That time of year for lightning

We were fishing a tournament a couple of weekends ago. It had been cloudy and rainy all day and after checking the weather we all deemed it ok to fish. Just after lunch my partner and I noticed the sky growing darker and immediately felt a drop in tempeature. We didnt hear any thunder so figured it was ok. I picked up a spin cast rod and noticed it making a very low crackling sound…like it was trying to pick up a radio station. My partner couldnt hear it so I thought maybe I was hearing something else. It was a Shimano rod. I picked up a couple of other rods (other brands) and they were not making any sound. When I picked the Shimano back up it shocked the heck out of me so much I threw it down hard, luckily not going in the water. That was my duh moment and told my partner lets get out of here. Just as we were getting on plane a bolt of lightning struck behind us probably 1/4 mile away. I was on plane and took a short cut back to the ramp passing over a shallow saddle connecting two coves that I knew was only 3-feet deep but I never slowed down. As we came out of the cove another bolt struck just on the other side. I saw the white light with blue edges and it partially blinded me but I just kept going back to the ramp, tied up the boat and got off the water until it calmed enough. I wonder if the Shimano rod has more graphite than my other ones but now I call it my lightning rod. Thought I would post this to remind everyone its that time of year and be watchful. Good to have a warning system.