Sunday morning the wind was dead calm and the water flat as a pancake.
Although we had just returned from a Christmas trip to South Carolina, it was just too much to pass up.
Polly and I quickly loaded up the boat and by 9:30 a.m., we were heading past the jetties to test the action at some platforms 40 miles out.
Recently, I told my better half the first really calm day with no threatening weather in the forecast I wanted to make a winter offshore trip.
While we expected to run into lots of red snapper that had to be released, there exist many varieties of other fish around the steel reefs offshore.
Large Gulf and sand trout, grouper, vermilion snapper and all sorts of other reef fish hang around the wells and platforms.
It had been a while since I had given my offshore boat a good workout so, with all of that to gain, off we headed to one of our favorite spots approximately 40 miles east/southeast of the jetties.
Running at between 4,000 and 4,500 rpms in the open Gulf, we made the trip in an hour and a half.
Only one other recreational boat was observed during the run, and it was tied up to a rig approximately 15 miles out.
Perfect conditions greeted us upon arrival and that was about it for positive comments.
Using large squid and Spanish sardines for bait, not one decent fish was caught.
To my surprise, no red snapper was to be found.
It is the first trip I have made offshore that not a single fish was landed.
At least the boat’s engines got a good workout and lots of old gasoline was used to make room for a fresh batch.
Upon returning through the Galveston Ship Channel, Polly looked over at one of our favorite flounder holes and said we should have stopped there this morning instead of making the long haul.
We certainly would not have done any worse, and I had to agree with her.
There were no fishing reports in by Sunday afternoon, and I have to wonder if there was an epidemic of lockjaw going around.
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