You live the life I always wanted to live. Fishing for a living. I couldn't pass up on your 2 for 1 so I will now have Stanz hats in the mountains of northern New Mexico. God Bless
Hi Nick, that was weird seeing the different parts of the swordfish moving while you were slicing him up! Really like watching you pull up the crab pots, Sarah!
Hi Nick and Stacy, new to your channel just love it , wonderful fishing have been for over 30 years in SA, have you ever heard of Scarborough fishing reels, that's what we use in South Africa, and rod bucket's, I see you don't use them , it must be very challenging. I notice, you fillet your fish without the skin is it just a personal preference be nice to know regards Glenn.
@@GlenThomas-qk5sy welcome to the channel! Glad you like the videos! I haven’t heard of Scarborough reels. I like to cut the skin of the mahi compared to peeling it.
@@StanzFam thanks for your reply Nick, Scarborough reels come in different sizes, designed for shallow or deep fishing, you always seem up to any challenge, try some of them in America you might like them, two round handle's on each reel very straight forward makes fishing a breeze sorry I can't send you a picture what they look like, maybe google them I'll try tomorrow.
Nick send me a tuna for my bday next Wednesday. 😂😂😂😂 I'm here in broward county. Seriously just a bday shout out for Feb 21st would make my day brotha. 37 on that day
Have you ever caught striped bass in the mid-atlantic or northeast, Nick? Would love to see you take the show on the road at some point and do some striper fishing out of NJ. The big cow bass run in the early fall (October) and catching 40 and 50 pound trophies is very achievable in a single trip.
I caught some off Nantucket years ago but just did a half day when I was there for a friends wedding. I’m hoping to do some more traveling and fishing/filming the next couple years
@Nick I heard you mention you were waiting for the sun to come up. Do you not like running in the dark? Bad experience? I do quite a bit of it on my 51', but it always makes me wonder what if I hit something big.
For us we usually consider inshore anything within a 1/2 mile or so on the ocean side like the flats and channels and then everything on the bayside. Offshore we refer to the patch reefs and onwards
I have never caught a tagged swordfish but I have caught tagged sailfish, grouper, cobia, amberjack and barracuda Not sure if I have a favorite, I love mixing it up between deep water grouper and tilefish, as well as tuna wahoo and snapper . I have had my share of swordfish
hey nick, i am staying at the amara cay right next to yall till monday afternoon. do you think me and my dad can come ask you for the best inshore places and maybe good places to snorkel?
We are at the boat show in Miami through Sunday. If fishing on land the bridges south a little ways should provide some action. Snorkeling from shore isn’t great there but Bahia Honda is popular spot. If going on the boat cheeca rocks and alligator lighthouse are the two best spots to snorkel
Quick question for ya.. I’m retiring from the Air Force next year and myself and my family want to move down that way. Are there any decent paying companies around there that would like to hire. Something involving the ocean would be nice. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated
Thank you for your service! I would say the hardest thing about living in the Keys nowadays is housing. Prices skyrocketed since Covid and haven’t come down much. I grew up in the fishing business so that was all I really knew before I started doing RU-vid, content creation, and selling boats. There used to be a lot more family owned businesses down here but the last 20 years there’s a lot more corporate owned business (hotels etc). You can definitely make a living if you get on the right boats fishing, diving, or doing eco tours, but just have to get with a good operation and they aren’t always hiring. Assuming you have retirement income from the Air Force that may ease some of the costs living here and a fair paying job still might do the trick to make it a reality. Hope that helps
@@StanzFam thanks bud. Any advice or help is always welcome. I will definitely be looking out for something that way. Anyway. Keep making awesome videos!
I agree with it being unfortunate. A lot of sea creatures don't get the best treatment from us. This is coming from someone who has fished for many many years. They will not be able to defend themselves until it grows back however they can still eat food they scavenge. I am not from Florida but it seems that for stone crabs you can not harvest them fully and must only harvest the claws.
