Aaron, huge fan here and never too late to do things differently. I became disenchanted selling my speared fish 25 years ago and I was making more money out of that than my day job. Once I changed tack and gave away fish to those who enjoyed it I recaptured my enthusiasm for my sport. Obviously I shot less fish as well. Cheers from QLD Australia 🇦🇺
Before you toss a reel or two that has failed on you, if I could pay you to ship it to me, I could take a crack at repairing it. I have the technical ability and tools to fix/replace the motors and replace electronic components. This is the only way I could ever afford to have one on my disability income. I would love to be able to try deep drop fishing. Even though your catch was limited, it looked like a great day on the water in the Keys. Life is good for the Key West Waterman... With great respect for your fishing etiquette... Joe
No such thing as wasted time on the water. Awesome videos for this Canadian. Btw I priced electric reels…some of them require me to remortgage my house , so I’ll just enjoy watching you instead. Thanks Aaron
All good bro! Went out of Jupiter today. 9 hours of trolling everything along a weed line at the Gulf Stream…nada. Naked hoos, skirted hoos, weighted hoos, dredges, daisy chains, feathers in just about every color. Just a long boat ride. Was a nice day though 🤷♂️
Been watching your content for a while. It's become a comfort getting home, and seeing that you dropped a new video. It's always relatable because I love to go out there alone. I know you can't give away too much of your operation, but you have a fraction of your fanbase that are still learning. And we appreciate what may seem like over-explaining to some. Personally, even some of the basics can be helpful.. Keep the videos coming, and congratulations on getting hitched.
Great content as always Aaron, glad to see you still getting out there. Great to give multiple perspectives of fishing. I'm glad I had the opportunity to see your ride before heading out on yankee capt a few years ago.
Still watching the video, but already excited as soon as I saw those fishing poles. Love all your diving, but this kind of fishing I could really do myself soon. Really good information as usual 👌 We have been watching you for about two years now and always learn something new. Your brain and bleed method is so humane and we use it too. It also helps the fish to taste so good. ❤
Hey Aaron, as I have been watching for a while now and don’t really know how all this “techno” stuff works, I wanted to comment on a previous video as I don’t know if you look back. On your “dock talk” where you interview other charter captains you speak with one other captain at a time. It occurred to me, that it would be fun to have more than one captain with you in your interview. I’m thinking that bringing a couple others would change the conversation and add much more valuable information to the conversation. Also, it may be a bit easier on you as the discussion would go ‘wherever” and you could pretty much direct it in the direction you choose…kinda of like herding cats. Just a thought but love all that you do. Keep it up. You are truly special in what you do and the way you deliver it. Thanks for listening.
Thank you as you always share the TRUTH about fishing in general including Rec and Commercial and we have good days and bad. Reality pops the social media illusion of never-ending success. I'll agree that it is getting harder to find the fish and of less quantity over the last decade plus. I'm over on the west coast of FL and we are finally having a decent kingfish run this year for whatever reason. It's still a grind and we do it because we love it! Thanks for what YOU do!
Interesting perspective Aaron. Not the most exciting fishing, but a beautiful day on the water. I enjoy that you always try to accentuate the postives. Very blessed for sure. Thanks for sharing.
Hi there, just came across your YT channel. Love your content in all the videos. You give good information, create relaxation and great views of the back country while on the water….. all in moderation.👍
Deep dropping is a new world to me. Never tried it. I don't think I've fished on the bottom in more than 200'. In Costa Rica I did probably get some baits that deep a few times catching Pacific snapper. Usually it wasn't that deep. My local friends used hand lines and we caught piles of fish for them to sell. I kept a couple for dinner and gave them the rest for taking me. You might want to think about keeping a jigging rod ready for fish suspemded off the bottom. I'd need a rod with a popper too to try while waiting for deeper bites. You always surprise us with mixed up content and I really appreciate it. It's very impressive, you don't get in a rut. Cool.
This is the first of your videos I've watched and I indeed liked it AND learned a bit about the challenges of commercial deep dropping. I appreciated you going through some of the basics for a recreational, freshwater fisherman like myself. I'm about to check out some of your other videos as well. Your calm demeanor and clear explanations earned you a new subscriber!
