Sunday morning the wife and I put the boat in. Light showers passing thru but not too bad. No sooner rolled the boat into the water and a pretty hard lightning bolt went off. I tied the boat to the dock and we sat in the vehicle in the parking lot for awhile. 15 mins or so with not other strikes and sprinkles letting up we go in the boat and headed off. A half mile from the dock I got a rod rigged with bait, gave it to the wife and got started getting mine ready to go. All of a sudden I got a terrific shock and threw the rod down. I had kind of heard of this happening right before a lightening strike so the next few seconds were pretty scary. It wasn't at all just like a static shock from rubbing on the carpet but like a very strong electric fence shock. We headed back in right away but I have to say it was very unnerving to experience.