Grouper Opener | Commercial Spearfishing | Ocean To Market
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Basically supplied every key west restaurant on this one!
except our restaurant that you won't open with me 😬
@@KeyWestWaterman dibs on bottom clams on top tacos and pizza
@@CookingWithClams include nachos and I'll come down
@@robc8936 done!
@@robc8936 be careful Rob. It’s Clam’s. You could get Sundried Snapper Gill Nachos served on Shrimp Shell Chips.
Love ya Señor Clams! 😉
This is 110% the best form of commercial fishing in my opinion. Highly selective, no bycatch, no dead discards, no meat spared, clean ethical shots 🤙🏼
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I concur 125%. Also less chances of getting the bends and sharked. Aaron is way on top of his game caution wise and always has his safety guys on que when they are in the shallow water blk out depths. In most other countries, spearfishig w/ tanks is prohibited. Personally I think that law should be implemented here too for 10 year's minimum. Could you imagine what our reefs would look like then? Just sayin.
The way you do it is the most ethical way of commercial fishing. You don’t have to apologize to anyone for this. Great video. I would love to do that some day.
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Agreed. There is no By-Catch. It’s surgically targeted.
I’m an old man and I cannot dive anymore like I used to. I really enjoy watching these videos. It brings back memories. Please do not stop making these videos, I really look forward to them. Also, I really like the end of film analysis. Keep up the good work.
really love to hear that, makes it all worth while!
Same here still miss it though.
I’m in the same boat as well. Can’t do it anymore but love it. Just really enjoy watching these!
You have to be one of the most respectful, talented, and entertaining individuals I've seen. It's rare to see someone with so much compassion for the environment, despite the skill to take advantage of harvesting. Great video as always.
really appreciate the kind words 🙏 doing my best to do good.
"A smooth season never made a good sailer". Any day I learn something is a good day.
agreed!
In the late seventies, I listened to my grandfather lamenting the loss of the Atlantic cod fishing. The cause was the reign of the large commercial trawlers. No only does trawler fishing take all fish, all species, and all year classes, it tears up the sea floor.
My Father, Grandfather, great grandfather fished with hook and line, or long line. They could have fished this way,,,forever.
So the government ignored the inshore fisherman, and Biologists and permitted trawler fishing until there were no fish left to catch.
Then the Canadian government banned all fishing.
When I see you spear fishing, I’m sure my grandfather would approve because I know that this type of selective harvest is sustainable.
You could go into detail about the reasons why, however it’s better if more people learn about fish harvesting.
Love your channel, and I strongly support responsible, sustainable commercial fishing. Be safe !
Spear fishing is by far the most eco friendly way to take life from the ocean. It’s underwater hunting and I commend you sir! Always love the content, voted for the thumbnail, do work bubba!!!
thanks so much 🙏
I would say rod and reel with circle hooks is the most eco friendly. Although Aaron is more conscious of not reef raping, selective and mindful of the stock there is some inadvertent fish mortality from pulled shafts (probably less so with him than noob spearfishermen). But yes infinitely better than long lining or draggers.
Woot Woot !!!! Let the harvesting Begin !! Thanks for taking us along ! Cheers !!!
thanks for tuning in!
How could anyone leave a negative comment about this video?! This man is one of the most selective spear fishermen in the world. Trust me, that is a very, very hard thing to do. Aaron is pure class.
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I totally agree. Aaron, you are living the life. Keep up the great videos and ignore the negative Nellie's.
I can't hold my breath as long as you can, diving to the bottom and I'm laying in bed watching. How you do it with such a strong current and a huge fish on the line, boggles my brain. Great vid, Aaron.
lots of practice! thanks for tuning in!
I am 45 and I can tell tell you that running a boat like this Contender is not cheap. My father owned the largest marine service center on the gulf coast while I was growing up so I have seen just about everything. Just the upkeep on this boat for a year just ate up that entire profit and then some. Gear lube, water pumps, spark plugs, bilge pumps, batteries, macerators for the fish boxes, live well pumps and it goes on and on and on and it takes away from the bottom line. Mad respect for the smaller commercial guys cuz it’s not all fun and games I assure you. Also have to maintain the trailer and or lift.
man it sure does add up fast! most people will never know until they own ones. thanks so much for tuning in!
