Mui Ne Fishing

The fishermen were up early, but I got up with them while we were there. It wasn't difficult, seeing as I went to bed around 8:00 pm every night. We aren't much on nightlife over here. Anyway, they were hard at work when I hit the beach every morning at about 5:45.

Some used the traditional basket boats, as you can see in the photos. This was impressive; the waves were pretty rough and pretty high, and those little boats tossed and tossed.

Other groups had a long boat drag the net out (earlier than I got up, thanks) and then they slowly pulled it in. They stood in a line with the net attached to their waists, pulling backwards up the beach. When a person got far enough inland, he/she undid his 'belt,' ran back into the sea, and reattached it at the front of the line. There was also a guy (always one guy; never a woman) way out in the waves working with the net and getting pummelled by the waves.

The single guy in the shallows was crabbing with a small net that he would lay somewhat flat in the water and then pull up, catching the spider-like crabs that dug holes in the sand at low tide.