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- Commercial fishing isn't easy! In this episode Aaron heads out on a solo mission to the deep water in hopes of putting a little money in the bank...and he earns every penny! How will Aaron do at the market? Check out this Commercial Fishing - Deep Dropping for Snowy Grouper - 100#s of Profit video. Key West Waterman Ep. 019
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The profit breakdown is cool, especially to us that don’t participate in that world 👍👍👍👍
glad you like it! thanks for sharing!
Great Job. Like the break down at end.
Thanks for the feedback! glad you like the vid!
Great job 👍 keep turning and burning
more on the way! thanks for tuning in!
Thanks for sharing
thanks for watching!
Super interesting the commercial breakdowns man. Super cool. Keep em up!
Ryan Myers thanks brotha! Have gotten a lot of good feedback on the commercial stuff. def looking forward to May 1 when grouper opens back up!
@@zzztubazzz no he isn’t he is bare catching much every video idiot also fact he is of catching the amount commercial fishers normally do
I like the break down but I would like broke down more like Snowy Grouper = 10.00 per lb ect Enjoy the videos keep it up
main reason I don't share that is because a lot of fish houses are competitive with their prices. out of respect for them I try not to share exact details. although some days I have one species so its easy to do the math and tell! but I appreciate the feedback!
Thanks, for the videos people in Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and beyond are all tuning into watch you catch fish, please keep the videos reelin in.
Peter Fortune haha i Love it! Thanks for watching the vids and help spread the word over there!!! Plenty more vids coming!
Also, we used two inch rebar cut into measured sections with one end wrapped in wire to form an attachment point, put them in a five gallon bucket to not stain the boat. Sure cheaper than breaking off lead!
yea a lot of guys use rebar instead, ive yet to get my hands on any. definitely a money saver!
Wow..like🤙🎣💯
glad you like the content!
it ought to be about time to go back after the snowys!
have a deep drop episode coming up!
Amazing channel and thanks for your honesty
really appreciate that!
Keep em up mate only just found your channel and have watched half of them already 😂😂
hahah thats awesome! hopefully im doing something right!
sweeetnesssss on the double ups... Great Channel. Spinning the RUclips wheels, let's hope they can keep on suggesting to new peeps who love the game, you are at the top of it. Soon, gonna be passing 100k ! Cheers
maybe one day! thanks so much for tuning in!
Enjoyed the Video!
Glad you liked it! thanks for tuning in, and hope you check out some of the other vids!
Love the break down..Its good to know if you can go out and enjoy a day of fishing and make money doing it...that is a job alot of folks would love to have including myself..
it is amazing! but the bad days come with the good ones! some days we lose money! but I wouldn't have it any other way!
@@KeyWestWaterman it's a great life to live...keep it up .
Sending you love from new York, keep it up!!
really appreciate that! thanks for tuning in!
I think its awesome that you are transparent with the market side. I wish more people would share this so those who take for granted that fresh local meal. Everyone thinks its all sunshine and rainbows to be commercial. They always forget about expenses, market fluctuation, unexpected cost / breakdowns, maintenance of boat / gear. Hopefully you keep this part of the videos going !
Haha for sure! I'm definitely going to keep it going I think a lot of people enjoy the real side of things! definitely not sunshine and rainbows haha!!! really appreciate the feedback and thanks for watching!
Not a bad day good job
Thank you sir!
Thank you for your videos. I enjoy them fully. I wish I was out there with ya.
Glad to hear that! lots more great stuff to come!
A 300 dollar day is always a win!
happy to be in the green! lol
Hey man, love the vids. Keep up the hard work. Like the simplicity of the videos. Also this might sound a bit weird, but it nice to find a channel that’s a normal dude who’s not faking emotions and what not just to try to add fake hype. Anyways, stay laid back.
Really really appreciate that! Doesn't sound weird at all thats exactly what im going for. Trying to be real and show the real side of my world. Thanks for sharing that thought and hope you like the vids and hang around!
Love the commercial deep drops! Very exciting! Be safe and keep it up!
glad you enjoy them!
Love the commercial videos, you should do a video on getting started spearing
gonna start peppering in a bunch of different how-to's as demand grows! I appreciate you watching!
Hey, great vid... Thanks for actually giving us an idea of what the fish brought and how hard it is to make money fishing. I'm sure there are good days and bad days but it's no cake walk. Thanks Sir.
of course! just want to bring a little reality to fishing and the world I live in! that is for sure!
Well done. Thanks for taking the time to make these.
Thanks! hope you enjoy them! lots more to come!
He'll probably drink $100 of that profit but hey at least he's not working construction he's on the water love you man
haha plenty of people down here do! but im not one of em! appreciate you watching!