Aaron is awesome to watch. This video was nothing compared to what he usually does. I hope you enjoy him. He’s an amazing teacher and a fun down to earth guy!!
you have to have tension on the line at all times and set with the power slide, sitting like that you dont feel anything and get eaten off... Same issue with mine, its the speed controller, just take it to a dealer they fix them for like 80 bucks.
Aaron, it would be a good idea to point out the razor sharp tip of the gill plate on tile fish. Both species have this. A rookie can easily get a very severe cut not knowing about it. Get yourself a electric trolling motor with spot lock! you will triple your catch. Find good numbers and never share them with anybody. That's how to make $$$ deep droping!
I caught a few of those on a slow day on a charter. It was a cool experience, just a little weird after watching blue marlin swat baits a few hours earlier. We hit them good late morning though.
Great video, I was just down there, we did some deep drops off key west. Didn’t do too good, three blue lines and about 10 yellow hinds or whatever those were. They ate really good, like small groupers 1-4lbs
I agree with your timing. Seems the bite happens between 9:30-11AM. Been out many a morning and had to wait until mid morning for a bite. Normally limit out between 9-11. Then time to go home. ***maybe team up with Bama Saltwater???
I remember fishing in 400-600' on party boats as a teenager in Cali. 3-6lb. weights. Fun but what a workout! I couldn't have afforded an electric reel but man, I would have loved one.
Nice when someone puts the not so good days ..brings into light that not everyday is just rainbows and sunshine. Keep up great videos. And heres idea. For people that will never make it to the keys. Maybe you and your honey and make a keys video showing us the highlights of the keys you guys like. Just thought.
Thanks for spreading truth no need to kill what you can't sale or eat. That's why I spear fish . But know I'm a conch born in 64 I wish you could've seen these reefs in the 60s and 70s brother All those rocks you drop on they used to alive elk and stag horn coral those finger reefs would blow your mind. God bless brother love keeping up with you. 💯
If you have any contractor friends that sometime remodel old houses the old window sash weights work great and come in a bunch of different sizes and they just give them away. They work great for day time swords. It just fishing, better to be on the water.
In high school we would fish yellowfin and sell it to local high end restaurants. I made huge money during season when I was allowed 3 yellowfin a day. As a Native American here in Canada, my treaty rights let me make a living off the land and sea. After I got out of the army I used all the money I saved to start fishing charters. That was much more profitable.
Honestly man, I'm just happy to see the realism in not blowing out every day. Makes me happy knowing everyone has slow days like me. Keep crushing the vids and tight lines 🎣
Love all you do Aaron. Can’t wait for Monday evening. Just curious. What are the reasons for choosing to fish the Atlantic over the gulf side? Familiarity/knowledge, convenience, habitat, regulations, etc… or a combination of reasons. I grew up on Anna Maria & spent all my time around the islands & offshore between Tampa Bay & Sanibel/Boca Grande so I’m not familiar with the Keys. Thx for sharing.
Thx dude for those amazing videos and amazing spirit through your explanations and your passion. Sorry for my bad english. Best regards from french West indies ( Guadeloupe)
Well now its impossible to go out when everything is open because golden tilefish are already closed before bluelines and snowys even opened lol, main deep drop fish by me and now my tanacom is just gonna collect dust this year as they closed before I had a good weather window I could fish
Yea i heard about that. Again doesn’t make much sense, especially when the regs are blanketed across such a large area. Needs to be broken down into regions.
I finally got nice enough weather to get my boat out this last weekend, caught about 30 rainbow trout on a mountain lake. Thanks for getting me through the winter!
@@victorlopez3665 “one of those guys”. You mean someone who catches and releases? Like millions of other people in the world? I guess you’re just special aren’t you 😂
Great video I haven't seen old blue Gabe on your channel in a while I know he likes tht deep dropping stuff all fishing is hit in miss thts why they call it fishing not catching.
