Catch n Cook offshore fishing Islamorada Humps

Today we go deep dropping and do some vertical jigging around the Islamorada humps. Caught some yellow eye snapper and accidentally threw them back!!! Opps lesson learned
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This catch n cook starts off with looking for bait. We don't find any along the mangroves, I need to figure out some better spots to get bait at. The Tavernier marina also had no live bait, except for shrimp, for sale.
We run offshore out of Tavernier creek and start running slightly south east to the islamorada humps. It's time to start offshore fishing! We drop our deep drop rig down on some bottom where I marked some fish. We are using cut blue runners for bait and quickly hook up. It's a red snapper! Dang season just ended for these! Or so I thought, it actually turns out that it's a yellow eye snapper. I could have kept it!
We keep on fishing and send down another deep drop rig. And almost just as fast catch a second yellow eye snapper. Since I thought they are not in season I didn't want to keep catching these fish so I ran a little north off the humps and started looking for action.
30 minutes of searching for fish go by until I marked some small spots on the sonar. We start vertical jigging and hook up. I catch a black fin tuna. Beata also catches a shark, that shark must have been hungry to go after a vertical jig!
We saw some dolphin and started chasing them instead of fishing. The girls love the dolphins. The flipper kind, not mahi mahi. It's now sunset time and we run home to make some awesome tuna fish tacos. We also eat lots of tuna raw dipped in soy sauce. You can't beat fresh fish the same day as your offshore fishing trip off key largo and islamorada. The Islamorada Humps
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[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

Turns out the snapper I caught deep dropping is actually a Yellow Eye Snapper and not a red snapper. They have no limits and I could have taken them home for dinner! I learn from my mistakes, that one won't happen again hah. Thanks for pointing that out guys

[@noahmcleod351]

South Florida Fishing Channel I was gonna say they look a little like a yellow eye and in that deep of water

[@dansufor5856]

Do yellow eye snapper taste the same as yellowtail?

[@francisstransky7224]

Nice video. Thanks

[@zippytheoldhippy8418]

Short but great video Heiko!!! Shout out to capt dan from zippy...Your friend looks familiar, has he been to lake wylie s.c.?

[@tullykloos8235]

Honda 4 stroke u should buy

[@pauldewet5579]

Hi...Paul here from South Africa and avid fisherman, angler, diver and all ocean related activity. Enjoy your videos. Just a quick question..are you allowed out past 1 mile with only 1 engine? Just curious. Here if you are out past 1 mile you need 2 engines...Cheers

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

yea 100% it's fine =)

[@windowclean100]

❤️

[@lewandlo]

My dream fishing trip would be a deep drop trip. That would be so cool. Maybe one day I can hook up a party trip with some outfitter there. Cheers and great videos very instructive and interesting. Hello from Ontario Canada

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

Yea I have a blast deep dropping. You never know what you'll pull up

[@davidstar2375]

I can appreciate that,almost worth buying a bunch of cans and carrying it in lol Thanks for doing all these videos they are some of the best ones on KZbin

[@FloridaFishingCouple]

…and the rest is history

[@superlenz9156]

Heiko, love your channel and also love south Florida! Keep up the great work. Looking forward to many more videos. Viele Gruesse aus dem kalten, nassen Deutschland! Lars

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

Danke!

[@GmulderMedia]

party boat heiko haha ​​nice video every time fun to see.

[@RichieLott]

Excellent job like always, Heiko! I enjoy watching your videos and do so regularly. I gotta know where you get your music.. Love it! All your vids bring the keys here when I can't be there. Fishing the keys isn't as easy as people think, so good work learning how and where to fish down there, you've accomplished a lot in your time posting. Don't let any comments get in the way of your real purpose here because most people, including myself, appreciate the time and effort it takes to put together all these videos. Thanks for taking the time to do this. Fish on!

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

Big thanks Richie! I was out solo high speed trolling today and man by body is sore! Was my first time doing it. Got some great inshore fishing done too over thanksgiving. New video will be posted hopefully everyday this week

[@RichieLott]

South Florida Fishing Channel awesome Heiko. I hear you on the body pains.. Yet we all beg for more and go again and again! Gotta love it though. After guiding for 26 years I still "hobble" offshore whenever I can. Have a good one and be safe on the water buddy. Fish on, rock on!

[@Destinoffshorefishing]

Bro u gotta get a 4 stroke it will pay for its self

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

yea I will one day

[@ParadiseFishing]

Good fishing + good food = good life

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

that's right!

[@sauldiaz5988]

Good video buddy thanks

[@brianchirino161]

Love the deep dropping content!! Please do more deep dropping videos!! I will be going down to islamorada in two weeks to do some deep dropping myself. Any specific area of the humps I should focus on? Have never fished it before. Thanks in advance, always looking foward to your videos!

