This is my post for #freewrite Tuesday prompt Ear Plugs by @mariannewest
When I am fishing I like the sounds of nature, a mullet jumped, a baby heron nested in the treetop is calling to get fed, a pelican dove, silver mullet flushed and a trout struck at baitfish. These sounds are calming to me. If I had earplugs in my ears I would miss all these sounds. I see boats on the river with radios blaring and think to myself about all they are missing and they do not even know it.
One of the best splatter pole fishermen there ever was decided he would give it another try, He has not fished for the last three years. To tell the truth, he is getting too old and the river is in too bad of shape for him to splatter pole. He came by me today on his way to set pigfish traps. I was pulling a trout when he went by. When he came back by me I was on a different island and I caught a trout just as he went by. I fished all the islands and went to the west shore, I only caught eight there but I saw one of Jun Rays traps and I pulled it to see if there was bait down there. He did not have a fish of any kind in it. It is not looking good for his trout fishing, I wish he could get another season but I think even if he gets bait his body will not hold up to fishing the pole and he refuses to use a rod and reel. I feel bad for him but the days of using a splatter pole are over.
While I was on one of the islands I saw a red cork floating and got to watching it and could see there was a fish on it, I decided when I was done there I was going to get the cork. Then I saw a porpoise go after the fish that was dragging the cork around. The cork disappeared and I thought the porpoise got the fish but then he slapped his tail on the water like they do when they are pissed and I saw the cork in by the shore the fish got away from him. I went in to shore and grabbed the cork and to my surprise, there was a 2-pound trout on it. Usually, when I find a fish on a cork it is a catfish.
I caught 30 trout that weighed 50 pounds and a 3 and 1/2 pound bluefish
