:42 PM

Wow that is terrible. I work as a electrician in the winter when I need extra money and have been shocked quite a few times. I do not want to start an argument with any one but the worst I have ever been shocked is from static electricity from a PVC pipe on a suck vac. I have been shocked this way several times. It happens when we are useing it for a giant vacum cleaner cleaning out cracks on the flight line at Beale Air Force Base. It shocked me so bad one time last year my hands were numb and would not work for a while. It made me so mad I shut off the machine and broke that pipe all to he** last year. The guys were laughing at me untill I told them to run it. Then it was not so funny any more. It is a lot worse than 120 volts. We wear rubber gloves and boots now when we do that.
Raith Heryford's Guide ServiceSalmon, Trout & Steel Head | Striper, Sturgeon & Shad | Duck & Goose HuntingYuba /Sutter Northern CaliforniaCALL 530-870-2697 or emailQuit blowing on the Fur and get to the Hide.

#21 Old timer

Old timer

    Big Shooter

  • Members
  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 1,444 posts
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:LHC Airzona
  • Interests:Hunting (all types) fishing and reading all the posts

Posted 30 December 2009 - 07:46 PM

Just don't make GOD mad at you
Without hunters there wouldn't be much of an environment to protect!!Conservation of Wild Life Through the Taking of Predators by Sportsmen United we stand
Back to Fishing


0 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users

  1. California Predators Club Forums
  2. → CPC Main Forums
  3. → Fishing
  4. Privacy Policy
  5. Forum Guidelines ·