[@Matttzzzzz]

SOJA!! Cool vid and good music selection...

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

You should like my latest upload. Indian river inshore fishing

[@rcspur1975]

Download the fish rules app!! Great video.

[@gulfguy308]

I have been going through your videos. Great stuff. living the dream. What are your future plans for re powering? new four stroke would leave you feeling better at the pump. Please keep them coming.

[@elcaramelero1512]

Very expensive tacos

[@hookdontail4623]

I'm in Arizona but would fish with u any day.

[@TheRubenGalvan]

Nice job, I always grill my tortillas on each side before using though, I do not like tasting raw dough.

[@morganroi9646]

What do you do for a living if you dont mind answering!

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

Started building websites and learning some basic coding in highschool and then started my own software dev company while in college. Dropped out and now have been running my own company past 4-5 years. We currently have 8 full time employees. Thanks for asking

[@Zz007z]

I’m a nice guy too who always want to fish 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@jmac0643]

Man those yellow eyes are delicious too. Sucks you guys didn't know.

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

yea i'm still pretty new to deep dropping, oh well next time we'll get em! I'm spending a lot of time researching all the different species now lol

[@jman3336]

The first fish was a yellow eye snapper not a red snapper. Yellow eye snappers have yellow eyes and yellow on the dorsal fin. Red snapper a have red eyes and red on the dorsal fin

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

I had a feeling it didn't quite look like a red snapper but I had no signal out there and didn't think twice about it. ARG. Thanks for pointing that out

[@talldogcannabis8977]

How do you not have more subscribers, I love your videos. Very informative and you obvious love fishing. Not to mention your gorgeous girlfriend out fishes you HAHAHA which is awesome. Great videos.

[@elcaramelero1512]

Yes brother that was yellow eye, i was like nooo, noooo don’t put it back in the water

[@Bocasean18]

i was about to say that was a yellow eye snapped but you already found out so oh well lol

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

lol yea... This sunday I think i'll try to catch some of them again after trolling for wahoo

[@swfloridareeladdiction8129]

Heiko, have you done a review of your Daiwa Tanacom 1000 yet? I would like to know your thoughts are. I am thinking about getting one, planning on doing more deep dropping this coming year.

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

I can make a review video for it, but I'd suggest getting it. I love it and it's a great price. If you do get one get it here: amzn.to/2i02lKT

[@JuanGarcia-wf1nt]

Did you fill the boat up with Rec 90

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

Always. I also put seafoam into it most times I fill up.

[@minafady3084]

Very nice video..$410 in gas for this trip..!! Get a nice Yamaha 4 stroke..I like the notes you wright in the pic. But would you please leave it for 2 more seconds..you remove them fast..!! Thumbs up from Montreal

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

Thanks for the advice, will do!

[@nicolasmangialetto1897]

Why did you let that yelloweye snapper go

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

I thought it was a red snapper at first, I've never caught a yellow eye snapper. Yea that was a dumb mistake but i'll get em next time

[@hookednrolling2009]

heiko good vid no one is perfect time out on water is what you need more deep droping more time more hookups good work its still fun jt

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

yea, every mistake is a lesson learned. This one won't happen again! heh

[@fishcraft3317]

That was a yellow eye they don’t have a season

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

Dang, I had a feeling it didn't quite look like a red snapper but I had no signal out there and didn't think twice about it. ARG. Thanks for pointing that out

[@Cubanfishingchannel]

At 9:35 it looks like there was a mahi mahi about 10 feet down under the shark

[@makoreyflorida6528]

my gas bill is between 120 to 150. I think I'll stay with my little mako for a long time lol

[@Enlightened_Dad_Bod44]

Love your vids bro but seriously that was the most expensive tuna ever. $400 bucks in gas. Hopefully it tasted amazing

[@nicolasmangialetto1897]

Those weren't red snapper

[@hookednrolling2009]

Me to more time fishing less time fixing boat soon done jt

[@davidstar2375]

wtf 410 for gas? how much per gal????

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

I forget. $4 something. It's Rec-90. Taking the boat out of the water to get gas hurts my bottom paint so I don't like taking it out

[@954dee]

can't fillet a tuna the same way you do a snapper.. Different technique is used

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

What do you mean? I just watched some videos of other people fillet black fin tuna and it's the same way.

[@LRBeforeTheInternet]

Too bad red snapper are seasonal fish.

[@shawngoulart8571]

Hey is you want to come up north and fish some big tuna hmu on FB same name (Shawn goulart)

[@TeaDrinkersRuledTheWorld]

That was a silk snapper. Silk snapper have yellow eyes red snapper have red eyes

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

Dangit my loss! Won't make that mistake again. Thanks