DavidWliilamson 0 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 The weather has finally broken so I though that I would go fishing today :D So I set off early this morning things were going well had a few over 2lbs then at 3pm some rumbles !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! then a big bang thunder and all the bigger fish went to ground and only the small ones would bite, this is the third time in the last month and a half this has happened :angry: The only thing to do was come home. Can`t control the weather but wish I could at times????? David Link to post Share on other sites
cobra 4 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 not only the fishing goes off but its dangerous if you have carbon rods Link to post Share on other sites
DavidWliilamson 0 Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 not only the fishing goes off but its dangerous if you have carbon rods I was using my fibreglass rod also there was no warning no rain or big black clouds Link to post Share on other sites
BoldBear 194 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 (edited) It is not always like that. I had one of my best nights Carping in the middle of a raging thunderstorm that passed right over me; with lightening strikes all around me; in the days when I used fibreglass rods. The Carp suddenly started feeding about an hour before the storm and were almost climbing up my rods during the storm. I was soaked but very happy (although a little scared at times). I was a Meteorologist in the Royal Navy then, and thought it was something to do with the rising air pressure. Edited July 4, 2008 by BoldBear Happiness is Fish shaped (it used to be woman shaped but the wife is getting on a bit now) Link to post Share on other sites
chesters1 1549 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 so long as your not golfing at the same time you should be fine Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle Mathew 4:19 Grangers law : anything i say will turn out the opposite or not happen at all! "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson Link to post Share on other sites
carphead07 0 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 i was once surface fishing for carp on an overcast day and nothing was coming up then a thunderstorm came over the fish went mental loads of them were coming up they just randomly came on the feed when the rain started gtting heavy :S mike finlay the carpinator Link to post Share on other sites
Barry C 4 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 I was fishing a large reservoir when a storm passed overhead. Torrential rain, thunder and lightning. One lightning strike came to earth in the middle of the reservoir about quarter of a mile away, A few minutes later there were loads of gulls on the water at that spot, I presume feeding on dead or stunned fish. Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Macfarlane 58 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 (edited) A fibreglass rod isn't going to save your life if your rod is out in the rain is it? It's going to be wet from top to bottom and your hands will be holding that rod. Carbon just happens to be a GOOD conductor, especially when there are pylons etc around. I'm pretty sure wet fibreglass will be almost as dangerous. Edited July 5, 2008 by Andy Macfarlane ¤«Thʤ«PÔâ©H¤MëíTë®»¤ Click HERE for in-fighting, scrapping, name-calling, objectional and often explicit behaviour and cakes. Mind your tin-hat Click HERE for Tench Fishing World forums "I envy not him that eats better meat than I do, nor him that is richer, or that wears better clothes than I do. I envy nobody but him, and him only, that catches more fish than I do" ...Izaac Walton... "It looked a really nice swim betwixt weedbed and bank" ...Vagabond... Link to post Share on other sites
DavidWliilamson 0 Posted July 5, 2008 Author Share Posted July 5, 2008 A fibreglass rod isn't going to save your life if your rod is out in the rain is it? It's going to be wet from top to bottom and your hands will be holding that rod. Carbon just happens to be a GOOD conductor, especially when there are pylons etc around. I'm pretty sure wet fibreglass will be almost as dangerous. Yes i agree if it had been raining i would have stopped as you quite rightly put it electricity will use the water on the rod Link to post Share on other sites
The Flying Tench 40 Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 The weather has finally broken so I though that I would go fishing today :D So I set off early this morning things were going well had a few over 2lbs Strike a light ! Not many people can casually say they had a few roach over 2lbs! Out of interest was it loch or river? john clarke Link to post Share on other sites
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