OPENING DAY!!! COMMERCIAL SPEARFISHING | GREAT PAY DAY ON THE REEF | Key West Waterman Ep. 030
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2020
- It's opening day of grouper season and Aaron calls in there wrecking crew. Watch the gang put a 100's of pounds of grouper on the deck. This was a much needed trip!
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People watching probably don’t realize how hard this actually is. This is professional level shit right here that this man is doing.
haha I appreciate it!
Aaron I never tire of watching your videos🫡
love to hear it! thanks so much for tuning in!
Dive flag is upside down. You’re transmitting distress, flip it over, white stripe starts at top next to pole. Love watching you fill the boat, it’s amazing, thanks for sharing.
lol literally no-one knows that probably not even law enforcement 😂 but glad you like the vids! thanks so much for watching!
I’m so impressed with all your videos, love it just….. I believe variety is the spice of life. I think your choice in music is perfect for what you are doing. So that is one thing you can leave alone. Hard rock guitar with the crapy music coming out today. This was a breath of fresh air. Your talking videos are great to so like I say variety makes my world work. Thank you 🙏 for sharing. Looking forward to opening day 2023.
really appreciate the feedback! this is actually a pretty old video! we don't do much music anymore. but im looking forward to opening day as well!
Thanks. A customer came in today she loves to talk fishing. Spent a lot of time in the Keys. Went out to tell her about you but she drove off. She’ll be back. You’re great. Thanks
really appreciate the support!!!
I can’t believe how fast sharks can appear out of nowhere and be on top of you. Scary!
Haha true story!
Excellent team work! Difficult holes ,like Swiss cheese. Great haul . Outstanding job
glad you enjoyed it!
I see a bunch of NEW comments on older videos of yours. THAT is what collaboration does for your channel! We spend a ton of time watching videos on YT and when someone like Gabe or Kelly Young let us see quality then quality rises to the top and we watch and comment on MANY of your older vids! Definitely keep promoting your favorites at the end of your newer and more popular clips because that's usually where I go first!
Top Notch content! Thank you Aaron Young!
Absolutely! Very happy to see it! Can’t thank them enough for sharing!
Kelly Young and Blue Gabe sent me your way and I thank them. I love watching anything underwater, I wish I would have learned how to dive. thank you for another way to relax on a cold rainy night. I hope you stay safe with all that is going on today. I can hardly wait to watch more of your videos
they are the best! thanks so much for tuning in! hope you like the videos! more on the way!
Waterman the goat
haha whoa now! appreciate ya watching!
Funny to go back and watch these old videos. The new aaron would never let that stoned grouper sit on the bottom lol. Love the videos!
lol how times have changed!
Kelly Young and Blue Gabe was reason Im here, thank God. Your cchannel is awesome. Great content on your videos informative and respectful too. Keep it up!!!cheeers.
they are the best! really glad you enjoy the content and thanks for sharing!
Quality video my friend!
thank you sir!
Great job!!
haha thank you! love ya sam!
I really like, respect and support people like you people that do commercial spearfishing because its the most selective way for hunting fish and you only kill what you want and what you need. I am only 15 but i really like spearfishing since its selective and you get to see what is down there in the depth even if you dont get a fish sometimes you still really enjoy it.
really appreciate the kind words! I wish everyone was as in tuned as you, and you're only 15! Glad you enjoy the vids! Spearfishing and very personal and primitive I really love it! Stay tuned lots more to come!
Thank you very much for your reply, i dont get to get much good fish because i live in thailand and there isnt much you can get but today i got my new record grouper which was 2.6 kg
@@chaochannainoa5178 thats a bummer! not very familiar with Thailand but always a good day when you can find a personal best!
Your legit one of my favorite UA-camrs will be down there soon with my dad once the keys open up for a charter schedule with you. Keep up the good work your going to start growing fast.
haha I love to hear that! thanks for the kind words and feedback! look forward to hopefully gettin ya out one day!
So sick! that looked really deep man good stuff. I love how when bad stuff happens, you don't get really upset and just look on the bright side "We'll make it up!"
haha def did a few deep spots! I tend to get myself into a hole when something bad happens, so i'm working on letting go of what I can't control! Makes for more successful days!
