Sergei watching the fishermen on Galatay Bridge in Istanbul

We took the Asian ferry to cross the Bosporus and came upon a group of men fishing from the high walkway. What they did was load up a fishing rod with 10-15 fish hooks with NO bait. They would flip the line into the water and with a single flip, they would bring the line quickly to the land. From the hooks, there might be one or two or ten little sardines flailing around. They would quickly unhook the fish into a bucket and then, flip-flip all over again like a flash. A few seconds was all it took. The catch was walked over to some restaurant boats tied to the wall. There was a cook standing outside the boat behind a charcoal barbeque. He was quickly grilling the fish and the waiters were carrying them into the restaurant for the customers to eat. It was fascinating to see the speed of the fishermen, the speed of the cooks and the delicious smell of the fish. We ate sardines(it was not really a sardine, but we never found out the real name) with our fingers with bread and cold beer. Delicious!