*GIANT* SNOOK and COOK! Islamorada Style! Catch Clean Cook

We head out for a backcountry trip with my Brother Capt. Rick Stanczyk. Snook are the main target but only my brother could catch them the first half the day! Finally I caught a couple and right at the end of the day our Dad catches a monster Islamorada Snook! We had one snook die so we kept him for dinner and back at home we fry him up in the new cast iron pan! Enjoy!
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[@SYEDENAM100]

i could watch an hour of stanz just filleting fish

[@MrROCKINRANDALL]

surrounded by water, fish for a living fish for fun, i`d love fish with my dad again, ya`ll are killin it way to go!

[@StanzFam]

Thanks! Appreciate it

[@budrohammbone2806]

Dad out fishin' with his Boy's. You couldn't ask for a better day.

[@BigMex777]

I love how family oriented you are. The circle of life. Your dad took care of you now you’re taking care of your dad. That is awesome!!! I hope and pray that God continues to bless you, your family and your business.

[@StanzFam]

Thanks! Appreciate it

[@processingbenefitsbt6306]

Hi nice video and watching u now

[@mikexgfhhfnfnfjgjyjggbftop1166]

Nick I would love to see Jamaican Mike do more cooking videos

[@Meidas_Lea]

Your dad just said something my dad always said, if I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all ... As I wipe away a tear ... Hug your dad for me ...

[@edwarddesouter724]

Will be a fisherman all my life but none compared to the days I went fishing with my father! Boy do I miss those days!!!

[@hlsmith6921]

RICKY brought his deckhand Mr SWORDFISH

[@mikegauthier10]

great to see you out with dad , lost mine year and a half ago and probably wasnt able to take him 5 yrs before that, really miss him

[@StanzFam]

Thanks for watching. Sorry to hear your dad passed, I’m sure you have some good memories together. Hopefully some fishing ones, those are most of what mine are with my dad

[@kenweberg959]

Family is so important . Glad to see you all together

[@jeromeabela9067]

Nice fish. you are my favorite fishing youtuber of all time and I love your family

[@StanzFam]

Thanks! Appreciate it

[@ZeRowe]

Sadie is so adorable! ... Nice family time video 😎👍🏻

[@StanzFam]

Thank you 🙌🏻

[@captainmorgan4947]

Yes Captain! One Big Love to u and the family! Lots of blessings! Captain Morgan always watching! Take care! Jamaica in the Bronx!

[@johnmarshall8175]

Primo again! Sadie killed it again 👍❤💯👊..

[@williammathews6603]

daddy has a good crew.glad to see you ,ricky an you dad fishin.wish i could fish with mine..sadie an sarah look great.yall be safe an carful.another great vid capt..godbless..

[@rockybass9764]

The Ol’ man shows them how it’s done. Sweet. And Sara knows how to cook, and yes Snook are FANTASTIC cooked like that.

[@thomasgistinger1885]

To spend an evening with your family listening to fish tales would sure be something special...

[@joeymuhleisen1759]

You can tell who the back water guide is!! Big brother is slaying the snook! You know your eating good when snook is last on the list of keeper fish. Love watching you guys fish together. So small We call it a sneak!!😂😂

[@elforasterodelasierra5535]

Wow Bow those were some record-breaking Schnucks and oh man yeah came out delicious I can tell

[@ghalihitmi]

Awesome captain got to enjoy these family moments😍👨‍👩‍👦🙏🎣🎣🎣

[@naturaldad3931]

Excellent video!!! Great job StanzFam!!!

[@joecade8881]

This is by far my favorite video of Y'all 😊

[@StanzFam]

Thanks Joe!

[@RM-vk2cg]

Cast iron for the win

[@perupogusamson2459]

Hey Nick nice to your dad &brother Very nice👍 your daughter so cute thanks❤🌹 for video from India😍

[@poet519]

Your family is awesome!

[@hlsmith6921]

GREAT Taking Pork Chop fishing without FAMOUS deckhand--cook-man of all moments

[@StanzFam]

😂👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@willrevis1545]

Such an awesome video! So cool to see you fishing as a family then eating as a family! Well done Sir!

