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[@gradybrowning3976]

Wow one of the biggest Schoolmasters I’ve seen in a long time!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

right! almost keep that thing!

[@williamc.fetterjr9036]

Laughing out loud, all by yourself, in the keys fishing on your sweet ass boat. You're living the dream man. Awesome. Good for you & enjoy.

[@davids11131113]

I’m heading down there in the fall, already talked to his wife about houses there selling my house in Colorado now and if it all goes right I’m down there on my boat every day as well!

[@ThaiNguyen-wg3uy]

I’ve been down this past few months (actually year), but your vids always bring me back smiling. If you ever doubt what you’re doing, please always remember that you are making my day 1000% better. I know the pressure there but you’ll never fail with me. So please keep doing what you’re doing and live the paradise for all of us!

[@BayAreaMotorcycleCommuting]

This channel is such a great mental escape. I've only visited Key West once, but the water, the colors, the horizon, etc was so incredibly beautiful. Watching these videos takes me right back there. Thanks for sharing - cheers from California

[@KeyWestWaterman]

🙏🏻

[@balaton1]

Love it bro. I grew up there. Visited back around 2015, and didn't recognize anything at all. However being poor and not knowing what poor was was great. As an idiot, during summer I wind surfed to sand key, not knowing the wind would die. Took me 4 hours to pump that sail to get back. I had no idea how dumb I was. Happy to be on the main land. Go bro!

[@eugeneweeks3325]

I LOVE when you fish hook and line. You are so diverse my friend. Your real passion is free diving with a spear gun but you also fish this way at an elite level. Very talented Mr.Young.

[@jorgeferrer7319]

8 out of 10 times by the time the food is ready, our lovely Madeline makes her entrance to the kitchen with a huge smile and all ready to eat 😂.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

She’s got it dialed in! Haha

[@johnlukasik8045]

I really like the way you present your videos ! You are always respectable to the viewers and let us watch you do your thing ! Thanks for sharing! 😊😊😊

[@joecarnahan6321]

Man I love your boat, that front console would scare the crap out of me. Fish on son, best show on here.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

I can always use a little excitement in my life! thanks for tuning in!

[@rickeeporter5952]

You do make throwing that massive net look effortless sir. Always enjoy the content brother, keep it coming.

[@goaski474]

I cure Salmon often. With the skin on. I don't line the rack at all. it's about a 1/4" grid. Thanks!

[@AngieWolfK72]

Great episode! Thank you for taking us along! ❤

[@jamesthompson8133]

Love the way you keep everything so simple. Everything deliberate and efficient. Cool job man!!

[@bradjones9634]

Great day on the water! The new boat is so cool and versatile. That was a beautiful day

[@franiannarone8196]

Great day fishing, nice to see the change up fishing with live bait. You look relaxed and happy 🤙❤️

[@johnnyvee9486]

Cool to see you stick with your plan, very determined approach, and you accomplished it! Nice job. It was interesting to see how the recipe worked out, by tweaking the process. Appreciate you keeping it real! Cheers.

[@brookejaden]

Great content as usual. I really enjoy what you do. The fishing CCC is awesome!

[@billbowers2155]

For some reason I especially like your videos with yellow jacks. Nicely done.

[@Bujubadmon]

Just discovered your channel and love the solo honey hole fishing content. Very chill.

[@darrellbridwell588]

Me and my father used to reef fish out of marathon we started fishing in the late 60s and the last trip we made was in the late 90s. We had spectacular yellowtail, yellow jacks, ceros, etc. We never used live bait we castnetted balihoo and used chunks of the hoos. Thanks for all the effort in making your videos!

[@Allirys]

Great video, man. I like the little local fishing a lot; Thanks!

[@fredsoltveit8453]

It's 02.13 at night here in Norway and I can't sleep so It's great to have a video from you because it makes me relaxing so it may help me to fall a sleep😀I love your videos so thanks for posting❤

[@adamyoung480]

Aloha. The look on your face when Madeline dipped your fish into the cute was hilarious. Whatever!

[@TimRobinson57]

Great show. I love fishing for yellow jack, but never thought about curing them. Your cure is what I do to develop a pellicle on the fish before I smoke them. Thanks for showing this, good to learn.

[@MikeRhodes-uz2mp]

Thank You so much for Your awesome content. I lived in the Keys for 7 years and This makes Me wanna come back!

