A Sad Day

[Felix77]

Very sad to hear ... RIP

[lmbfisherman]

Very sad to hear, condolences to his family and may he Rest In Peace.  I don't usually push it, rain with no thunder and I will keep fishing, but once I see a flash and/or thunder I'm out.

[airborne_angler]

Crazy thing about it is, some bodies of water are so remote that there's really nowhere to go in the event of lightning. You could huddle under a tree on the bank bu t trees get hit by lightning too...and as Chris at Tech said, trying to outrun a storm with only a TM just won't get you very far, very fast. I've tried to go in as a storm approached and clouds rolled in, things got very dark, its hard to avoid floating vegetation that can foul up the prop on your TM.That just puts a whole other isdue on the situation.

[piscicidal]

Very sad to hear about it.  My prayers go out to the family. 

 

Does anyone know the name of the angler?  I heard he was in a West Palm Beach bass club.  The links posted earlier are from the 2012 BFL incident...

[5 Dollar Fishing Game]

Very sad indeed.

[Toshie Singleton Murrell]

Fellow Anglers,

I am one of the sisters of your fellow angler Aaron Singleton who lost his life Saturday while fishing a tournament. I want to thank Mike for posting the forum and to all who express prayers to our family. Aaron (Ed) Singleton is a member of the Royal Palm Bassmasters club. It's ok to say if you do or don't get off the water during a storm but we know he was trying to get off but the storm came quick. Our brother like all of you lived to fish and at home in Kentucky also lived to hunt when fishing season was over. Again thank you all...we aren't ready to let him...but he left doing what he loved. God Bless you all!

[5 Dollar Fishing Game]

I am so sorry for your loss. Your family has been lifted up in prayer. I have put this out in our church and bass clubs as well. Please let us know if you all need anything. For now, we will miss our fellow angler. This sport has a high level of comrodery and anytime an angler is killed or otherwise injured, ill, etc, we take it seriously. We all share the common bond of bass fishing and this is something I hope and pray as many anglers as possible will remember in our fishing ventures dedicate the next bass to your brother.

My condolences,

Joe

"who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God" (2 Corinthians 1:4 NKJV)

[piscicidal]

Toshie,

 

Sorry for your loss.  You and Ed will be in my prayers.

[fstr385]

Very sad to hear, condolences to his family and may he Rest In Peace.  I don't usually push it, rain with no thunder and I will keep fishing, but once I see a flash and/or thunder I'm out.

Know whats crazy, that was the only lightning that hit. There was no other sign. No thunder in the distance or anything. It began to sprinkle, then that one just slammed close by and scared the heck out of us at which point we decided to go in. I don't even recall any more lightning or thunder after that one either. There were worse storms up NE and some South heading toward us, but it didn't look to bad where we were at the time. I was even saying "why is it raining?" "Where is this coming from?" Then BAM!! Ok, lets go! We were right on the opposite side of the main canal from coot bay. AND  when we loaded up, the whole parking lot was still full of trailers!! When we found out about 15 min after we left what had happened, my partner and I just looked at each other wide eyed and said "it was that one!!" I still cant believe it! Just... unreal!

[Hooked_On_Bass]

Thoughts and prayers got out to the family.

[CPBassFishing]

I probably push it further than I should a lot of times with lightning. Just a couple weeks ago we had a occasional lightning around but not terrible so we stayed out fishing (didn't help that we were killing them). I made a long cast and my line just hung in the air and even started to lift up towards the sky. We reeled in quickly and got off the water until it passed after that. 

Very sad deal indeed.

just curious, why did your line do that, and what kind of line? Would be interesting to see if the line got charged by the current in the air and was attracted to a forming lightning strike. I think you lucked out big time.

[BassAssassin726]

This sucks big time. May he rest in peace. We've all been guilty of staying out when we should maybe go back in. Sucks that the reminder had to come in the form of a fellow angler losing his life. My heart goes out to his family and friends. 

[The Commodore]

I'm so sorry for your loss.  Thank you for telling us about him.  I am sure he would have loved this site.

[Tyfisher]

Ed will be in my thoughts. Wishing you and your family all the best. 

[Sam]

I have a weather radar app on my iPhone and always watch it if inclement weather is around or approaching.

 

Why we think we can stand in a boat in water holding a rod in our hands pointed at the sky during a thunderstorm and not place ourselves in peril is too much for me to comprehend.

 

Also check the wind as on many bodies of water a strong wind can cause white caps and rough water.

 

Did you know that lightning can strike around five miles from the storm?  Yes, five miles from the storm.

 

So if you see a storm in the distance it would be wise to seek shelter until if passes, even if the storm is up to five miles away.

 

So sorry for the loss of a fellow fisherman. Tragic by all means. T&P to his family.

[salmicropterus]

Know whats crazy, that was the only lightning that hit. There was no other sign. No thunder in the distance or anything. It began to sprinkle, then that one just slammed close by and scared the heck out of us at which point we decided to go in. I don't even recall any more lightning or thunder after that one either. There were worse storms up NE and some South heading toward us, but it didn't look to bad where we were at the time. I was even saying "why is it raining?" "Where is this coming from?" Then BAM!! Ok, lets go! We were right on the opposite side of the main canal from coot bay. AND  when we loaded up, the whole parking lot was still full of trailers!! When we found out about 15 min after we left what had happened, my partner and I just looked at each other wide eyed and said "it was that one!!" I still cBareant believe it! Just... unreal!

That is my recollection also. I was just off East Wall and had foolishly decided to hang there because I thought the storm had weakened. Then flash and bang enough to shake my insides. I didn't see it hit the boat but it was very close. I ran east to Bare Beach and out to the Rim Ditch. Very sorry for this loss of a fellow angler.

[greendragon]

Prayers sent to the fisherman who passed and also to his partner.

[rabidsquirrel]

RIP... Very sad and unfortunate... My condolences to his family and the Co-Angler... 

[chobee]

I know Toshie and the family appreciate everything what has been said on the forum. On Tuesday

She read to me what fstr385 wrote and that's pretty much how it was. We were watching the weather

North and west of us when we saw one strike we both put down our rods and said that's it we decided

to head towards bear beach area where it looked like the weather had passed we cranked up and about

Less than a minute later it happened. I think I remember seeing a flash and the next thing I remember

Is seeing Ed lying between the seats. Buy that's all I want to say about this.

I would like you to know what type of person Ed was his only concern that day was the we go find

some bigger fish so I could win my club tournament. I could say a lot more but you guys will know

what I mean

I would like to thank the two guys who came over to help an called 911 I can't thank them enough

Please be safe on the water