[@StanzFam]

Thanks Will! Appreciate it

[@11buttek]

Wooo that’s a monster snook!

[@khongyungchanel7211]

Fun day for fishing... I like this video...

[@raeshalgoul8505]

Great catch for sure grats to your father. Keep taking care of each other be safe and may God bless. ✌

[@binhnguyen-zy7ut]

You forgot to tell her to smash that like button!!!!

[@gabrielrivera5614]

Nick love everything you do man God bless your family sending love from Buffalo, N.Y!!!!

[@StanzFam]

Thanks Gabriel!

[@stevealvarez8000]

Awesome Nick! Dads will always be Dads! Lol. Cherish these moments with Dad. For me it was time on the golf course with Dad. He passed away 2 1/2 years ago and haven't been on the course since. God bless you and your family Nick.

[@thejkoolfishingchannel9364]

Love your videos you are so educating!

[@elkhunter76]

Time sent with your Dad is priceless! Lost mine in 1994 and miss him every day. Haven't been pheasant hunting in SD since he passed.

[@josephobrien2939]

As usual love your videos. Keep doing what your doing number 1 on u tube

[@hectorrubio3309]

Always Always a good fishing trip with your family is with you. Especially your father! Honor your father

[@duffyluffy97able]

Hard to beat snook.

[@dsante56]

Dad was right 1 bite away from being a hero! That’s awesome man been fishing in the keys all my life & that is the biggest snook I’ve seen!!

[@StanzFam]

🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@rising-phoenix3857]

You are cranking out the videos love it hope family is all good!

[@StanzFam]

Thanks! We are hanging in , Sara’s trying to keep the baby in a little while longer

[@greggbrannigan11]

Awesome fish for a awesome man!

[@masongriffin4178]

Hey nick love the vids keep up the good work

[@reldealbf1]

Nice day! Awesome Snook Pops. It's 3 degrees here in Elizabeth Co

[@RickysFishingAdventures]

Great video from begining to end 👏

[@mpjtravel8981]

One love from 🇯🇲..love this channel..

[@madgebennett9941]

Have u met the jamaican Mike yet..he's awesome...

[@mpjtravel8981]

@@madgebennett9941 yes he is

[@StanzFam]

Thanks!

[@alquinn3562]

I'm a freshwater guy so I didn't even know you could eat a snook. I've always seen them released so I figured there was better eating stuff out there. Inspirational, educational,generational. It's all there. Two thumbs up 👍 👍

[@thomasternus9930]

They have rlly strict regulations so a lot of people don’t/can’t keep them. I fish mainly inshore and I’ve never kept one but wouldn’t be against giving it a try

[@alquinn3562]

Thomas Ternus Thank you.That makes sense

[@thomasternus9930]

@@alquinn3562 they’re also rlly finicky and hard to get to eat so only those who know how to catch em can get em

[@StanzFam]

Thanks Al!

[@rburias80]

So yummy fresh fried fish..have fun n god bless ur family

[@gradybrowning3976]

All rite the Stanz boys together again.👍

[@jayjohnson9668]

Hey man snook is damn good if you cook it up like you did in an iron frying pan with a light breading in oil and butter and nothing else! It's a great eating fish that a lot of people miss out on bc of the season and thinking they are only catch and release. But they eat as good as any other fish!!!😎👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@jayjohnson9668]

Good to see old man Richard still out there having fun and hanging tough....He's a salty ole scally wag 😎👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@chancenaylor1338]

I was at Bud and Mary’s Friday hoping to meet y’all but you were probably out catching these snook lol, love watching all your vids.

[@StanzFam]

This was a couple days ago. I’m at the marina 4-5 days a week usually. After fishing most the time

[@WRA005]

Love the videos, would love if you did a bit of a watered down video on what you use such as reels, rods, hook size and some stuff like that included in your videos.

[@littlemiamijeff]

Wow big fish !

