Fishing The Forgotten Islands Of The Bahamas! (Catch/Clean/Cook)
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- In this episode we head to the Bahamas for 10 days aboard the Catch 22. We fish our way to Crooked Island and catch a variety of fish. Three of the nights we anchor out at different Islands including Rum Cay, Plana Cays, and Mayaguana. We eat a variety of fish including wahoo, yellowfin tuna, and yelloweye snapper! Blue Marlin are the main target and on day 3 I catch and release on the NickStick Offshore Mini Rod! We finally reach Crooked Island and we do an inshore trip catching a few bonefish plus get to hear Capt. Shakey's story of surviving Hurricane Joaquin.
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A month! That’s a dream right there! Listen, I’ve been told I’m great luck on the boat, and I don’t charge anything to come along! And nick, I hope that every morning when you wake up, you remember how blessed you are. To have such a beautiful family and to live in paradise, getting to do what you love day in and day out.
🙏🏻 blessed for sure!
Thank you for watching!
This is one of the best fishing videos on UA-cam I’ve seen in a long while… a total dream… off the grid… Bahamas out islands… no resorts… no BS… just a good crew and the old trusty sportfish hotel! Well done guys!!! Looking forward to the next trip!!!
Appreciate that! Thanks for watching
I grew up in the Bahamas. Im an old man now. But you captured how things are there. Thank you for the video, I know it wasn’t easy.
Good to see your dad along. I bet he has stories.
Awesome, that had to be quite a life! So many cool places and overall happiness almost everywhere we’ve been there. Thanks for watching.
I also live in Grand Bahama when I was a little kid that was 60 years ago
Anyone who says an electric reel isn’t fishing has never done it before… the smile on your face isn’t any smaller pushing a button vs cranking a reel!
All about having fun for sure!
Only difference is if you catch a world record it can not be counted
@@MrMaxpimp I can live with that
Your father is the real deal ! He built y'all right an tight. Much respect to him. What a Capt also. You guys rock. Still watching ur video an all of it. Respect from Readyville Tn.
Thanks for that! Appreciate it
Still got hour to finish y'all's awesome trip . Thanks man.
Màde it to the end . What a great video. Bet you guys were very tired . Respect an thanks. God Bless be safe
Another great production! Love that you take the time to allow local people to tell their stories and interact with you and your crew - it's not always about the fish. Thank you for sharing this with us!
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it
2 hours!! Hell yes!! Thanks Nick!
Thanks for watching!
Great time with your dad and your uncle. It is good that it was recorded, so that Sara and the girl will be able to relive the memories. Blessed.
🙏🏻👍🏻
My Girl and I stayed at B-n-M over the Tackle Shop last month and I wondered where the Catch 22 was. Now I know. We had a great time and everyone at the marina was so nice and made us feel like family. Will be back! Thanks StanzFam and Bud n Marys! Oh yeah, great video as always. Cheers.
Glad to hear you enjoyed your stay! Thank you for watching the videos as well!
Truly some of the best people ive ever met live in these islands, its a tough life but they are happy as heck, great stuff Nick looking forward ti this series. Blue on the Nickstik was insane
Couldn't agree more! So many nice people 🇧🇸
Absolutely wonderful. Thank you. The production could not have been any better. Take care.
Thanks for that! Landon did a great job
Loved how you showed our outer Bahamian islands and for showcasing what Crooked has to offer!!
@@meleenacarroll2646 beautiful spot!!!
Geez Nick, I can’t imagine how much work this episode has been! 2:18:36 of excellently developed content. By far the best long-form content I’ve seen and I watch, produce, and edit a ton of fishing. I’ve never tuned into and not turned away from over 2 hrs of continual content. Amazing job by you and the entire team! Kudos, well done!
Appreciate that! Thanks for watching
Another awesome video, Nick! As far as the ride over, that was ballistic! Couldn't take those rough seas! Nice, you had your father along! That area is so darn beautiful. You all are so fortunate to be able to travel over there! Really enjoy watching your videos, Nick! Be safe, everyone!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for always watching and commenting 🙏🏻
Amazing! I’m a beginner in offshore fishing and I learn a great deal about it by watching your videos from the line to use, bait and how to fillet a fish. You are an incredible fisherman. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Great to hear! Glad you enjoy the videos
The best Stanz videos to date… I couldn’t put it down.. Great job!
Wow, thank you!
So nice to see your dad fishing with you man. Been watching your channel for quite awhile now. Thanks for the content brother 👊
Appreciate that!
Awesome video guys..and gals. 73 years young and, yes, I'm envious. lol. ! Has always been one of my life's dreams to do.
Great adventure. Thanks for the thrill....😊
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Love the video so far. I have about 20 minutes at a time to watch but it keeps me looking forward to more down time when I can continue you adventure.🔥
Your Dads a legend! glad you could find time to spend together. I guarantee it means a lot to him and memories made are well remembered.
