Fishermen Of Mud

This photo was taken in the Cavite-Manila Coastal Bay. As seen in the picture, a group of fishermen is trying out their luck to catch fish in the murky river in that area. The river is so dark with filth and mud that it is almost logical for one to conclude that no decent living organism suitable for human sustenance would ever survive in that area except maybe for dirt-eating single lifeforms or disease-causing bacteria.
Odd as it sounded, the fishermen claimed that there are still some decent fish that can be caught in the area. However, the fish must be camera shy at the time this photo was taken because the fishermen were not able to get even a single one.
A spouse and kid await silently on the shore with eyes set on the badly torn fish net as each scoop yields nothing but mud and pieces of entangled garbage. Exhaustion setting in and eventhough the path is determined, the woman heavily paced back while lost at the idea that her family would be undergoing another day of starvation.