In Canoa Ecuador fishermen spend their day either on the water or nearby the beach waiting for good weather. Many of them began fishing very young, often as a teenager and so by the time they reach their early 20s they know their craft well.
During my time in Canoa I met many of these Ecuatoriano Pescadores and one of the kindest was John David, who at 23 had already been working for years, and already was married with two small children. He usually fishes with his brother who is only 17 but one day allowed me to come out on the boat with him and his cousin to see what it was like on open water.