{"id":9906,"date":"2025-05-24T03:08:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T08:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/only-a-diehard-would-fish-this-long-then-it-hit\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T03:08:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T08:08:46","slug":"only-a-diehard-would-fish-this-long-then-it-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/only-a-diehard-would-fish-this-long-then-it-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Only a Diehard Would Fish This Long\u2026 Then It Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"630\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RpXIBZQVUAU?autoplay=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>These are lightning fishing stories you won\u2019t forget\u2014some personal, some from my years guiding on Lake Fork, and a few that\u2019ll straight up chill you. If you\u2019ve ever wondered, \u201cis it safe to fish in lightning?\u201d I used to think so\u2026 until I got hit. Twice.<\/p>\n<p>You ever stay too long on the lake chasin&#8217; a bite\u2014knowing full well a storm\u2019s rolling in?<br \/>\nYeah&#8230; me too. More than once.<\/p>\n<p>From floating line and buzzing rods to real stories of lives lost and boats blown apart, this one dives deep into the dark side of our diehard fishing mindset\u2014the pride, the addiction, and the price.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever fished through thunder just for &#8220;one more cast,&#8221; this one\u2019s for you.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc4d Drop a comment with your close call or lightning encounter<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe for more real-world bass fishing content\u2014no fluff, just facts from the field<\/p>\n<p>Follow Me for More Bass Fishing Content<br \/>\nFacebook: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TomRedingtonFishing\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TomRedingtonFishing<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/TomRedington\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/TomRedington<\/a><br \/>\nTikTok: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@UCvzH3t70Ge-D3s7nhQ2t5sA\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@UCvzH3t70Ge-D3s7nhQ2t5sA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#bassfishing #lightningstrories #fishingstories  #lightningstrike  #fishinglife #bassfishinglife<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are lightning fishing stories you won\u2019t forget\u2014some personal, some from my years guiding on Lake Fork, and a few that\u2019ll straight up chill you. If you\u2019ve ever wondered, \u201cis it safe to fish in lightning?\u201d I used to think so\u2026 until I got hit. Twice. You ever stay too long on the lake chasin&#8217; &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[71,6550,6540,6545,3203,6538,6551,6537,62,6543,6536,6552,6548,6539,6547,6549,6542,6544,6541,6546],"class_list":["post-9906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsubmissions","tag-bass-fishing","tag-bass-fishing-stories","tag-bass-fishing-storm","tag-diehard-fishing","tag-fishing-in-bad-weather","tag-fishing-in-lightning","tag-fishing-storm-survival","tag-is-it-safe-to-fish-in-lightning","tag-lake-fork-fishing","tag-lightning-fishing-safety","tag-lightning-fishing-stories","tag-lightning-strike-lake","tag-lightning-strike-on-boat","tag-lightning-strike-while-fishing","tag-one-more-cast-fishing","tag-real-fishing-stories","tag-scary-fishing-stories","tag-storm-fishing-bass","tag-storm-fishing-dangers","tag-thunderstorm-fishing-risks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}