What were the deciding factors that led you to choose Mercury OBs when you repowered? Thank you for keeping one of my favorite shows on air with great content.
ive noticed with me up in marathon deep dropping can be very tide dependent. spent a lot of time last year exploring and the minute tide would change every new spot we hit had fish. and before it would be dead.
That’s wild how deep you’re fishing for tiles down there in NC 270-300 is the magic number and you mentioned it was rocky too? Also much different than up here they love the mud the muddier the better the fishing. I didn’t realize they varied so greatly in depth and home conditions
I agree, the way the fishing rules are written it kills millions of tones of fish unless you can swap catches like commercials can at sea ... the fishing rules are written by commercial fishing companies
Nothing wasted…I stayed in key west this week because of your content and probably ate that grouper at Hogfish restaurant. Your fish and videos supports the economy.
Ive watched a couple other fishing channels aaron and wondered why you don't puncture swim bladders like other deep drop fishermen. Is that something that is debatable if it allows the fish to survive? Ive seen them use a needle to puncture the bladder to get them back to the bottom. Great content as usual.
Venting doesn't work, many studies have shown that vented fish die anyways. It just makes anglers feel better since they aren't leaving a trail of floating fish Recompression devices work better, but AFAIK survival rates using those are not really tested at extreme depth like you see with deep dropping.
Hey Aaron, have you ever thought of starting a line that competes with Grundens gear? Seems like a legit business idea to me. They definitely hold the top spot in waders, etc. Worth a few beers and thoughts, IMO. Keep up the great work bro !
Hi Aaron. Hubs and I are coming your way in a week. We want to catch some tiles ans grouper. Who do you recommend we charter with please? ❤love your channel. Thank you.
And people wonder why the fisheries are collapsing. This is moronic management, if its too small you have to throw it back even though its dead. How does that make sense? Thousands if not millions of fish wasted. The government couldn't manage a pop stand next to the road, it would go broke in days
Wish you the best of luck I know it’s not what you was expecting but at at least you are trying you’re putting in the hours knowledge is power I live in Central Florida I’ve been falling you for a very long time and my wife was raised in Key West she has been wanting to go back down over there and make a trip and since I love fishing so much I was always interested in the fishing down there hopefully this will be the year that I will take my wife Down there I hope that I could meet you in person just to meet you thank you for all your content
Hello I'm a commercial fisher from Australia and I mainly Deep Drop for Barred Rock Cod. I'm curious about the regulations you have in your fishery. We are constantly having new regulations forced on us. One of the main regs that have the most contention is Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) where we are tracked by fisheries the whole time we are on the water. I just wanted to ask if you have something similar to VMS on your commercial fishing boats over in the States? Cheers
In the Gulf of Mexico, some of the permits require you to have a VMS yes, They have not implemented it on the Atlantic side yet where we are mainly but yes some boats and areas are required to have it on their dime.
First of all, I'm not a fisheries biologist. There are devices on the market that let you release deep-water that have been brought to the surface. Effectiveness is NOT 100%, but it is pretty high. One company that makes/sells these device is called Seaquilizer. I have no affiliation, I just think they make a worthwhile product.
I looked that up. Ted is correct. I thought they were specifically intended for grouper which I also thought could be very deep indeed, but beyond 300 ft. There’s apparently not much to be done.
Chiming in here… descending devices are very effective at releasing fish suffering from barotrauma at certain depths, but certainly the deeper you go the lower the survival. Vision can actually recover from barotrauma too after recompression which is pretty cool. Although not a ton of work has been done on deep dropping species, Kitty Mitchell’s have been caught in 450’, recompressed and survived long term. A study in California recently documented long-term survival in a rockfish species caught and descended in 590’. Aaron is correct that you shouldn’t be deep dropping if you don’t plan on keeping the fish, but fish in the 3,4 and 500’ range (and probably deeper) can survive release… just likely a low survival rate.
Deep drop fish grow very very slow. Its a big ocean but a lot of deep droppers hit the same spots. Commercial fishing when its hot and they find a congregation can wipe a lot of grouper in a hurry due to the way commercial limits are set. Don't take this the wrong way but I honestly think there is more money (for the county as a whole) that could be left in the keys for tourism charter fishing if the deep drop were removed from commercial in Monroe county and were left for recreational and charter only. Deep drop used to always be a simple drop and go for at least a fish for dinner to finish off a long day of dry trolling.
