The tide helped them to take the boat to shore. Locals use these big boats, with Bermudan sails and flat hull, to sail among the sandy fingers of land. Together, first they stretch the long fishing nets and then pull them from the beach as Italian fishermen do on trawlers. The nets are long and the job is tiring and lengthy. They are small coral fish that will be given to the villagers to be put in the sun to dry.
Fishing is one of the main subsistence staples for the local inhabitants.
Occasionally, they succeed in fishing big dugongs that still live in the shallow and protected waters of the archipelago. When we want to dive near the outermost coral reef and we sail on the swift villagers' boat to reach the open sea, we happen to see some dugongs but, unfortunately, it is never near enough to be able to admire this beautiful creature. In the stretches of water surrounding the sandbars that lie between the beach and the coral reef there are very strong currents caused by the tide. These areas are the ideal place for fishing and this is why the lodge is especially equipped with fishing gear. Trolling and fly-fishing are the most common activities and sailfish are yearned preys, but not the only ones.