Lots of people don't know the presence of professional fishers on the Lake of Como.

This old profession , passed on from the father to the son, after a period of crisis, is rising again. Some boys have left their previous jobs to come up to the side of older fishers to learn this activity.

Fishing is an open-air profession and it is very hard; you can rest for few hours and it gives you very few opportunities in the future.

You can know very well the lake and its secrets, simetimes its queernesses

In the laying of the nets you have to consider the streams and the winds, in order that you don't risk of finding the nets in the middle of the lake or on the rocks. You have to know above all every single species of fish.

You can't never be sure of its results because it isn't a fish – breeding, but it's what the lake can offer you during the seasons of the year.So it's important to know that all the fish proposed at the restaurant is the result of this kind of fishing.

Alessandro manages the fishing Cooperative of St. Andrew with other professional fishers. It was founded to revalue the natural fish of the Lake of Como.