I don't take that personally at all, you should hear the stories from the first guys that figured it out, would catch a 200 lb snowy limit in 3 drops. You can undoubtedly wipe out areas, I've seen it first hand. Unfortunately I think it's too far gone (in some areas) as the fish grown insanely slow as you said. It all boils back down to mismanaged fisheries, regulations set by people who aren't out on the water seeing the stuff first hand.
@@KeyWestWaterman My wife and I have seen it while diving in a few spots each year where we see over 50 red grouper in one spot. They seem to always return to those spots.
Nothing is waisted on a fishing trip unless you refuse to learn.
Love this!
Very true
That’s true I’ve gone out done everything wrong u have to or u think it’s wrong at the time after the fact the plan is do better little things matter
Real
@@KeyWestWaterman Thanks -who make your glasses?
Aaron, huge fan here and never too late to do things differently. I became disenchanted selling my speared fish 25 years ago and I was making more money out of that than my day job. Once I changed tack and gave away fish to those who enjoyed it I recaptured my enthusiasm for my sport. Obviously I shot less fish as well. Cheers from QLD Australia 🇦🇺
couldn't agree more! you gotta follow you heart and go with what makes you happy. thanks so much for watching
Before you toss a reel or two that has failed on you, if I could pay you to ship it to me, I could take a crack at repairing it. I have the technical ability and tools to fix/replace the motors and replace electronic components. This is the only way I could ever afford to have one on my disability income. I would love to be able to try deep drop fishing.
Even though your catch was limited, it looked like a great day on the water in the Keys. Life is good for the Key West Waterman...
With great respect for your fishing etiquette... Joe
If you can find a Tanacom 1000 IC board let me know.
Commercial guys feed all of us 💯 Thank you for your hard work fishing and creating content we love ❤️
No such thing as wasted time on the water. Awesome videos for this Canadian. Btw I priced electric reels…some of them require me to remortgage my house , so I’ll just enjoy watching you instead. Thanks Aaron
All good bro! Went out of Jupiter today. 9 hours of trolling everything along a weed line at the Gulf Stream…nada. Naked hoos, skirted hoos, weighted hoos, dredges, daisy chains, feathers in just about every color. Just a long boat ride. Was a nice day though 🤷♂️
Bummer on the slow day, but thanks for posting your thoughts while you fish. It is always fun to watch your trips.
Been watching your content for a while. It's become a comfort getting home, and seeing that you dropped a new video. It's always relatable because I love to go out there alone. I know you can't give away too much of your operation, but you have a fraction of your fanbase that are still learning. And we appreciate what may seem like over-explaining to some. Personally, even some of the basics can be helpful.. Keep the videos coming, and congratulations on getting hitched.
Your honesty is refreshing.
Great content as always Aaron, glad to see you still getting out there. Great to give multiple perspectives of fishing. I'm glad I had the opportunity to see your ride before heading out on yankee capt a few years ago.
Still watching the video, but already excited as soon as I saw those fishing poles. Love all your diving, but this kind of fishing I could really do myself soon.
Really good information as usual 👌 We have been watching you for about two years now and always learn something new.
Your brain and bleed method is so humane and we use it too. It also helps the fish to taste so good. ❤
I enjoyed listening to your commentary and explaining your process… never been deep dropping but will one day!
Hey Aaron, as I have been watching for a while now and don’t really know how all this “techno” stuff works, I wanted to comment on a previous video as I don’t know if you look back. On your “dock talk” where you interview other charter captains you speak with one other captain at a time. It occurred to me, that it would be fun to have more than one captain with you in your interview. I’m thinking that bringing a couple others would change the conversation and add much more valuable information to the conversation. Also, it may be a bit easier on you as the discussion would go ‘wherever” and you could pretty much direct it in the direction you choose…kinda of like herding cats. Just a thought but love all that you do. Keep it up. You are truly special in what you do and the way you deliver it. Thanks for listening.