Awesome! Thank you!
Four days without a shower, after cleaning fish, cutting bait and working the deck! It must have been a treat getting in the bed. To me the Crooked Island segment of the video was the best. Those inlets teeming with fish were something else! That cuda strike on the snapper was really cool.
You got that right! Thanks for watching
I hope that every morning when you wake up, you remember how blessed you are.
🙏🏻
Wow, 140 minutes of extraordinary footage and great editing! Nice to see Mr. Stanczyk on the water. Good times.
Thank you for watching!
I watch a lot of your videos. I feel this is the best one you’ve ever posted. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, thank you!
Watched this beginning to end last night. What a movie, thank you Capt. Nick !
Thank you for watching!
JR is the best! Some of the biggest bonefish I've ever caught right there in that creek
Agreed! She has been super helpful. Cool to hear about the bonefish too
Classic trip!! Your dad is a funny guy; made me laugh out loud with his commentary at the tuna/lasagna dinner. Epic trip on the “Old Boat!” Congrats, Nick and Mr. Stanczyk!!
Haha, I find him pretty amusing too
i watched the full video which is rare for me, usually i skip to the good parts on these long videos but the whole video was the good part!
Glad to hear! Hope you enjoyed it
That rake n scrape at the end was 🔥🔥🔥. Such beautiful talent in our outter islands. I LOVED that part
We loved it there!
@@StanzFam thank you for your response. Manners and Respect. I am from Nassau. I've been watching your channel for years. I'm watch this 2 hr special for the second time now. 😅
Hi Nick. I watched your whole video! First one that was really long. It was worth it!
Awesome, thank you!
Man, the last two yrs I have had good luck pulling some mud flap teaser s in blue and white. Blues ,whites,sails and the tuna have not been able to ignore them. 😂 looks like a fun trip.
Good to hear! Thanks for watching
From the very start, Me's had the senses that this video is on course to be a Classic ☝️🙏😁
Viva Cristo Rey
Love to hear it! Thanks for watching
I just watched another fishing video and the boat looked really simillar but it was the "92, Viking" Love your videos 1 month is a dream. keep up the good work
Thanks for watching! A 92 viking is a big boat!
Probably the best video I've seen in UA-cam.
5 stars all the way.
Tu Amigo Robert Rojas
Love hearing that!
Good morning, Stanzfam!!! Beautiful day!
Thank you!
Every video is amazing but this one was top notch. Landon did an amazing job! Congrats!
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing this epic adventure! It was fun to watch!!
Thank you for watching! Love hearing that
I watched this entire video. Great footage post more!!!
Love hearing that! Thanks for watching
Thank you so much for sharing your trip with us. This was so much fun to watch. I was raised in the keys by a charter boat captain and my brother is still a captain down there. I moved out in 1980, and unfortunately I never made a run to the Bahamas. Maybe one day, who knows. But not likely. But I sure enjoyed watching your video and the scenery. I had the best childhood ever! Growing up in the lower keys first, then fifth grade moving up to Islamorada. My summer job, and sometimes during school, washing those beautiful boats of the charter fleet. My Dad’s boat was at Holiday Isle. The Tiki Bar was so tiny at that time. Then came the rolling Tiki Bar, that would come down to the docks. Man I miss it. However so much has changed. My life moved on, I fished some tournaments down there with my brother, after my Dad retired. My Dad and I always talked about how much fun it would be to just travel the water on a sport fisherman doing tournaments all over. My Dad passed now< and well I’m probably much to old and out of shape. So watching your wonderful video really sparked nostalgia in me, and I really enjoyed your video. Thanks so much again. I’ll probably watch it on a regular basis. I, so glad Mr. Allan is putting Walker’s Cay back together. And I love that your Uncle Scott just lives to fish, fantastic. That’s the way my brother Ronnie is, Capt Ron from Pirate for Hire out of World Wide Sportsman. He gave up his sport fisherman many years ago, for a much smaller boat. I’m sure y’all know him. My Dad was Capt Lenny, of the charter boat Tally Whacker. Well I know. TMI. Thanks again. 😊
Awesome! Love hearing that! I know who your brother is as well. This was an adventure for sure
@@StanzFam I hope you are able to share more of your adventures. Thank you again.
In 2003 we we're on catch-22 offshore fishing for Dorado which we piled them in that day.. it is pretty neat to see that same exact boat almost 20 years later still looking pristine
Awesome to hear! We got this boat in 2003 so it must have been right then
The bonefish guide’s hurricane story gave me chill bumps. We all go through stuff but going through a cat 4 in a jeep with your family has to take the cake.
Agreed, that storm was no joke
Outstanding content !!! Enjoyed the video !!! Smile 😊
Thank you so much 😁
Your a lucky man, Nick. You live a unique lifestyle in a unique place that very few get to realize. Great content and tight lines!
