According to local old-timers, fishermen would head out to sea at dusk and stay out sometimes until early the next morning depending on their catches. Most would sell their fish to wholesalers, who would in turn hire porters to carry them overnight over the old road to vendors in Shihlin, Talungtung, or Tataocheng.
據地方耆老表示，漁民通常黃昏出海捕魚，視漁獲量多寡，有時凌晨才入港，大多數漁民會將漁獲賣給大盤商，再由盤商聘僱挑夫，連夜將漁獲經魚路古道挑到台北各地，交給當地商販。