RedactedNarrative: OPERATOR STATED THAT HE AND PASSENGER 1 WERE FISHING WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK A NEARBY TREE AT THE EDGE OF THE WATER.  OPERATOR STATED THAT HE NOR HIS PASSENGER WERE INJURED BY THE LIGHTNING STRIKE BUT THAT HIS TROLLING MOTOR AND OTHER ELECTRONICS SUCH AS FISH FINDER WERE SHORTED OUT AND DAMAGED.  LOCATION OF THE EVENT WAS ON ELK RIVER APPROX 1 MILE NORTH FROM THE UNFINISHED BRIDGE.