Make some dollars! I like that! Keep it up! Blessings!
haha doing my best! thanks you!
I like the commercial breakdown and everything else that you can share with us.
thank you! a lot of people seem to like the commercial breakdowns!
nice job on those snowys Captain, thx for sharing
love catching me some snowies!!!
Whoever that 1 person is that put a thumbs down on this vid is straight up a hater lol. Keep doing your thing man, solid content good vibes!
Leland Miller haha who knows always gonna be a few of those around. Going to for sure! Having a lot of fun with it!
I binge watch your videos, you do some cool stuff
happy to hear it! thanks for tuning in!
Just found this channel today and I subscribed. I love seeing guys making a living off that God out here to be taken as a bounty. Keep up the good work man.
Thanks for the sub! doing my best to enjoy my life! glad you enjoy the content and help spread the word tons of more content on the way!
"Got this guy sneaking up on me trying to steal my spot"
And unlike the small boats,he will literally rip your spot of the ocean out from under you 😂
Lmao right! that is too funny!
Great video . I use to commercial fish out of Destin back in the 90s then went in the military about to retire and this brings back the wants to do it again 🤙🏼
thats awesome! im sure it was a different ballgame back then!
Key West Waterman yeah man way different . The fishery was abundant then .. I miss it . I like how you go out and make enough to cover the trip and put in some play money . I might have to give that a try . Solid work 🤙🏼
Keep coming with the videos. Great job
glad you enjoy them!
I like them.
me too!
Great videos, love the diversity of diving and deep dropping etc
Appreciate the feedback! lots more to come!
Hi Aaron love your deep drop vids Regards from West Aussie
Really appreciate that! thanks for tuning in from across the world!
Thanks for the videos and catch n cooks, great channel... keeping it real
Happy to share! Thanks for watching!
I really enjoy your commercial fishing videos. Especially the money breakdown. Just wish you would do more.. Fishing not diveing. Just because I'm to old to dive anymore.
I'm trying to keep a balance of videos! they change with the fishing seasons as well! thanks for taking the time to watch and share!
Great video
thanks for watching!
NICE great video
glad you enjoyed it! thanks for watching!
Awesome man! First watch and subscribed! Love that you do the money breakdown!
Awesome! glad you like it and thanks for the sub! got more coming up shortly!
love these videos
Loving the videos!!
Thank you! glad you enjoy them!
i wish we had more snowys like this off hillsboro
BroadBill Hunter we get them a lot bigger. This was an average fish. Hopefully I’ll have some bigger ones to show next trip!
That's funny, I use to collect saltwater tropical fish. When we were down at 100ft targeting Cuban Hogs, we caught a Snowy Grouper. It was black with white dots. Guess they lighten up with age, or maybe they get stressed from coming up so fast that the lose a little color.
When we brought them up, we'd tie them off at 25ft for 30 to 45 minutes to decompress them a bit. Still had to pop their bladder with a hypo needle but they wouldn't make it without the decompress. Lots of fun in the old days.
thats wild! never heard of one being spotted that shallow!
@@KeyWestWaterman I dove tropical for 4 yrs and that was the only one I saw caught alive. When working on shrimp boats we would catch a few in 300ft, but they were around 10 inches, not very big.
No on sees Cuban Hog fish on top of the reef in 30ft, but I caught 2 in 30ft in a 3 year period. We caught a lot at 100ft. I guess sometimes the fish get lost and show up in unexpected places.
We chummed up the water with ground fish in a net bag we tied off to the anchor, and dropped it in 100ft when going down for Cuban Hogs. Then we waited about 30 minutes for the chum to do it's job. We'd go down with a barrier net each to the anchor. There were Cubans everywhere, but we only had 5 minutes to catch them and go back up to the decompression point where we staid, I forget...maybe 15 minutes, this was in the mid 90s. Had a tank in the boat with a long hose and regulator at 20ft in case we ran out of air.
But that one time.... I didn't catch it, I was diving with my buyer and he caught it. Never saw a live one before that.
Parrot Bill wow that’s all pretty cool stuff! Not a lot of people left that do that down here! Thanks for that!
@@KeyWestWaterman wel, I'm 69 yrs old now, I doubt anyone who was doing it when I was would still be in the business now.
Old Devon at Reef Relief was giving the tropical fish business Hell after they finished putting mooring buoys on the core reef areas.
They always have to have a cause to get people to keep donating them money. So for 6 months she was dogging our fishery. Problem was it was all made up stories/lies.
Didn't look like she would stop until she put us out of business.