Everytime I watch these vids, I have to take deep breaths to clear the anxiety I have watching you guys hold your breath so long
haha lots of practice!
Anyone who has followed your channel for any length of time must realize your'e probably the most environmentally sensitive fisherman out there. Kudos to you and your ethical fishing practice !!! As always excellent video !!!
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I’m always in awe of how the GoPro makes everything so much more clear!
I really doubt I'm the only person that dreams of having your life. You most certainly deserve every bit of what you've created and managed to stay humble as well. I've met a lot of comercial guy's down here in S FL and you're definetely a rarity. I wish you both nothing but the very best and thanks for all the content you put out. 👍🏝👌
can't thank you enough for the kind words! been a while ride just doing our best to enjoy it
You don’t even need to explain yourself, sir you do everything by the book I will make it down there one day to charter with you. It will be rod n reel because I can’t hold my breath lol
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Aaron is like the Bob Ross of the Keys. ❤
I still enjoy this style of video, thanks for bring us along.
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I came across your RUclips channel just recently and can say, without reservation, this is by far the very best I’ve seen! Your videos are informative, educational, and very entertaining! Kudos to you and the job you’re doing! I’m steadily working my way through your ‘library’ of videos. The stuff you share, and HOW you share it, is PHENOMENAL! You need to be recognized by a media outfit that will get you some nationwide/worldwide exposure.
really appreciate the kind words and love to hear you enjoy the videos! doing my best to enjoy life and do some good along the way.
These are my favorite types of videos. Love the behind the scenes look at what I'm eating.
love to hear it!
Commercial videos are my favorite! Don't stop.
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Challenging day, y’all did well. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.
def was but had a blast!
Respect the "Commercial Numbers" and the reality of net vs gross. Long days with no guarantees. Also, I appreciate how you consistently preach safety first. May 1st is probably your favorite day :)- Thanks again for providing your knowledge and experience. You have helped me gain more bottom time and efficiency when taking aim. Cheers!!
appreciate the kind words! thanks for tuning in 🙏
Love the commercial breakdowns! They tend to be my favorite episodes, not because I’m interested in becoming a commercial fisherman but because it’s fun to root for you! Great job!
so glad you enjoy them 🙏
As fisherman and watermen since 1976. Anyone who can not understand the life will not. Enjoy and live
couldn't agree more. 🙏
This comment is coming from the remote island of Pohnpei in Micronesia. I have utmost respect for individuals like you...as I can relate to your experience...a professor who supplements his budget with commercial fishing.
that is amazing! really love to hear that!
thanks so much for a good ole spearfishing vid. Folks need to know only a handful of folks can do what yall did this day. Great job all of you. God Bless
thank you!
Aaron, I cant get enough of your deep water free-dive videos whether you're going commercial or rec.
Im not gonna lie, I totally feel better about myself after seeing you getting fatigued... I dont get in the water nearly as much as I want but when I do, I go hard until I cant anymore.
Lastly, I finally got a chance to try out the mangrove gun and it is absolutely perfect! Balanced, accurate, low drag making it super easy to track a fish to get a shot off.... The first gun I've owned that if I miss a fish I know 100% it was my fault. Much thanks!!!
love to hear it!
Killer Day looks like a lot of hard work. As an occasional restaurant patron, your hard work is much appreciated.
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I’ve been watching your channel for a long time and I’ve always enjoyed the commercial days that you’ve made videos of
really love to hear that
As always, thanks so much for sharing. Aaron you are a true, respectable professional. Great video, can't wait till you next video.
thanks so much 🙏
5🌟episode, I really enjoy the underwater episodes with narration! Good times, fun friends, cheers 🍻
glad you enjoyed it!