[@RobbieSalome]

The Best Catch of the day, is lil Princess, Shaddy,'s Smile & Good Bye..🐠🐟🦞🦀

[@StanzFam]

Thanks 🙂

[@DanTheFishMan]

Snook is the best to catch and eat!

[@bubonic1]

Awesome video!!

[@hfmx3200]

Great work awesome video

[@jcl1201]

Enjoy the time with dad and family? Many of us wish we had one more trip with dad 👍

[@fishbluewater]

Great video as always

[@Master69Draco]

Hey Capt. Nick watching you with your family is really cool, then you with your family at home..... that's treasure my man. Videos are amazing Capt. Editor(lol) keep up this amazing work and come on folks lets get this guy where he belongs in the million club. Share the videos with your friends it's good family fun!!! StanzFam should have the gold by now

[@StanzFam]

Thanks! Appreciate it 👍🏻👍🏻

[@stagglee]

I haven't been to captiva in years...great spot

[@jaylancaster5419]

I've never seen anyone fry in a grill pan ... buy that girl a skillet! Great video.

[@captraykelly]

Well...Sarah is the Star of this your videos for sure. She is such a cutie. Congratulations to your Dad on that monster Snook and you and your Brother too. Great show!!!

[@slipshankd1307]

Once you get cast iron hot turn the fire to low. The whole pan will be the same temp is what makes it so great. Never cook on high using cast iron, it will stick on high and you don't need it..

[@briangarman5631]

Just when u thought all was lost, Dad Stanz brings in the big Snook. Yeah BABY. Also love the drone hover footage👍

[@StanzFam]

👊🏻👊🏻

[@regularsoutherndad1637]

Man! That was a huge snook for your area! You have a wonderful family! I love your channel and your spirit! Glad your Dad got the 🏆! I would love to meet you one day and maybe go after a big snook with you! I used to catch them that size on the Caloosahatchee between Moore Haven and Labelle. Great Job!

[@StanzFam]

Thanks for watching! My brother is the backcountry fisherman between us, I just go along for the ride occasionally. Maybe we’ll see you at the marina one day. Tight lines

[@regularsoutherndad1637]

StanzFam I like the blue water fishing as well but inshore fishing is just more accessible and a little less expensive! Ha ha! Wahoo is my favorite deep water trolling species because of how good they taste! Don’t change a thing on your channel. You are killin it!

[@tonicsaturn3239]

Love the videos keep it up!

[@vinmad6669]

Thanks guys _______ love ur channel n videos °°°°°

[@anythingthatbites3368]

awesome vi doe man!

[@albertsylvester2981]

What's up nick family time bro i like it nice to see you with your brother and father great job nick when i first saw your video i say to myself this guy is great love you nick the bean Jamaican Mike and the rest of your family saint Lucia rasta man peace out

[@StanzFam]

Thanks! Have a good night

[@maybee...]

Tell Dad to bring his own banana. Improve his fishing luck. I love that, "the Old Man and the Sea!!!"

[@karinbrantner3081]

Snook is my favorite fish to catch & eat, I even have a glass artist carving of one crafted from a friend, grilled is the best way to cook Snook, I have tried fried and it is okay too.

[@davidsawyer1599]

Alton Brown has a salt crusted stripper recipe. It works well with Snook. Works with Snapper and Grouper as well. Tight lines.

[@StanzFam]

Cool, I’ll try to find it. thanks

[@petervana1]

I loved the story about the snook. Made me think about the one my mom caught off of the dock behind her house 40-50 years ago. She knew nothing about fishing and often watched my dad fishing off of the dock, becoming very frustrated when the snook, stacking up just below the surface. wouldn't even sniff at a shrimp that he was using for bait. Late one morning, around 2 am, my mother was in the kitchen getting a drink of water and came across a big cockroach scurrying around. She was able to capture it under a glass, put it on the hook on my dad's rod, and throw it into the water above the snook. Right away she hooked a big snook, bdidn't

[@StanzFam]

That’s a great a story!

[@michaelkong3806]

Love the vids Nick.