I appreciate that! 🙏🏻
Epic video!!! I didn't know how much work it takes on a fishing boat, till we went on one a couple of months ago non-stop action...Thanks for sharing God Bless..
Thanks for watching!
What a great video of a really cool trip! Thanks for sharing.
Nick those are memories you’ll carry for the rest of your days.
Most definitely! Thanks for watching
Thanks Nick,for the extra long video.Waited months for this trip
Thanks for watching!
Awesome video!!! Started watching yesterday rann out of time !!! Watching it felt just as relaxing as fishing!! All the way from the clear waters of aruba 🇦🇼
Awesome, love hearing that!
living through you man, love this long video! just what i needed tonight! The videography is on point with this one!
Glad you enjoyed it!
No summer cruising for us! We've only been in the summer, 1 time. We're fast studies and it only took that 1 time to know it wasn't the best time for us. We go in Sept. and have been very fortunate to never have to deal with any hurricanes. We can take the heat being from S. Louisiana, so that's not the issue. It's dodging kids whose parents don't watch them.
It was almost like I went on vacation with you guys,thanks for the memories ✌️😎
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome trip Nick! Your dad’s the man!
Thanks for watching! He’s a character for sure!
Once again AWESOME video...right up there with the Alaska video...enjoy that time with your dad...
Thanks! Will do!
Liked the video.... Do more of these island to island videos. Show more of marinas and dockeds, fuel prices, restarants, etc etc.... Cat island was awesome.. 🤙🤙
Great to hear! Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching. Will try to make some more like this in the future
Took me three sessions to complete the video, but it was time well spent. Awesome journey with pops!
Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching. A memorable trip for sure
I love the fishing part but I skipped to the cooking and inside parts more like watching the interaction and your pops 💙💙💙
Glad you enjoyed!
I wish it wasn’t so dang expensive. I’ve been dying to wet a line ever since my other half passed 4 years ago. We used to go out regularly with different charters around Florida. We once went to the middle grounds and ran into a huge storm that had people flying all over the place. You could barely get a hold of anything that wasn’t coming apart from its foundation. Bathrooms were flooded. Equipment and people’s personal belongings were flying off the boat and crashing up against the windows. Any time we tried to venture off shore to pick up a little speed we were hit by 10 foot waves scaring the crap out of everyone. Personally, except for having to go pee every five minutes, I had a blast!
That sounds like an intense storm!
Sorry to hear about your loss, hope you get out fishing again soon 🙏🏻
Thanks for the long video nick, you must do this evry month. I love to see som more off this cant off video's.
Love your channel very machs.
Greeting from Belgium and my Georges.
Thanks! Will do!
Awesome video, what a trip! Thank you for taking us along!!! 2:17:49
Glad you enjoyed it!
Captain shakeys’ son here nice video man glad you enjoyed our island👏🇧🇸
It was a pleasure fishing with him! Hope to make it back again one day
@@StanzFam sounds good 👌😁
Awesome content . Awesome trip this stuff is really compelling.
Crooked Island … what an awesome place to fish
Thank you! Appreciate you watching
@@StanzFam what did fuel cost at Crooked Island? How far is it from Islamorada to Crooked Island?
Thanks
Absolutely loved this video !!! So relaxing and exciting to watch the journey. Look forward to more of these. Keep em long too. Beats watching TV. 🎣👌
Thank you! Will do!
@@StanzFam 🐠🐠🐠🎣
Got an insurance quote from HH and a good price to cover my boat completely. Thanks for the pointer to give them a try. I’ll be it set up Hopfully by this Friday for our 1 day. 🤙🏽
Awesome, love to hear it!
@@StanzFam yea man people have been quoting me 1300-2000 for a 1995 19footer. It ain’t no freeman. Sadly.. Goal is some type of power cat. Iv been knocked off the board for 11k by a 1/4 inch so for now this little boat will work.
Nick you keep outdoing yourself! What a great video or movie I should say lol! Well done and thanks for sharing. Good times for sure
Appreciate that! Landon gets credit for the editing. Thanks for watching!
Big shout out to Landon! Amazing to here the hurricane stories in the Bahamas too! Brings me back to Irma in Big Pine. Hey great Job and amazing footage! I need to get there one of these days. I wouldn’t like all the rough stuff though 🤢lol
Keep ‘em coming
The best vid after your 757 jumbo for sure! I mean everything was perfect. Enjoyed it all. I saw your dad and if reminded my of "the old man and the sea" novel 😂. Well done Nick, you just raised the bar so high that it's quite impossible to beat you. Fishing even on the way the airport!!! The best content on the UA-cam 🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it
I would love to be on that adventure...of a lifetime! Beautiful bull dophin, my favorite to catch and eat!