Great commercial video again! $880 gross margin for 4 guys and a day's work should scare everyone away from thinking commercial fishing is easy. You are very gentle on the haters who have no clue. You are so responsible to the environment and industry and are a true champion.
haha seriously though, and just try to educate when I can. def am a little too gentle with them haha!
That is great commercial spearing. No bicatch and you regulate responsibly what your shoot. Respect keep it up
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Great episode! Thanks for taking us along and making my Monday tolerable.
glad you enjoyed it!
Nice catch! And you’re right about the Muttons, they spawn over the full moon May-Aug, in Cuba they congregate in thousands at some spots around the island, is the best spearfishing time of the year!
Keep doing these commercial videos, love them.
I've seen it before here pretty wild sight!
When you dive I always end up holding my breath. I don’t know why. But it’s my reaction every time. Thanks for the video. Great job.
haha love that!
Love your channel. Every Monday I have dinner watching your videos. About the bad comments on fishing people are jealous and try to bring people down. Keep the good work.
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Let’s goooo baby!!! Grouper opening!!! Best part of getting home on a Monday besides seeing my kids 🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽
haha thanks for tuning in!
Just finishing up this episode. I’ve always wondered how you “prep” nutritionally for days like these and in general? How do you stay “satisfied” during your dives with food and drink? I have been wanting to ask these couple of questions for a while now. Not your typical questions I’m sure. Been watching from Sebastian Fl for a few years now and even suggested the BlueGabe get togethers back in the days and was happy for it when it finally happened! Thanks for all the great content. Me and my son really do enjoy them!! Stay safe out there!!
These videos are my favorite besides you going lobstering. All of them are awesome and thank you for sharing these with us. Highlight to my weeks
love to hear it! thanks so much 🙏
Hey your comment on lobstering....hit my hit switch!!!!!
Tho I like inshore best, I couldn't stop watching this all the way through. To me, it's kind of a mad dash treasure hunt, trying to find and grab the most valuable fish as quickly as possible. I appreciate that you're selecting and catching them manually and individually, as opposed to the mass sweeping with broad nets, which I consider morally dubious.
glad you enjoyed it! 🙏
You showed them boys how it’s done. Great job sir.
haha I tried!
I really like these commercial days. Get to see a lot of dives, that’s what we’re here for. Well, all of it but the diving/spearing videos are my favorites.
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Wow, nice job Aaron. So good to watch a professional going for stone shots. We enjoy watching all you videos. Commercial or not. Thanks for sharing again. Hope your wedding planning is going well too❤
thanks so much!
Loved it! Great job! Hard work! Many untold expenses!👍👊
indeed!
Love watching the Grouper dives!!!
love to hear it!
You know if you wanna make a small fortune commercial fishing the best way is to start with a large fortune, it'll dwindle down to a small one!
Great video good shooting in those conditions. That chunky bottom spot deserves a revisit under better conditions.
haha seriously though, it surely does
Slay fest! Amazing
was a good day!
Awesome video as always! Red snapper opens May26 in Alabama. We don’t have as many grouper as you guys, but they’re fun.
reds are always a good time!
That's awesome man! I grew up in S.E. Alaska commercial fishing and recently went to Venice Beach. It's great to hear people who understand, respect and harvesting correctly. I brought back ten pounds of grouper because I loved eating it while down there.
This type of commercial is 100% the most sustainable
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Please keep doing these!
will do!
So glad grouper season in back in! I could watch you shoot grouper all day. That’s the commercial fisherman in me I guess. I got wore out on the sofa just watching y’all dive in that current. Y’all are the best package anywhere! Hopefully the water slows down and clears up soon! Love the vids man keep it up!!
haha so glad you enjoyed it! def was a hell of a day!
Great opening day with some great guys and awesome catch! Another great day in paradise
def was!
You should also add the disclaimer at the beginning in regards to commercial fishing, "and we work out a$$es off for each one of the fish". Great footage, love our channel.
seriously though, thanks so much!
Really enjoy the commercial dives Aaron. By far the most ethical way to commercially harvest fish, at least that I've seen. Keep it up man!
will do thank you!