[@StanzFam]

Thanks Michael!

[@208miuwu]

Capt Nick your family is so PRIMO ...

[@see_you_out_there]

Another great Vid!!!

[@tonygville2969]

Such a treat to see y'all together. Family is so Important. Our family of 13 siblings moved from Ohio to Miami In 1960 several months after I was born. Old Miami was the best. Riding our bikes to Parrot Jungle, and fishing at the Lock. Monster snook would come back there from Snapper Creek Channel. Dr Haas and the Serpentarium, and little league baseball at Sunniland Park, kicked out of Palmetto in High School. What 🤔, it was called HIGH school for a reason 😂. The Seed saved my life in 1975, well Jesus did, but the Seed helped. I lost several friends on the road to the) Keys back then when it was just two lanes. My they be at Peace. Love you sharing your family with us all. Be Excellent with each other. Time is short. 🙏

[@rambutbarong2251]

Shalom from BALI

[@StanzFam]

Hi!

[@rambutbarong2251]

MANTAP....👍👍👍👍👍

[@scotthellertaxes217]

I know I said this before, but Sunday evenings are always nice knowing I’ll have a new a new video to watch. I appreciate the content!!

[@cobia1794]

''''especially when when have 6" of snow on the ground and 6" more tomorrow

[@StanzFam]

Thanks Scott! Appreciate you watching the vids !

[@processingbenefitsbt6306]

Oh very good video and watching like

[@GS-kx1ys]

Once again, Captain, great show. Love me some cast iron fried.... anything!

[@StanzFam]

Thanks for watching!

[@ericrosado1527]

Nick it's not a Sneak it's a Snack

[@arneb3818]

So the Stanczyk family gets their snook by hook (no crook).😜

[@kencross25]

I really enjoyed the family fishing trip. How time can change our roles in life. I could hardly watch Sarah frying in a grilling pan. You will get a surprise tomorrow via UPS @ Bud & Mary's delivery. You're Alabama Friend.

[@RAZKHANTV]

Nice video. You're awesome my friend. Thanks....

[@StanzFam]

👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@lifestylewithivan]

Great fishing guys loved it and it was also family day never ate snook but love that simple recipe and fry great job 🇧🇸

[@jamiehoward1906]

I've had snook only once while living in Ormond beach very good fish! Btw your brother is a very good captain himself great job getting on those fisb!

[@chrishammer9891]

My favorite fish to eat. Just how you all cooked it but add some fresh Parmesan cheese to the bread crumbs and you are eaten! My biggest is 41 1/2, 25 to 30lbs

[@StanzFam]

That’s a giant! Will try the parm on it next time

[@chrishammer9891]

She was a monster definitely a fish of a lifetime hard to believe it was 19 years ago. That really makes me feel old. I will send you a DM on instantagram on what I used. Maybe your brother can give it a try im curious if it will work as well down there as it does in the Tampa bay area

[@JonasTroyer]

Hey we are almost the same age Nick!!

[@shanedobbins]

Dolphins behind you to the left at :24

[@williammuzzeylll9037]

I got a lot of snook especially in Sebastian inlet off of crocker

[@stulupinski5131]

Yezzir

[@onejourney]

🙃🙃🙃 Fun Day with the family 🗞 📰 One Journey🗺🌎🌍🌏 Let's Make It Count❗️

[@josephpecoul6532]

Like and comment in the beginning so as you dont forget.

[@jap1010]

The little girl there really look like you, hope all your Family member happy always...

[@StanzFam]

Thanks 🙂🙂

[@RikkiTikkiTavi290]

Sara: I think snook is one of my new favorites Snook: CRAP

[@StanzFam]

Haha

[@oldman5250]

It would be nice if I could get there to try some stone crab! Oh well, maybe if I could hit the lottery.

[@yuma1954]

I love your new videos and I want you to catch a tuna

[@StanzFam]

Thanks! Appreciate it

[@JuanGarcia-wc2ro]

Snook is a really good fish to eat. Especially in ceviche.