Semi-dumb Question

[fishinkid2010]

Well I can not say to much on kayaking in lighting, but I thought I would share my uncle's experience a few months ago here on the Gulf. They had a bolt of lighting hit a few yards off the bow of their boat when they were offshore. He said that it threw him on his ass out of his seat since he was touching the aluminum top of the Bertram. The bolt of lightning also made a large red fire ball about four feet across underwater. Sounds a bit scary!

Personally I would not like to be out in lightning in my kayak with a jig stick vertically in the air, but I would not be too overly concerned. But we get thunder storm offshore here all the time, and it is rare that you hear of anyone getting seriously hurt.... and these boats have some pretty tall outriggers that could act as lightning rods.