Beach fishing can be a fun day tour in Nha Trang.

You can catch fish and enjoy them cooked in a traditional Vietnamese style for lunch.

Boats and tour guides can be hired at one of the travel agents in Nguyen Thien Thuat Street.

According to Suong, a guide at the Open Tour office, a fishing trip for a dozen people should cost VND2 million (US$118) and a tour for one should cost around VND500,000 ($30).

The fishing tours usually start with a hotel pickup at around 8:30 a.m. to go to Cau Da Port.

From the port, it takes about 30 minutes to cruise to Mun and Tam islands, where the eager anglers can stop for fishing and snorkeling.

“I have been fishing since I could walk,” said Deborah, a tourist from Australia, who landed three fish before lunch.

“Before I came here, I heard Nha Trang had the most beautiful beach and islands in Vietnam and the sea had many fish,” she said.

“I wanted to see how fishing in Vietnam is different from at home.”

On the top of the boat, Samantha, a 20-year-old girl who is traveling with her boyfriend Bob, is screaming: “Ohhhhhhh…it took the bait!”

“I let the fish take the bait for a while then I set the hook….Yahhh!!!! I had it hooked. I am so excited and scared,” Samantha said.

Bob reels a 50 centimeter-long fish close to the boat and they begin to fight back and forth.

For a new angler like Sally, catching fish is not so easy.

At least three get away.

Sally said: “I feel a little bit disappointed. Anyway, wait and see… maybe next time!”

At around 12 p.m., the boat heads for Con Se Tre Resort on Tre (Bamboo) Island, where the “fishermen” lunch on Vietnamese seafood and the fish they caught.

On Tre Island, the tourists can swim, relax or sunbake for an hour before visiting the local fishing village to see fresh shrimp, crabs and other sea creatures raised in floating cages.

The tour finishes at the port at around 4 p.m.

Reported by  Luu Hong