Man I can't even see the fish but you on point like I always tell you man what I like about the spear fishing I mean sometimes you catch the big ones on the top but like the Cobia or the Goliath or the snappers you get to choose you know really getting nice fish all the time I don't know I just like it I think you do better spearfishing than you do on top water but sometimes your videos watching it watching you fish with the poles you do good with that too man you know so and that would be a good thing for you to get with deer meat because he's he's all right I ain't going to lie to you I don't know if he's as good as you but he's all right all right bro keep them videos coming man living that life in Paradise
Just doing my best to enjoy my time! I appreciate it brother!
BADA BOOM-BADA BING-A GREAT DAY WITH LOTS OF BLING !!! (fish-that is)
it sure was!
Absolute grouper clinic!
indeed! a day to remember for sure!
Great video. Thanks for posting.
of course! thanks for watching!
Found your channel and have been binge watching 😂. I’m from MA and really miss fishing right now with COVID going on. Keep posting! 👍🏻
haha thanks for that! hopefully life gets back to normal soon
Man with that bottom y’all were hunting every shot looked like a bent shaft just waiting to happen. Absolutely love a box of paint brushes! Great job man! Love it!
Haha right!
Bravo. Che posto meraviglioso e quante cernie. Bravo.
haha for sure! groupers everywhere!
Love this video looks like you fearless when it comes to sharks
spend enough time with anything and you become comfortable with it!
A lots of action. Any sharks? Oh yeah , some sharks...
haha always sharks!
Thanks for you video.
thank you for watching!
Super awesome content and very scary 💪
haha thanks for watching!
Wow.. guys great footage..
appreciate that! thanks for watching!
I've watched alot of your videos and I have to say that the narration one's are better than the guitar sounds
Great 👍 Video
Keep em coming
haha that was the old way we did it, alot have changed since the beginning
Awesome day! 😎🤙
was epic! so much fun!
God damn it I love summer....time
😂
What a good job at 13:40 by the safety.
Thanks for watching!
13:44- that’s a good dive buddy
thank you! appreciate you watching!
Really enjoy your videos… keep em’ coming..
Happy to hear it!
My favorite fish..:)
me too!
@@KeyWestWaterman We emailed you, please check it out!
Watching here in the Philippines Keep Safe🙏🙏🙏
Awesome! thanks for tuning it! lots more videos to come!
love these videos
glad you enjoy them brotha!
Good stuff, you guys thumped em!
haha was a good day! thank you!
Can't believe how easy you make that look. lol..... Nice to have friends down there with you. Some people have no clue to how hard you work for those fish and how expensive it is to keep your boat and gear up to date. Now with 5-6 dollar gas coming it really will hurt.
I try! and most really don't! lol but I wouldn't change it for the world!
killin it buddy
was a great day for sure!
Nice!!!!
thanks for watching!
I could tell it was opening day, tame groupers :) I'm 84 with 60 years of shooting. 20 on scuba and the last 40 free diving. I don't like commercial but fully understand why you do. Great video and I like your attitude and demeanor. You are obviously a good athlete and quit fit. Best wishes in the future. I can't take the heat or cold so I shoot vicariously on you tube vids. I'm on FB as Stanley L Cates. My son now has my 23ft Seacraft in Pensacola. I live near Houston.
thats incredible! hope to have a resume like that one day! I don't prefer commercial but in the recent tough times I had no choice as my charter business was temporarily closed to COVID. Would much rather run charters! Thanks for sharing and hope you stick around to watch more vids!
Better commercial spearfishing than commercial netting! No bycatch
Great haul, glad to see your back, hopefully with the keys opening back up soon, business will pick up for you. Keep the content coming!!!
me too! thanks brother, just got word we are opening June 1 so ill be back to charters which is much needed!
Damn. Nice shot.
thanks for watching!
Morning nice spearfishing , my hoby
hello and welcome! hope you enjoy it!
Aaron, thanks for another commercial break down.
Yeah, alot of time, people hear the money totals, and they are like,
"Wow, he's killing it", without even considering your expenses.
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE GROUPER FOLKS!
Great video Aaron, keep'um coming!
Jerry Durham, NC
haha I love it! that is the truth!
Like all the deliberate stone shots to save shafts👍🏽😂
lol bending shafts gets expensive!
I am glad that you had a good day and made good money... what a day at the office battling sharks and free diving to 90 feet while spearing wonderful fish
haha me too! wouldn't change it for anything!
Great video you guys/gals are bad ass!
appreciate it! def have a solid crew with me!