I love how real and natural the videos are. Thank you for sharing
thats what I'm going for! thanks for tuning in
Thank you as you always share the TRUTH about fishing in general including Rec and Commercial and we have good days and bad. Reality pops the social media illusion of never-ending success.
I'll agree that it is getting harder to find the fish and of less quantity over the last decade plus. I'm over on the west coast of FL and we are finally having a decent kingfish run this year for whatever reason. It's still a grind and we do it because we love it!
Thanks for what YOU do!
Interesting perspective Aaron. Not the most exciting fishing, but a beautiful day on the water. I enjoy that you always try to accentuate the postives. Very blessed for sure. Thanks for sharing.
love the video! dont listen to the negative comments and dont feel the need to answer every one, keep doing you
I used to get my snowy grouper and a couple different snapper in a little over 300 ft off Stuart. I miss my fishing.
Excellent day! You made it home. Your show makes Monday good.
Great video! We do our deep dropping in out of Indian River DE. It's a couple hour run. Some days fish have lock-jaw. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for sharing, Aaron!
The issue with submarine is they tend to fill up with water when you open the window to cast your rod
Lol
Nice video . Eagerly awaiting the fishing to start ramping up here in New England
Hi there, just came across your YT channel. Love your content in all the videos. You give good information, create relaxation and great views of the back country while on the water….. all in moderation.👍
Deep dropping is a new world to me. Never tried it. I don't think I've fished on the bottom in more than 200'. In Costa Rica I did probably get some baits that deep a few times catching Pacific snapper. Usually it wasn't that deep. My local friends used hand lines and we caught piles of fish for them to sell. I kept a couple for dinner and gave them the rest for taking me.
You might want to think about keeping a jigging rod ready for fish suspemded off the bottom. I'd need a rod with a popper too to try while waiting for deeper bites.
You always surprise us with mixed up content and I really appreciate it. It's very impressive, you don't get in a rut. Cool.
This is the first of your videos I've watched and I indeed liked it AND learned a bit about the challenges of commercial deep dropping. I appreciated you going through some of the basics for a recreational, freshwater fisherman like myself. I'm about to check out some of your other videos as well. Your calm demeanor and clear explanations earned you a new subscriber!
Aaron is awesome to watch. This video was nothing compared to what he usually does. I hope you enjoy him. He’s an amazing teacher and a fun down to earth guy!!
@@ElainaSearles-s2h Yes for sure he is! I went and looked at another deep drop video, an early one of his where he absolutely crushed it!! Fun stuff
you have to have tension on the line at all times and set with the power slide, sitting like that you dont feel anything and get eaten off...
Same issue with mine, its the speed controller, just take it to a dealer they fix them for like 80 bucks.
Aaron, it would be a good idea to point out the razor sharp tip of the gill plate on tile fish. Both species have this. A rookie can easily get a very severe cut not knowing about it. Get yourself a electric trolling motor with spot lock! you will triple your catch. Find good numbers and never share them with anybody. That's how to make $$$ deep droping!
Today is 8/4/2024 love you guys and hope you have no problems with the hurricane God Bless
Always love your videos Sir. Really miss fishing with you. We all learned something from you on every trip. We all cherish those trips Sir.😊
Loved your "sharing an opinion no one asked for". Well said, and great important points and info. Carry on....as you were.
Tuff day in a beautiful office. It’s all good still fun to watch. May be i spoke to soon third tile in the well.
I caught a few of those on a slow day on a charter. It was a cool experience, just a little weird after watching blue marlin swat baits a few hours earlier.
We hit them good late morning though.
Great video, I was just down there, we did some deep drops off key west. Didn’t do too good, three blue lines and about 10 yellow hinds or whatever those were. They ate really good, like small groupers 1-4lbs
Aaron, thank you for keeping it real!
I agree with your timing. Seems the bite happens between 9:30-11AM. Been out many a morning and had to wait until mid morning for a bite. Normally limit out between 9-11. Then time to go home.
