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Lightning Strike Kills Tournament Angler
Posted on 6/13/12 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 6/13/12 at 4:10 pm
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The Bass Federation (TBF) and the entire fishing world mourns the loss of division championship angler Lorenzo Magdaleno, 51, from Lake Placid, Fl. Magdaleno was pronounced dead by Florida officials on Friday, June 8, after a bolt of lightning apparently struck Magdaleno and his boat partner, Mike Hardin of Tennessee, while fishing shortly after noon prior to the final day weigh-in of the TBF Southern Division Championship on Florida's Lake Okeechobee.
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Posted on 6/13/12 at 4:11 pm to jsmoke222000
Damn that sucks and should be a wake up call for me
Posted on 6/13/12 at 4:13 pm to Bama and Beer
Yeah me too. I fish in shitty weather all the time, especially in tournaments.
Posted on 6/13/12 at 4:13 pm to Bama and Beer
lightning struck my tree 30 ft from my house few nights ago. 
Posted on 6/13/12 at 4:17 pm to jsmoke222000
quote:
I fish in shitty weather all the time, especially in tournaments.
frick that if it starts lightning I'm gone. Only took one time for me to make a cast and the line start to fizzle to scare the shite out of me.
Posted on 6/13/12 at 4:19 pm to Chad504boy
All modern bass boats should come with one of these hard wired in:
I mean, what is $80 in trade for your life?
Posted on 6/13/12 at 4:25 pm to jsmoke222000
I don't mind a little rain but once i see lightening or hear thunder I'm booking it to somewhere safe and I don't give a frick about idle zones 
Posted on 6/13/12 at 4:53 pm to Bleeding purple
Never seen those. Are they accurate?
Posted on 6/13/12 at 5:14 pm to LSU Tigershark
There are some that are more accurate but yes they are on the overly cautious side. They are required at HS athletic events here in Texas. The highest risk of lightning strike is when the storm is approaching with some strikes occuring 6 miles ahead of the storm.
Posted on 6/13/12 at 6:15 pm to Bleeding purple
$67 at Amazon.com
Just ordered one to keep in the boat.
Just ordered one to keep in the boat.
Posted on 6/13/12 at 6:20 pm to jsmoke222000
Just what I wanted to read before fishing a tournament this weekend.
Posted on 6/9/13 at 12:45 pm to jsmoke222000
Almost a year to the day. It happened again to another bass fisher on Okeechobee.
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Be careful out there guys.
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Be careful out there guys.
Posted on 6/9/13 at 12:54 pm to Zukitiger
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frick that if it starts lightning I'm gone
Posted on 6/9/13 at 8:12 pm to Bleeding purple
quote:Umpire Associations should have them too.
They are required at HS athletic events here in Texas.
Posted on 6/9/13 at 8:14 pm to Geauxtiga
How do they work?
Posted on 6/9/13 at 8:26 pm to jsmoke222000
that's terrible, lightning scares the crap out of me on the water
Posted on 6/9/13 at 8:29 pm to Zukitiger
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frick that if it starts lightning I'm gone.
Yup
I don't tournament fish though. Or not very often
This post was edited on 6/9/13 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 6/9/13 at 9:13 pm to Boats n Hose
we once were fishing out of Delacroix in Black Bay. we heard some buzzing (like an overhead powerline), and then noticed our line would not sink in the water after casting it, it was bascially floating. well that was the static in the air, we immediately hauled arse.
Posted on 6/9/13 at 9:20 pm to lsufan112001
A couple of guys I know got struck by lightning in lake decade about 6 years ago. One is missing his thumbs and I think the other is missing some toes or something.
Posted on 6/9/13 at 9:21 pm to OhFace55
luckily I have always had good, at least not deadly, weather for the tournaments i've fished.
worst was 35 degrees with 20mph north winds in open water
worst was 35 degrees with 20mph north winds in open water
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