Went fishing this afternoon

[RidgeRunner]

I had a similar morning of boat riding with little to no bite in Tampa Bay this past Sat. Left the house at 3:00 with no wind whatsoever, Made it to the middle of the bay by 6:30 and was greeted with more than a light chop. Ditched the plan to go offshore and struck out on Grouper/Goliath inside the bay. I did have one break-off on 100 lb braid fishing with whole mullet on the bottom. Anybody's guess??? Moved after a time and anchored up near a pod of fishing boats in a channel. Fishing a strong outgoing current, with heavy confused chop. Got tired of getting beat up and my back started bothering me so I put in early, home by noon. Never saw the sun and never saw a fish landed or hooked by the other boats. Shoulda brought some light spinning reels, a guy landed a slot red from the bank as I was hauling the boat out. Offshore keeps illuding me due to the weather. Boat handled great. Nothing broke.. Beautiful trip.