Aaron good knock shorts cool cool god bless.
thanks for watching!
nice catch
thank you!
This was a good video!
glad you like it brotha!
Keep making more commercial vids
will get back to them eventually! have been slammed with charters doing my best to keep on top of it!
Awesome video and awesome day!! Keep em' coming!!
was an incredible day! plenty more to come!
Awesome video!!!!
thanks for watching!
Great catch Aaron, keep it safe. Loved the video.
always am! glad you enjoyed the vid!
Great job brother, glad to see you back at it. Keep the vids coming
happy to be back at it! got plenty of stuff coming!
Wow
amazing day!
Wow! Man your a world class athlete. Love your channel. God loves FISHERMEN! Your one hell of a shot!
Idk about all that! Just love what i do it! Thanks for watching and taking the time to share!
The actual bottom line on fishing for profit? ABSOLUTELY! Um, no, maybe not. That would undoubtedly ruin the fantasy! Keep posting, love the content!
lol thanks for watching!
You also have to divide that total among the crew. Love the videos! Keep 'em coming!
in most cases yes! a lot of my good friends have full time jobs and come and dive with me just to get out on the boat for free.
I like that you narrate the videos now with no music..
yea we used music at the beginning jus didn't like the feel of it! people seem to like these a lot more!
Keep slapping those groupers Aaron!
We will for sure!!
Looks like a blast. I'll be down there soon.
ya man! grouper have been on fire!
Good job bro. Nice catch keep the videos coming
thank you sir! have a ton of great footage on the way!
Great job team! Super fun to watch.
Thank you!!
impeccable timing on that mutton
Peter Ranieri II haha get lucky every now and again!
Grouper 🐟 Is my favorite
I wish I could be there
grouper is incredible! one of my favorites!
Awesome day of grouper slaying capt. I'm praying they open back up before July so I can get on some of that great fishing.
was a killer day indeed! just got word we are opening June 1!
@@KeyWestWaterman I saw that news last night and couldn't be happier about it. I get to spend July in cudjoe it's always f---ing awesome.
Awesome video brother! Keep them coming!!
plenty more to come!
another great video !! I like hearing the breakdown on the cost/ profit and man you can hold your breath
Glad you enjoy them! more to come! haha years and years of practice, there are a few other guys around that make me look like a rookie!
WOW! When I lived in the keys there was no closed season on Grouper, and no limit. We could fish them or spear them all year round. But that was the 90s. We use to be able to collect as many Queen Conch as we wanted. The one year they closed that fishery. Said it was a "5 year moratorium", 10 years later it was still closed for taking conch. Same with Jew Fish. Once they take it away, they never give it back.
thats wild! amazing how much times have changed!
@@KeyWestWaterman sure have, I knew the guy who got the Jew Fish protected. He had tons of videos of him slaughtering them with a power head. Then he married a marine biologist and made a big speech to the state fisheries on how they're getting wiped out and needed to be protected. What a jerk, he was the one who was killing a boat load of 500 pound fish everyday the weather was good. If we wanted to save the Jew Fish we could have simply banned him. Actually, a size and number limit with a closed season would have done the job. I'll bet to this day, you still can't take Jew Fish, when they take it away, they never give it back.
These videos make my day
hearing that makes my day! thanks so much for sharing!
Glad to see you are making money again. Thank goodness they are opening up the keys June 1st so we can start making some good money again.
me too! been a tough past few months! much needed!
Hey great video! This is the first time I see a commercial spearfisher from the US. Most spearos I see on youtube are hobby divers. I am from Vietnam and most of the best divers we have here are commercial spearfishers. Fishing is their full time job but I haven't seen anyone in the West making a full time shooting fish for profit. Seems like it's simpler to just run spearfishing charters, better for the environment too.
Thanks for watching! Yea there aren't a ton of people in the keys who spear commercially full time, its only a small portion of my income. I've been doing more than normal because of the state of our economy. They have close our borders to tourist, so I can't run charters which is the majority of my income. But I have had to to more commercial than normal to pay the bills! I prefer to do charters because like you said its a lot less on our fish numbers! but anyways hope you like the vids and stay tuned for more!
That shark was a cheeky bugger you had to fight him off every time.
haha nothing new!
