Good to Bad Tampa Report

mcquadeoutdoors

Got out on Cockroach Bay a little late as the app showed rain in the morning and then calm till the late afternoon, checked from 6am-8am, no rain so i can out there. Dropped the SUP in and paddled around to a few different coves, managed 1 red and 2 snook before the storm hit. I decided to wait it out inside an overhanging mangrove as the lightning was close and my fishing rods and paddle are all carbon fiber. After about an hour i got a break in the wind/lightning and made it back to the ramp just in time for the lightning to start and to find out i had a dead battery.  Thats fishing, glad i got out and ive always got my emergency gear with me.

Also: how do imbed a video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeF52BLtF3I

gogittum

Nicely done video.  Glad I wasn't out there with you in the storm.

mplspug

At 4:50 mark.  If I saw that sky, I am getting the heck off the water.  I need to get one of those scupper anchors.   

If I got caught in a lightning storm like that they would be pulling my body out, because I'd faint in terror and drown.

mcquadeoutdoors

mplspug said:

At 4:50 mark.  If I saw that sky, I am getting the heck off the water.  I need to get one of those scupper anchors.   

If I got caught in a lightning storm like that they would be pulling my body out, because I'd faint in terror and drown.

Wish i got some of the other lightning on camera. I didnt even keep the paddle on my board, tied if off and tossed it into the trees.
An anchor spike is a must have for any SUP fisherman!