***maybe team up with Bama Saltwater???
I remember fishing in 400-600' on party boats as a teenager in Cali. 3-6lb. weights. Fun but what a workout! I couldn't have afforded an electric reel but man, I would have loved one.
Nice when someone puts the not so good days ..brings into light that not everyday is just rainbows and sunshine. Keep up great videos. And heres idea. For people that will never make it to the keys. Maybe you and your honey and make a keys video showing us the highlights of the keys you guys like. Just thought.
That was interesting! I didn't know about this type of fishing! I learned something new today! Thank you!
Love your videos man me and my dad go to the keys in lobster season ans we go and catch them it so much fun
Thanks for spreading truth no need to kill what you can't sale or eat. That's why I spear fish . But know I'm a conch born in 64 I wish you could've seen these reefs in the 60s and 70s brother
All those rocks you drop on they used to alive elk and stag horn coral those finger reefs would blow your mind. God bless brother love keeping up with you. 💯
I would not do that a lot either bro. Thanks again for taking me out.
If you have any contractor friends that sometime remodel old houses the old window sash weights work great and come in a bunch of different sizes and they just give them away. They work great for day time swords. It just fishing, better to be on the water.
yea I actually have a few of those! alot of the commercial guys use them.
Thanks for sharing. I found it quite interesting. Out on the water, a fish now and then..... Living the Life.
In high school we would fish yellowfin and sell it to local high end restaurants. I made huge money during season when I was allowed 3 yellowfin a day. As a Native American here in Canada, my treaty rights let me make a living off the land and sea.
After I got out of the army I used all the money I saved to start fishing charters. That was much more profitable.
Honestly man, I'm just happy to see the realism in not blowing out every day. Makes me happy knowing everyone has slow days like me. Keep crushing the vids and tight lines 🎣
Love all you do Aaron. Can’t wait for Monday evening.
Just curious. What are the reasons for choosing to fish the Atlantic over the gulf side? Familiarity/knowledge, convenience, habitat, regulations, etc… or a combination of reasons. I grew up on Anna Maria & spent all my time around the islands & offshore between Tampa Bay & Sanibel/Boca Grande so I’m not familiar with the Keys.
Thx for sharing.
for deep dropping you have to run 100+ miles in the gulf, Atlantic drops off much faster!
Thx dude for those amazing videos and amazing spirit through your explanations and your passion. Sorry for my bad english. Best regards from french West indies ( Guadeloupe)
Great video! Really enjoyed watching deep dropping, catching tile fish !
Well now its impossible to go out when everything is open because golden tilefish are already closed before bluelines and snowys even opened lol, main deep drop fish by me and now my tanacom is just gonna collect dust this year as they closed before I had a good weather window I could fish
Yea i heard about that. Again doesn’t make much sense, especially when the regs are blanketed across such a large area. Needs to be broken down into regions.
Great video! Thanks for making it!
I finally got nice enough weather to get my boat out this last weekend, caught about 30 rainbow trout on a mountain lake. Thanks for getting me through the winter!
where on earth is 30 trout not exceeding a limit
@@victorlopez3665 where on earth did I say I kept them all?
@@chubbrock659 oh youre one of those guys....yeah i cant relate i dont harm fish for fun just for eating
@@victorlopez3665 “one of those guys”. You mean someone who catches and releases? Like millions of other people in the world? I guess you’re just special aren’t you 😂
Good to see you on the boat Capt. keep them coming. Glad the channel is filling the gaps.
Are you usually fishing the inshore side of the current?
Great video I haven't seen old blue Gabe on your channel in a while I know he likes tht deep dropping stuff all fishing is hit in miss thts why they call it fishing not catching.
I enjoy all your videos an no matter what a bad day of fishing is always a good day thanks again captin
What were the deciding factors that led you to choose Mercury OBs when you repowered?
Thank you for keeping one of my favorite shows on air with great content.
Thanks for posting this!
Awsome vid not all about bells and wissles hey . Glad you keeping it real . No waist there . ❤
ive noticed with me up in marathon deep dropping can be very tide dependent. spent a lot of time last year exploring and the minute tide would change every new spot we hit had fish. and before it would be dead.
