Lightning Encounter (Update)

By Jimmy FeeMay 24, 2011

After a little more searching following my rod-buzzing lightning encounter last week, I found some pictures of fishing rods that had been struck by lightning. Pretty wild.

Looks like I was a couple minutes away from having my 11-foot Lamiglas turned into a custom feather duster with orange wraps.

Jimmy Fee

Jimmy Fee is the Editor of On The Water and a lifelong surfcaster. He grew up fishing the bridges and beaches of Southern New Jersey before moving to Cape Cod in his early 20s. He's pursued striped bass from North Carolina to Massachusetts. He began with On The Water in 2008, and since then has covered a variety of Northeast fisheries from small pond panfish to bluewater billfish in the through writing, video, and podcasting.

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