Hey Aaron and Madeline hope you all and the crew are doing well, Sweet fishing session and best wishes and lots of love to you all, bit under the weather ☁️ today for me, just wondering about the wooden seahorse it looks so cool 😎, had my eye 👀 on it for a long time but never thought to ask about it until now, where did you get it or make it?, Well until next adventure stay safe, stay awesome out there, tunedogg miss you fur buddy, 😊👋🙌🍺🍺🍺
thanks so much for tuning in and it was actually a gift!
@@KeyWestWaterman it's awesome 😎👍, take care my brother good seeing ya and the crew 😎👍
Hunters are the number 1 conservationists in the country by all measures. Keep making me jealous with the great vids sir!
seriously though
Good ol days ! Love these videos
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thanks so much!
Great video as always. I still love these commercial videos/breakdowns. Are you replacing the gheenoe with something else to do in shore stuff with? Also enjoy your in shore videos.
love to hear it! and yes im building another Gheenoe right now.
Aaron, just a short note. I've been watching your videos for about 2 years now. I used to live in Stuart, Florida for 20 years 1982-2002. I've fished there but never spear fished. I live in Hawaii now on Oahu. There's a woman here Kimi Werner I think who spear fishes here and is also on RUclips. My wife Terry's father used to spearfish on Kauai years ago. I'm fascinated by your professionalism and the respect you have for God's creation. As a Pastor, I also appreciate your keeping your videos okay for the family. Thanks again, keep up the good work. I used to vacation in Marathon when I lived in Florida. Loved it there.
Madeleine is in love with Kimi, she's been a huge influence in the spearfishing world. so glad yo enjoy the videos and appreciate the kind words 🙏
Hey man it was so awesome seeing you today when launching my boat, man I got all excited and I’m like “That’s him!!” Haha. My Wife and I are loving the neighborhood and definitely a highlight of our day meeting and say hi!
haha was a pleasure brother! hope yall are enjoying the water!
Great video and absolutely great instructions as well. One question I have, after you bleed the fish out does it attract a lot sharks? I imagine it would but I am not sure of course. Continue the great work and I look forward to more videos.
its not different than spearing a fish, they are gonna bleed regardless. its the action of a struggling fish that attracts them.
Aaron, please keep doing some of the commercial fishing videos. It shows another aspect of fishing. You can`t make everyone happy. There are people out there that think that fish just magically show up in grocery stores. I have worked in grocery stores for 40 years.
haha but seriously they do, thanks so much for tuning in and the kind words
Awesome day underwater, love the stone shots!
thanks for tuning in
Hope uou guys ate some .
all this went to the market, went back out the next day for some eats!
I love seeing your videos every week, I can't get enough of them!
thank you!
Love the videos, I much prefer the spear fishing to long line etc. not to mention the narrative is very educational
glad you enjoy them!
I appreciate your honesty and love the break downs. Tight lines.
thanks so much
It was great meeting you in West Marine today! Thanks for sharing your YT pointers! Love groupers ❤
was a pleasure! best of luck
This is so cool to watch and by far the best method of commercial fishing in my opinion. You only take what you want, there's zero bycatch, very few fish get away and die (because of misplaced shots), and you clearly care about the fish population and the wellbeing of the ecosystem. You also don't try to glam it up for the camera and keep it real, 100% of the time. Way to go!
thanks so much! 🙏
As a kid grew up in the upper keys diving and always love watching your videos to bring me back home
love to hear that!
Weekly escape from reality. Good stuff. Keep it up.
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Wow!! I always look forward to seeing Arron harvest Groupers ..He's as smooth as butter....and a deadly shot!!! So cool to have the opportunity to see. Thank you Arron for sharing this epic event! I love watching a true professional in action!!! You are a true conservationists.I know it took alot of years to get to this level....I ADMIRE YOU AS A TRUE FISHERMAN....AND YOUR TOOLS OF THE TRADE!!!! ME AND MY GIRL FRIEND WARCH ALL OF YOUR VIDIOS!!! THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING US ALONG!!!!!
lots and lots of practice! so glad you enjoy the videos, thanks for taking the time to share
It’s amazing to me how y’all hold your breath like you do? Your cardio has got to be freaky! I mean that as a compliment. I scuba dive all over the world and every free diver I cross paths with still truly amaze me. Love the videos brother keep it up and stay safe.
haha lots of practice!