That’s wild how deep you’re fishing for tiles down there in NC 270-300 is the magic number and you mentioned it was rocky too? Also much different than up here they love the mud the muddier the better the fishing. I didn’t realize they varied so greatly in depth and home conditions
One of the only channels that I hit the LIKE Button before I watch the video. I know that it will be a good one 👍😁☝️🙏 Viva Cristo Rey
I agree, the way the fishing rules are written it kills millions of tones of fish unless you can swap catches like commercials can at sea ... the fishing rules are written by commercial fishing companies
can you go over what lure to use for each fish and why?
Nothing wasted…I stayed in key west this week because of your content and probably ate that grouper at Hogfish restaurant. Your fish and videos supports the economy.
Thanks 😊
Thank you for keeping shit real 💪🏽
I went trout fishing for 7 hrs today and didn't catch a thing. It was a beautiful day at least.
Best video yet. Thx for sharing some secrets.
you ever use chum bag on top clip with thee light? We use in hawaii for deep drop seems to help more!! We got 7 main deep fish here no tile fish thou.
23:50 looked like that one didn't have an exploded swim bladder? Because it came up more slowly perhaps?
Very informative video Aaron
How do you "Hold" your boat over a Fish Mark? PinPoint GPS motor control... or similar?
just motor the boat in reverse, but depends on the spot alot of time you wanna cover ground.
I'm watching fishing videos as I put the finishing touches on a 3 year boat project. Gotta have you're priorities straight!
Going down to the keys in June and looking to hire someone to teach me to argent the tile fish
New fan here in Vegas. Love the Camera on a gimble...Awesome shows. Who makes your Glasses?
Welcome to the channel! 🙏🏻 Bajios are the glasses
Ive watched a couple other fishing channels aaron and wondered why you don't puncture swim bladders like other deep drop fishermen. Is that something that is debatable if it allows the fish to survive? Ive seen them use a needle to puncture the bladder to get them back to the bottom. Great content as usual.
It will work with certain species up to certain depth, but after a certain point. Their survival rate is almost 0 from my understanding.
Venting doesn't work, many studies have shown that vented fish die anyways. It just makes anglers feel better since they aren't leaving a trail of floating fish
Recompression devices work better, but AFAIK survival rates using those are not really tested at extreme depth like you see with deep dropping.
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY, GREAT AIR, RELAXING WHAT MORE COULD ONE ASK ???!!!~~~~ CATCHING THE FISH IS BONUS .....
Not when you have to pay bills....
I'm sure it's been said many times over?? The Bob Ross of fishing, Aaron Young!
Hey Aaron, have you ever thought of starting a line that competes with Grundens gear?
Seems like a legit business idea to me. They definitely hold the top spot in waders, etc.
Worth a few beers and thoughts, IMO.
Keep up the great work bro !
its such a saturated market, if I had millions of subs perhaps but its not easy task.
Hi Aaron. Hubs and I are coming your way in a week. We want to catch some tiles ans grouper. Who do you recommend we charter with please? ❤love your channel. Thank you.
it its before may 1 none of them will be open, they don't open until after may 1. but www.fishreelfresh.com is my guy, Capt Zack, tell him I sent ya!
It's real, some days can be good, some days can be awesome.
How many fish minimum catch to offset fuel costs please?
From a Down Under "couldn't catch a fish boatie".
depends on the fish, and the day. How far I run and fuel burn.
Awesome video...Thanks as always...Anyone that thinks your "waste something" hasn't watched you very much...
Thanks
I would have been tempted to put out a flat line with a live bait while bottom fishing.
You never know what might cruise by.
Not wasted...I bet you enjoyed it...,..a good day fishing is better than a Good day of work
I want to see you cook a tile fish can't say I've seen that or a snowy catch and cook
Thank for all the great vids
And people wonder why the fisheries are collapsing. This is moronic management, if its too small you have to throw it back even though its dead. How does that make sense? Thousands if not millions of fish wasted.
The government couldn't manage a pop stand next to the road, it would go broke in days
I’ve been told that tilefish are high in mercury.
