Amateur Fishing (VI) - The two-man Crew by MarioPortugal
Left on the picture is Mestre Mr. António José, 54, the master, and right on the picture is Mr António Murraças, 64. Together they make the two-man crew team.They were both born & raised in Nazaré.
They are related cousins between themselves and one curiosity is that they both share the very same first & last name !!. Theirs first is António and theirs last is Murraças.
They both are professional fishermen but for the weekends they are happy to rent their fishing-boat to fishing amateurs like the ones doing this Saturday, July 29, journey. :)
Mestre António José told me he has been fishing since the age of 14. Nowadays he has one other boat for professional fishing only that has capacity for 8 men maximum.
He (Mestre António José) fishes sardines (sardinhas) and small saurels (carapaus) all year long.
During the months of July until December sardines are sold at the nearby markets. This period is when sardines are "fat" and tasty. From January until June sardines are usually not tasty but they do keep fishing it to supply the factories [I guess for the production of canned-sardines and also sardine powder (!?)].