Missed the commercial breakdowns, love this video!
love to hear it!
Eff the negative ppl "watching"... Keep doing what you're doing and stay genuine
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Nothing wrong with feeding people fish. Fishermen have been doing it since the beginning of time. Super ethical way to harvest fish. Great video Aaron.
indeed they have. thanks for tuning in
Congrats on a good day, keep them coming - really enjoy these episodes. Thank you.
love to hear it, thanks so much
These are the type of videos that drew me to your channel! Love these videos, so neat to watch. Crazy day and smart for you to pull yourself out when you know your body is telling you so. Kick ass vid 🤘🏼
thats amazing 🙏 so glad you still enjoy them!
Impressive shots and a productive day!! Well done.
glad you enjoyed it!
cant even imagine anyone giving negative comments.. I do admire you
its the internet! haha thanks for watching!
Definitely enjoy the commercial trip videos!
love to hear it!
I commercial fish here in puerto rico, If I make 300 dollars at the end of the day with costs and boat repairs and maintenance its a hell of a day, you keel slaying it dude!
as long as I get to keep spending time on the ocean im happy!
I just can't believe how deep that is...how long you can hold your breath...and the respect you have for the fish. Well done! Love your videos. Thanks for sharing.
honestly idk anymore haven't tried to max out a breath hold. so glad you enjoy them 🙏
Love all the videos. I was on vacation and saw you guys leaving that morning as my wife and I strolled the docks on the Perry Hotel side of the harbor. Very cool!
haha too funny! thanks for tuning in
Love your videos. I went to restaurants this weekend and had grouper. A commercial fisherman caught it somewhere. I live in Florida we are blessed to have great fishing opportunities. Thanks for all the info you provide.
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Always appreciate the commercial viewpoint.
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Amazing video as always, and absolutely yes we still love the commercial videos. The numbers breakdown is always appreciated too!
love to hear it!
Hey waterman.
Chin up, shoulders back.
Your calm demeanor, candor, and professionalism- speak volumes.
🙏 thank you!
I love the commercial break downs. Plus you mix em up. Really enjoy this channel. Thanks.
thank you!
God damn I respect how you backed out on that grouper because it wasn’t broadside. I would have shot that fish ten out of ten times. Great videos keep it up!
haha thanks for tuning in
I appreciate your little intro into not passing judgement as having been a deck hand for 5 years as a teenager and being a rec fisherman my entire life, I have certainly shared my frustration with commercial fishing (i Hate it generally), but not the way you are doing it. I have watched numerous different amazing spearfishing videos and creators around the world and learned that it truly typically is a lot more sustainable means of commercial and even recreational, as you can decide what fish species, what size, etc and there is no "oh crap this snapper is out of season and choked down my hook into his stomach" and you have to toss them over to watch them die, whereas that will never happen spearfishing, and i hope other people will listen watch and realize that what you're doing truly has more potential to be more sustainable than any other method.
really appreciate the kind words, wish everyone had the past experiences to know the difference.
This is the type of market I like no cashiers no long lines just produce on demand 🤙🏾🔥. Yeww
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Your skills are phenomenal, sir no doubt that you will spank em. And I haven’t even watched the video yet.
haha have to see!
Enjoy your videos! Great editing, super discussions. Thank you for sharing!
love to hear it!
I miss your deep drop commercial trips but a busy charter buisness is great news! Keep up the good work.
been slow out there haven't been doing much
Great start to the season. I'd be thrilled with that kinda clarity of the MS coast. You're definitely correct about those numbers. The boat payment, upkeep, and man hours spent working on and cleaning the boat are way more that people that don't own a boat would ever imagine.
agreed! glad you enjoyed it!
You hit the nail on the head Matt!!!