So I wrote an article in Solaris Hill that close the doors of Reef Relief for 3 months. All their funding had dried up over night. Folks can tell which is the truth when they see both sides of the story.
When they reorganized and opened the doors back up, they had hired a Marine Biologist, so any cause they had after that was backed up with facts. She never forgave me for doing that, but we were the victims here, we were the ones who were harmed, and she couldn't expect us to go down without a fight. Those were the good old days. 😁
@@parrotbill9072 haha thats a hell of a story! not much has changed down here! can't say that I blame ya!
Need a diesel boat with sleep quarters to do 2-3 day trips. Triple your fish time and cut your expenses in half.
yup! if I was full time commercial thats how I'd do it! I run charters 95% of the time!
Dude all of your videos are amazing. I want to go on one of your charters
really appreciate that! I run them year round in key west!
Ur living the dream job
I really am! took me 7 years to get here but its finally all coming together!
Great Video! Did the commercial thing myself for a while, its a tuff gig. Alot of days it cost you money, seems everyone only sees the big check. Keep up the good work, and load the boat!
yea its really hard work! a lot of days we lose money but I suppose it all comes out in the wash or I wouldn't still be here! truly love every minute of it though! thanks for sharing and checking out the vids!
@@KeyWestWaterman tbh i loved doing it even if i was throwing a net or picking mackerel all day. The fish observed excuses of why they weren't paying a legit price got old quick.
Sharing with my peeps since I found you bro 🤙
thanks so much!
Enjoy these commercial videos. Bout to leave the tugboat industry and get back to fishing, commercially this time, not charters. Your videos get me amped about making that switch!
Justin Compton haha i love it! I do both charters and commercial. Really enjoy both! Def worth it!
Nice
Very nice indeed!
Your videos are cool..i like your boat
happy to hear that! thanks for watching!
Really enjoy the videos man! Killing it out there!
Thanks for watching! lots more good stuff to come!
Great job! Think I’m gonna just sit here and watch your vids all day!! Much love and keep em coming!!
haha hope ya like em sam! love and miss you guys! tell momma to call me back!!!
Nice!
Thanks!
nice grinding!
thanks for coming along!
Awesome video capt!
Mychael Mitchell thank you sir!
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haha thank you!
No problem..nice Chanel I'm really gonna suggest to my friends and nice video
really appreciate that! glad you like the channel!
Ugh, I can't wait to come back to the keys to go deep dropping. Enjoying your videos!
haha I love it! thanks for watching!
@@KeyWestWaterman by the way I just came out with a snowy grouper pendant :)
Hell yeah dude love the content
thanks brother!
Did I hear 600 feet deep?
I loved to go out for grouper here in NC.
A charter Capt. I came to know and who owned a bait and tackle shop that he ran on non fishing days. I'd stop when he was there and buy a little something and talk
with him. One day I said to him we wanted to catch grouper but so far had only caught small barely legal fish or throw backs and could he help us get on some decent grouper. He walked over where he kept his grease charts on the wall removing one and asked me where we had tried to catch them. I told him a couple of spots we fished and he showed me those spots on his map then marked an area he said was another 15 or so miles farther out. Total distance from inlet , ...36 miles. We first went to
the area he showed me and it was a large area of high relief coral bottom and we pulled dead baits behind skirts so we could fast troll for anything while we kept eyes glued on depth.sounder set to zoom in and show the bottom and the ledges we were looking for. In just that first trip we located and marked several promising ledges. It took a few trips to learn the best way of pulling fish from their home and up 100 feet to the boat. After a few trips with only small grouper in the box and many should have seen us fighting the ones that got away I took our rod and reels to a tackle shop and had them fitted with motors and 200 lb braid.