You share middle east divers passion for grouper's its our mainstream fish here
nice video first guy i see that actually shoot them , good hunt and gl on next trip's
thats awesome! hope you like it, we to quite a bit of grouper hunting over here, one of my favorites to hunt. Always very tricky fish!
your channel is gonna start blowing up soon. great content and awesome vibes all around. wish i wasnt in Boston, the keys sound much better right now lmao. every vid is like a dream day for me. super jealous but pumped for more vids !
haha I hope so! thanks so much for the feedback! glad I can bring some sunshine to boston! Stay tuned lots more to come!
6:32 AMAZING shot man! I didn't even see the fish, and he thought he was safe in his hole.... that was crazy
haha never safe!
Great friend, greetings 1 hobby and continue to work because your video, becomes a motivation
happy to hear that! glad I could help inspire and thanks for watching!
@@KeyWestWaterman you're welcome
Bottom fishing that hole you would never win.!😂👊🏻
Lol never!
Aaron - superb dives and congrats on paying a few bills! The one thing that I never hear about is how you pay your divers. With all of the close-calls with the guys in the gray suits, no matter how much any of your co-workers love to dive, they have to get paid at some point! I love feeling like I'm diving right next to you, but it is so frustrating seeing a big black grouper take your spear into the rocks, If you had tanks on, it would be so much easier to wait it out with the fish on the bottom, but you've got to get top side for a fresh air pit stop. LOVE what you all do. Thank you again, my friend! Will
I'm just not a big fan of tank diving to spear to be honest, I think our natural limits help preserve the populations. but we all have opinions doesn't mean mine is right! and I have a select few friends that spear with me for fun, they have day jobs that they make their living with so they come and dive for fun which means they get out for free. and they help me make a living when I need it! everybody wins!
wow Aaron, what a blast. You and the crew mashed them good. Thx for sharing, love it!
It was a great day! happy to be back to work!
New subscriber here and am liking all your videos.
What I like the most about this is that you still call a jewfish, a jewfish!
Welcome glad you enjoy the vids and 🤣
Yeeeeeeew!!! Been waiting for this video!🤙🏻
haha hope you liked it! tons more on the way!
Good job
thank you!
Nice shooting, Tex! You were on fire with the kill shots!
haha! get lucky from time to time! was a killer day!
I’m new to your channel and really enjoyed it! Great work!
welcome! make me happy to know you enjoy the vids!
good video. I like the breakdown. I run a small business in WA state and most people don't realize how quick $1000 goes when it comes to keeping everything up and running and the wolf from the front door, let alone getting a personal paycheck. Good on you for following you're dream and making it work.
haha amen to that! used to think $1000 was a lot of money! its gone in no time! thanks for watching!
beast
haha thanks for watching brother!
Those are some great shots bro is like when am shooting barracuda
haha thanks! hope you like the vids!
Fish03:29 wtf u doing he said😂nice shot
lol its all about the approach! stay small enough to create a small window of curiosity!
You have some amazing spots, sick vid. Wish I found some spots like thoose in islamorada, I will one of these days haha
I don't often hammer the same spots repeatedly, the best spot in this vid I had never dove before. I use my sounder mainly to find bait/life. find what grouper like to eat and you find the grouper!
Great video Aaron! My heart was racing at 14:40, the tax collector almost had you! Stay Safe and Tight Lines Brotha!
haha! they are never too far off! always looking for a handout! its not often they take one from me. you do the same!
Please make a video with comments or something instead of the music. Other that that, sick dives. Best of luck from California.
do you mean with commentary on what's going on? hunting techniques and such?
@@KeyWestWaterman I think that would be awesome. Explain what you're thinking........ Sick videos man. This is the first one I saw of yours and had to subscribe
Gotta post more of these they’re SICK
haha lots more to come!
thanks love commercial when you do it
Avid fisherman, I've been watching fishing videos for 40 years, Your videos are some of the best, you have a knack. All you need for improvement maybe is get a better camera. Keep it up
thanks so much love to hear it!
Breakdown on expenses was good how bout pay for the crew, slip, insurance, boat payment and taxes the bottom line
gets thinner and thinner.
Great vid , tight lines and calm seas to you Captain
amen to that! Thanks for watching and sharing! hope you stick around!
Free dive commercial grouper spearfishing? I didn't even know that was a thing. lol subscribed!!! Edit... Nice shooting.
haha Thanks! really enjoy the challenge of freediving and keeps me in shape! sorta! lol