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High pipe stacks venting hot burning gas In the Gulf of Mexico where fishing a blast Oil rigs vent natural gas that never stops The hot flames create - crackles, snaps and pops This hot burning flame is known as a flare it’s the serious fisherman will you find there The heat’s so intense you stay far away You catch fish there at night; not during day Bugs are attracted to the flame at night Then heat over comes them, they drop from flight Small fish are waiting each night for the feed That draws the big ones for the food they need The giant ones are also hanging around Normally the sharks find this feeding ground When a giant one swallows a fish you have on Best to cut your line before it’s all gone But on this trip we’re after speckled trout Keep fishing until all ice chests fill out All poles are rigged up with two hooks per line You’re always expected to catch two at a time A speckled trout isn’t a trout at all It’s named is “weakfish”, that’s its proper call A brackish water fish, gets a foot long In the Gulf at the flares, grow twice that long “Flare fishing” involves being up all night Grab a snack and cool one when off the bite It’s a long run to get there and get back Make the best of it you can, do not slack All the ice chests must be packed just right With layers of fish and layers of ice Most all of the fish that we catch, we sell A night of flare fishing, you’re tired as hell You think to yourself I’m done doing that Too much work and no sleep for what I get But when someone says, “Let’s fish the flares” I’ll say, “Sure, I love to catch them in pairs”
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