I like to Striper fish at night in Dec so there are too many fog stories to recall. About 2 am, you gotta be at the ramp or expect to be there until morning.

Back in the 70's (when I was real young) my Dad and I were fishing in the spring for Bass. I can't recall which creek (maybe Caney) but a storm blew in and we just hunkered down in the trees (normal high water). At one point the rain stopped, there was complete silence, and the sky/air was kinda orange. After a few minutes, the heavens opened again and it stormed for another 15 or 30 minutes. When we got back to Jamestown Dock, we learned that a tornado had gone through just over the ridge from us.

Striper fishing in Dec 3 or 4 years ago, bro in law and I put in at Lilly and went up Caney. It was 50 degrees but just kept raining all night. We finally gave-up about 4 am and took the boat out. I could see sheets of water running down the road at Lilly from the parking lot to the actual ramp and that the drainage ditch was full of leaves so no water was going there. I could not get up the hill. I would get about 10 feet and both tires would just spin until the truck stopped. I gave-up and we parked blocking the ramp and took a nap. About 7 am (still raining) a guy woke us up and wanted to put his boat in. I told him I would be happy to move if he would pull my trailer to the top of the hill with his Bronco. He did and we got to go home.

Got the living tar beat out of me on Lake Gaston in a 14 foot Seacrest once too but that was just painfull. Never really scary.