In time we had learned to use whole menhaden.for bait because as soon as reaching the bottom and engaging reel we would get constant rat a tat bites I called them from baby black bass or grunts. I learned quickly you have to have a big enough bait to endure those small fish that would get the attention of grouper that would come to check out what was attracting the little guys. The machine gun bites of those small fish would suddenly stop and we knew they had cleaned the 9/0 circle hooks we used or they stopped biting because a big grouper was moving in an they'd give em room. A grouper bite can take the rod outa your hand if you aren t holding tight and we'd let the rod touch the water before engaging motor letting those circle hooks set themselves like they are designed too. Our problem in past trips was once hooked it was easy for a big gag or red to strip the drag allowing them to cut the 200 lb braid like sewing thread leaving that fish to swim around with hook and dragging a 16 ounce weight around effectively killing the bite for some time. By using motors we could get them up high enough when theegdy realized their mistake they couldn't get back down into coral to get free. I'd tighten drag with pliers as far as possible before bending drag legs. If you tried to pull line from reels by hand the line would cut into your hand before slipping from drag. Those big gags and especially the reds would stall motors , slip drag but stop short of getting home and we d get them up again even higher pulling with all we had slowly gaining each run finally getting them to the pressure change that effectively stunned them and they were ours. We still hooked fish we couldn't get off the bottom however we did bring in gags over 30 lbs and reds up half that. Red grouper pull twice as much as any other we found. We caught gags , reds ,scamp as well as trigger fish. Snapper and occasionally 4- 5 lb black bass. We d hook occasionally sharks and Amberjack that would destroy leaders and pull you to your knees with drag locked down. I got spoiled from eating fresh grouper, to me the finest tasting fish in the sea. N C started limiting the amount we could keel untill it no longer was feasible to make the over 70 mile round trip and we eventually stopped going out and I sold my ride after years of going offshore. It was when we could justify going one Hell of a ride and fight when we got there and hooked up.
yup! 600 ft
I love this deep drop. we have to run about 40 miles to hit 600 feet so i dont run my boat out there much.
Its a lot of fun! its nice to have deep drop spots so close here!
Decades ago when I was commercial like this in Guam, we were anchoring in 600’ high spots and fishing current swings. Are you anchoring or drifting here? I worked two Miya-Epochs with 5 hooks and a chum bag on the swivel. Often put a hidden hook inside the chum bag as the bigger grouper and snapper would just shred the bag! Only issues I had were floaters drifting away and getting the anchor stuck and having the breakaway not break away!
thats wild! we just drift fish too much work to try and anchor and our spots typically only hold a few fish, best to cover ground down here!
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Thank you! really appreciate that!!!
Just found this channel and sub'd.
I like it. Keep them coming
I appreciate that! thanks for watching and I'm gonna keep pumping out vids best I can! help spread the word!
Yes Captain... here in Bronx,New York checking out ur vlog. in Port Royal, Jamaica that's what I do... i fish deep lines. 400 to 600 feet of water. Yes I enjoyed it! I also fish for Yellow Tail Snapper at night. I fish for a living! I haven't been to Cay West before! Would love to pay A visit before I go back to Jamaica next year! God bless u! Stay safe out there! Love ur videos!
haha Welcome! love to see a fellow fisherman on the channel! never been to Jamaica but would love to visit one day! Key West is a great place, you should definitely visit if you get the chance! Glad you like the vids and stay tuned!
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Hello, key nowadays in MAURITIUS we are lockdown not able to fishing .now only the fishers men who have professionals licence can go fishing the others like me basta .supposing they will open on the 1 of may l dought .we lost all the season for red snapper, which starts from March to end of September .l am very very frustrated .Good that you are here to give me some hope THANKS.
that is a real bummer! I hope they open it up soon for your sake!
I would love if you would tell us exactly what reel you use for deep dropping, the pound test braid, and the leader pound test. I really love your shows! I just started watching and you are very informative!
I use several reels honestly tanacoms, beast master and LP's. usually fish 65 lb braid with 300# leader. although the leaders can vary!
Really enjoy watching your videos! Keep up the great content! Possibly do a rundown on the deep-drop gear? I've caught a few snowys off Saint Augustine in the past, ( hand reels), more work than fun, but GREAT eating.
Yea Im gonna be working in some of my gear and rig set ups on my deep drop days soon! really appreciate the feedback!
Try the tax hole wrk in 550
Red hake, Carolina hake,,, really tasty...
Chill through to ease cleaning
they aren't too bad!
Looks Greg's boat in the back Yankee capt
haha yup!
cool man I been going with Greg for 20years that's funny guess I'll see you around lol
Awesome stuff!! Just subd!! Love the commercial breakdown!! Would love to learn more about the industry... I'm a Junior in high school and am interested in commercial fishing!
Thanks for the sub! and glad you like the vids! trying to be entertaining and educational as possible! commercial fishing is a very tough business but can be very rewarding!
Let me get those numbers lol 😆
lol there isn't anything left there!
"Landed right on his head, apparently" -kwwman
lol
Make that cash sea bass
haha doin my best!
i love channel Good interaction, my friend
Glad you enjoy it! thanks for tuning in!
You could comment on other fishing RUclips channels for people who like these types of videos to find your channel. I have found many channels that way
Appreciate the idea!
We call that hake ling up here in ny
yea I have a buddy from up that way he said the same thing!
Hello KEY in MAURITIUS our bait is fresh bonito they love it, but l never try small squid it very difficult to have the smaller one. THANK AGAIN for the video very interesting.
yes sometimes I will use fresh bonita as well!
