Fishing is a large source of income for many Colombians. Last post I shared how vendors use the beach to make a living. The beach is also used by local Colombians for fishing.
Each morning Robert and I get up and have coffee on the balcony before he goes to work. We are up at 5:00am and so are the local fishermen. They must beat the tourist crowd in order to fish. By 9:00am the beach is full of sunbathers, pleasure boaters and jet skis, and if the fishermen want to fish they must be early.
They have a system and work as a team. The net is cast out about 100 to 150 feet from shore, the boat returns to the shore and the real work begins. Numerous Colombians line up on the beach and begin to pull the net in, hand over hand they pull and ask the net begins to move towards the shoreline the man in front once he gets close to the water will go to the back of the line and the process continues until the net reaches the shallow water. Man after man moves to the back of the line and they work as a team to retrieve the days catch.
If you look close in the pictures you will see the birds gathering near the net as they pull it in hoping to grab a fish or two. Once the net gets close to the shore in the shallow water one of the fishermen will have the job of trying to scare the birds away so the others can get the catch of the day in the boat.
It's really a fascinating process to watch. They work hard and they work together.
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