Static Electricity or Humidity?

[redbelly7]

While fishing out of Econfina yesterday, my line was floating in the air. My fishing buddy was telling me it was from all of the static electricity in the air. Someone else told me today that it was due to the clouds, humidity, etc. What do you experienced folks say?

[Reel Cowboy]

static electricity in the air

dat's it

Were any of the storms close?

[redbelly7]

Yes storms close by yesterday. When lightening popped around Aucilla, we tucked and ran.

[LJR]

when that happens it time to head for the hill

[sanblaslayer]

The tip of my flyrod started buzzing and popping while i was switching flies on saturday. It was in my bucket on the platform sticking straight up. Needless to say, i threw it in the bottom of the boat and moved to a new location. Never had that happen before.

[What a mess]

Glad your lucky cause to be a ground rod would be sucky!

[Reel Cowboy]

Yes storms close by yesterday. When lightening popped around Aucilla, we tucked and ran.

That's static electricity. Bad juju for living a long time.

[FishWithChris]

We were out of the light house once a few months ago and were headed east attempting to beat the storm dodging in and out of open air in between clouds and we stopped to grab some pins and next thing we know the hair started to stand up on our arms, poles started to buzz, and lines started to float.

TheBeerGuy was behind the wheel, he sat on the deck with his head poked out to the left and barely over the wheel, I was up front, grabbing rods and laying them down while I saw my happy butt on the deck.

scary times.


same thing happened later on on the way in, except there was a wall we had to pass through where the pressure dropped a min of 10° and gave us the heebiegeebies

[Tidedancer]

Yes storms close by yesterday. When lightening popped around Aucilla, we tucked and ran.

That's static electricity. Bad juju for living a long time.

That's a fact Jack!!!