Nice video..most of the time you could use back the same squid the fish bite?
Looks like it. Squid is really tough and rubbery.
kevin mycoo sometimes! It all depends but if they still appear natural and hold together then yes i put them back down!
Hey loved the video and subscribed already. I’m moving down to marathon with the wife and kids. Interested in getting my spl and rs down there. Need to learn the waters. I have a ew buddies down there but nobody does the commercial thing I know already. It would be awesome to get some info from you if you would be willing. No spots or anything hahaha. Just permits and license stuff. Also ins and outs of the markets. Thanks.
its all the same rs spl and south Atlantic permits you need for the rest of the east coast. not sure where you're coming from! I do such a little amount of commercial I wouldn't be much help to be honest! lol
Product for the Liberian fish market
haha!
Awesome vid capt! What size leader do you use on your snowy rigs ?
normally 300!
How are those tanacoms working for you? What size and setup? My friends been thinking about getting some for deep dropping and for some older friends to use fishing normal depths.
Tyler i wouldn’t say its better or worse, just different. But incredible, very similar to yellow edge. And I’m using a beast master currently!
First Channel or Video on youtube I have ever commented on or “liked”. Last year I bought a Shimano Forcemaster, spooled it with 80lb powerpro and put it on a Shimano Tallus Bent butt. Do you think I spooled it with heavy enough line or should have I went with 100lb instead? I had my equipment for over a year now and have yet to deep drop. I am up in NC and it’s about a 55 mile ride From the inlet to around the 500ft Mark. As soon as the weather gets right I plan on Trolling for Wahoo but I am going to bring my deep drop set up with me and try it out. Hopefully my reel and line is strong enough to pull up them up.
haha thats awesome! honored to be the first! and 80 is plenty! my deep drop and sword fishing reels both have 65 lb braid on them, most deep drop reels only have about 50 lbs of drag so 80 is plenty. I rarely have to lock my drag even with the big snowy groupers!
Cool video . What gear ,rigs and bait you using? Keep them coming
Doug Squatch thanks! In this vid I’m using a beastmaster by shimano with a custom made rod. I make all my own rigs, normally always fish squid but i do mix it up from time to time! I’m going to make a more in depth deep drop vid, everyone seems to have lots of questions about this one!
Really enjoy you videos!! What reel are you using?
Aaron, tried calling. Hoping to book a multi day trip to dive (bugs and whatever else, deep drop, and fish swords. If you get time check your VM I’d like your input on time of year before I book dates and touch base with you.
my phone for some reason shows me voicemails a few days late! it doesn't say I have anything right now not sure what's up with it! shoot me a text I can give you a ring tomorrow!
What’s the most current use deep drop in? Went out of port canveral last weekend and current was 3.4-3.7kts. Using 6 lbs couldn’t get it down there very well. Any suggestions
that's smoking!! I try not to drop in more than 2 knots or so to be honest. but also depends on what kind of bottom I'm in, rocky bottom is a no no for me with strong currents lol mud isn't so bad. not much you can do, more weight to hold up and down and just being careful, manage the rod closely, never lay her down in a strong current.
Great Video Aaron, I'm up in Stuart, how do you deal with current? once you hit bottom doesn't it drag you off the spot at anywhere between 2 and 5 MPH?
our current varies greatly, some days is 4 knots, some days its at a stand still. all depends where the stream is
Just subbed up. Awesome if you get time make a video on how to make some rigs for bottom fishing okie dokie stay cool peace out
Thanks for the sub! and absolutely im gonna start making more informational videos as well!
Great video! What kind of boat are you running?
27 contender! gonna do a walkthrough soon!
Another great video, Aaron. Question 🙋🏼♀️ Do you not dispatch and slit the gills when you’re commercial fishing? Or, just after you’ve speared them?
Yes i do it with all fish. Even swords. I honestly can’t remember what all i showed in this video it’s been so long.
@@KeyWestWaterman totally understand. Making my way through your collection. They’re addicting 🐟
Great video.
Bring 3 buddies with you, to basically spread-out the fixed cost (boat, gas, etc.) drastically.
Do you consider depreciation on the boat, and on the motor(s) in your profit/loss calculations?
its commercial, can't charge people for expenses on commercial trips lol. and I don't factor that in, I call them "daily profits" too much math lol.
@@KeyWestWaterman So then how does Adam at Movin Weight Fishing do that then? ruclips.net/video/QerDLJZeVrw/видео.html
Awesome video. What degree rod holder do you use for deep dropping ?
Gio S in this vid I’m fishing a 0° but sometimes i fish my 30° with a swivel.
Thanks !