Big bulls are always exciting 👍🏻👍🏻
Great video and wow, that’s some crazy equipment you have! My first day trip in the Bahamas, small boat, basic equipment, live bait and landed a small 80# blue marlin. What luck. Guess I’m never fishing for blue anymore, it only goes downhill from here. ☺️
Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it. Any blue marlin is a good one! I remember my first one about the same size as well
That is a great video, thank you for showing all of this! 👍
Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it
Yay!!! Hi Stanz Fam!!! I'm watching the video now. I hope Mr. Charlie cooks & makes sashimi sushi!!! Oh, oh, say hi to Dakotaaaaaaa!!! 😊
Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed!
Thanks for the info. Sea shepherd of you!
Thanks for watching!
Love these longer videos. Gives me something to do at work. Keep it up🤟🏽
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching
Hi Nik, that is awesome long video, great fishing with your funny dad😁. Watching from New Zealand, tight lines mate🎣🎣
Glad you enjoyed it! We have some characters in the family for sure
Hello! Hope all is well! Keep em coming!!!
I wanna come fishing!!! 😁😁🙂
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it
Nick!!!!!! What a amazing trip!
Watched from start to finish!!
Appreciate that! Thanks for watching
For anyone who doesn’t know, you cannot see waves on a recorded video until they are 3 feet or larger, and if you pay attention when the stern of the boat is in a trough, there are waves that are over Nick’s head. Most people would call it 10+ foot seas Because nobody realizes how rough 4 to 6 foot seas are.
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THE HANDLE HOOKS ON THE OUTSIDE of the fry basket
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LOVED IT, SPORTS FISHING AT IT"S BEST !!!!
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it
Less go I’ve been searching for a vid like this ❤❤
Hope you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching
What a great video, it should win an award. Made my day !
@@cayman597 love hearing that! Thank you for watching
Love this life, just love it. Thank you for taking us with you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Happen to stumble upon your video and absolutely love it! You have such a beautiful family and love the fact that you get them involved. You are very lucky to have such an awesome lifestyle that I can only dream of. I am an avid surf fisherman here in NY but it's too darn hot and humid to go out! I will be binge watching all your videos. Subscribed from the concrete jungle of NYC!
Thank you so much!! Appreciate that. Glad you enjoyed the video. I can tell you love fishing as much as we do!
15:26 that was a big umbrella you guys put out 😂 I use ones that are a quarter of that size when I troll for striped bass
Haha yep! Full size
A trip like this is a definite goal of mine. Great video
Hope you do it sooner than later. Thank you for watching
Red skies at morning: harbinger of bumps
Am so glad you are showing the world other islands of the bahamas my mom is from there you need to carry Bluegabe with you next time there is some good diving there to
Thanks for watching! Beautiful area there
Best ever video Nick,👍
Love to hear it!
Great, wonderful video! Husband and I fished out of Bud and Mary’s some years ago…. Caught yellow tail…captain filleted for us and we took to Lazy Daze and had best dinner! Really enjoy all your videos..thanks
Thanks for watching! Glad to hear you had a nice trip at the marina. Hard to beat fresh snapper at lazy days
Stan it's been over a month Nick since a new post or vid from b&m and stanzfam. Toni and I hope your taking some time off and nothing is wrong. Praying for you all.
Hey
Thanks for checking in. We have a new video coming out tomorrow. Got busy for a few weeks and we got behind a little bit on our editing etc
@StanzFam that's great news just got a little worried. Thanks and look forward to next video.
I’m from here my grandpa is Elton “Shaky” McKinney
Awesome! Thanks for watching
Awesome episode! More big trips love it
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!
What a good video! Fishing, family and culture- cant beat that!!🍻
Thanks for watching! Appreciate the comment
Great video thanks for sharing
Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it
Dope! 🔥
Thanks!
@@StanzFam no thank you Nick. Love the long form videos.
My friend Eddie is a captain out of Islamorada, Florida. I just saw him last week while I was visiting family in Massachusetts.
Awesome, I fished with Eddie a lot when he was running the JACS boat
Great video. Keep the adventures coming...
Thanks! Will do!
Awesome video!
Thanks! Appreciate you watching
@@StanzFam Looking forward to more. All I want is Conch salad now tho lol
I gotta keep coming back. This is a series 🤣
It’s a long one! Hope you enjoy
Holy crap man best vid ive watched in a longgggggg time, I need to get down and charter with you Nick trying to make that happen soon Bud n Marys RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for watching!
Just found your channel watching your Alaska fishing adventure. Im hooked!
Glad to hear it! Enjoy 👍🏻
Love these longer videos! Keep it up StanzFam!!!
Glad you like them! Hope to make a few more!
i enjoy watching your adventures...tightlines!!
Thanks so much! Appreciate you watching
always love your content! always 10/10 quality & content. stay blessed man :)
Thank you for watching!
Likewise 🙏🏻