Wish you the best of luck I know it’s not what you was expecting but at at least you are trying you’re putting in the hours knowledge is power I live in Central Florida I’ve been falling you for a very long time and my wife was raised in Key West she has been wanting to go back down over there and make a trip and since I love fishing so much I was always interested in the fishing down there hopefully this will be the year that I will take my wife Down there I hope that I could meet you in person just to meet you thank you for all your content
99% sure you’ve caught a barrel fish in a deep drop video years ago. Pretty sure it was the super Slimy fish
Forgive my ignorance, what’s the purpose of the lifting ring next to the Simrad on the console…?
It’s a security thing but turned into something i hold while running and helps me hit the buttons. I have a plate that goes over it and locks.
@@KeyWestWaterman Kewl, we just left KW Bight on Wed…Ur living the dream…😎
Is there any reason you can't use a Seaquilizer for those fish that come up with barotrauma? Just asking.
Would be cool to send a camera and light down there. A lot of pressure that deep tho
You still upload great content. How deep were you fishing?.
Hello I'm a commercial fisher from Australia and I mainly Deep Drop for Barred Rock Cod. I'm curious about the regulations you have in your fishery. We are constantly having new regulations forced on us. One of the main regs that have the most contention is Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) where we are tracked by fisheries the whole time we are on the water. I just wanted to ask if you have something similar to VMS on your commercial fishing boats over in the States?
Cheers
Not in America bud
In the Gulf of Mexico, some of the permits require you to have a VMS yes, They have not implemented it on the Atlantic side yet where we are mainly but yes some boats and areas are required to have it on their dime.
@@KeyWestWaterman I was unaware I’m all for rules to protect the wildlife but that seems excessive. Are the vms for vessels your size?
Thanks for the reply. It's very interesting to hear the challenges other commercial fishers have in other parts of the world.
First of all, I'm not a fisheries biologist. There are devices on the market that let you release deep-water that have been brought to the surface. Effectiveness is NOT 100%, but it is pretty high. One company that makes/sells these device is called Seaquilizer. I have no affiliation, I just think they make a worthwhile product.
Seaquilizers deepest setting is 300ft, anything typically more then that and the eyes pop their dead.
I looked that up. Ted is correct. I thought they were specifically intended for grouper which I also thought could be very deep indeed, but beyond 300 ft. There’s apparently not much to be done.
Chiming in here… descending devices are very effective at releasing fish suffering from barotrauma at certain depths, but certainly the deeper you go the lower the survival. Vision can actually recover from barotrauma too after recompression which is pretty cool. Although not a ton of work has been done on deep dropping species, Kitty Mitchell’s have been caught in 450’, recompressed and survived long term. A study in California recently documented long-term survival in a rockfish species caught and descended in 590’. Aaron is correct that you shouldn’t be deep dropping if you don’t plan on keeping the fish, but fish in the 3,4 and 500’ range (and probably deeper) can survive release… just likely a low survival rate.
I’m familiar, I have several descending devices. But after four or 500 feet I don’t think they stand much of a chance.
Deep drop fish grow very very slow. Its a big ocean but a lot of deep droppers hit the same spots. Commercial fishing when its hot and they find a congregation can wipe a lot of grouper in a hurry due to the way commercial limits are set. Don't take this the wrong way but I honestly think there is more money (for the county as a whole) that could be left in the keys for tourism charter fishing if the deep drop were removed from commercial in Monroe county and were left for recreational and charter only. Deep drop used to always be a simple drop and go for at least a fish for dinner to finish off a long day of dry trolling.
I don't take that personally at all, you should hear the stories from the first guys that figured it out, would catch a 200 lb snowy limit in 3 drops. You can undoubtedly wipe out areas, I've seen it first hand. Unfortunately I think it's too far gone (in some areas) as the fish grown insanely slow as you said. It all boils back down to mismanaged fisheries, regulations set by people who aren't out on the water seeing the stuff first hand.
@@KeyWestWaterman My wife and I have seen it while diving in a few spots each year where we see over 50 red grouper in one spot. They seem to always return to those spots.
Curious what model grundens you're wearing? They seem to be cut lower on the back side.