[@ryt2carry]

The water is so pretty. Great video!

[@robertgitzen8227]

Less than 24hrs I'll be in the Keys! The food, the weather, the atmosphere, love it!

[@zackzimmermann7921]

Looked like a spectacular time love the fact you wear your kill switch ! Great as always Aaron

[@RandallFrape]

Watching from Adelaide Australia,love your videos mate great work, always a different variety of fish,look forward too next vid 👍

[@RiffRaff07]

It's a small world eh, I'm in Perth interesting seeing the different names I guess the Yellow Jacks are Skippy/Trevally. My favorite 2 fishing channels Key West Waterman and Gido's Fishing Adventures 👍

[@comfortablynumb9342]

That's a fun way to catch fish, nice and simple and effective. I use lots of jigs and soft plastics or Texas rigged soft plastics in the Chesapeake, but I'd probably catch more fish with bait. That's how I grew up fishin' in Sarasota, catching local bait and using it to get supper. I don't think I could have let that beautiful schoolmaster go, it would be so good for making ceviche or something else tasty. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us, cool video. You're really good at making a variety of content b

[@mattshanks2604]

Your videos are always so awesome thank you for all you do

[@trevorjones104]

Looks like just another crappy day in Paradise! :) Thanks for the video! Again!

[@RagingNana-KindredSpirit50]

Thank you for sharing. I will definitely be curing some jack!!

[@mmcleod111]

Great video. Loved the cured fish. Will have to try that.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

so good!

[@edwinroberts4653]

That was fun and Maddy closed the deal. God Bless🙏

[@MtnLife-sv9fu]

Those look amazing, keep on keepin on...

[@tylerlee5349]

I’d love to see how you load and throw that big net. I’m just trying to learn to throw this new 10’ net I got and you always seem to do stuff the most efficient and practical ways.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

I feel like thats almost required for all KZbin channels! lol haven't done it yet but I will try to cover it

[@REPR100]

About time for another video on your gheenoe with things you like or don’t like about your build

[@Powerhead1000]

Always great content. Keep it coming.

[@PineislandBrian]

Great video captain! The gulf side of the keys is so underrated! I have a simple request, 12-20’ 2-4” Clark spoon with or without a planer catch clean and cook! You’re going to be surprised what will eat that bait…

[@charlesachinelli3857]

I use a Cote jig myself eighth of an ounce. And I like and do that hook removal to The Gil. Love your videos

[@GOphive]

it’s the skin that held the moisture. it’s like cooking a redfish on the half shell, it’ll hold moisture. try without the skin. just like you said, it’s thin so it should go quick, and with the skin you think you needed more time.

[@GOphive]

also as an avid fisherman. i love catching a ton of live bait. one of my favorite things to do… when you find them. this video was awesome please do another

[@reelivin8112]

Aaron, you threw my entire families dinner back, luv yellowtail but I like targeting myself every now and then, great vid.

[@gradybrowning3976]

Love the Grav Lox Cure, it’s my favorite!

[@adamblum3096]

Always a great day when I get to watch one of your videos. If you ever get the time can you share the model bait tank and size of pump you are using.

[@robinaltena6046]

Yum! Jacks are the steak of the sea for me. I love their meaty texture and more robust (but not fishy) flavor. We have the delicious, butt kicking, California Yellowtail out here on the West coast. I've seen curing like this done with salt 100% surrounding the filet to promote a more even cure. You mentioned using foil with previous cures--I am surprised you haven't had issues with oxidation on the foil. Regardless, great stuff! Thanks!

[@wesleyallen8902]

Glad to see you switch it up man.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

always!

[@user-bt1kc8ls9w]

Wow...i caught some of those just two weeks back on a trip down to Ft Morgan. Dinks, but a real hoot.

[@TheoneandonlyRAH]

Loving the headcam pov!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

glad you enjoyed it!

[@blacklabel810]

Thank you, sir, for sharing your fishing experience. The video is very interesting for me...

[@alexsocha9379]

Made this with yellow Jack shortly after you made the original gravlax video. I thought it was a tad chewy but the flavor was spot on

[@johnpeschke7723]

paddelin' Madeline has a wonderful laugh!

[@randaltotten9358]

Yellow Jack one of my favorites yum yum

[@KeyWestWaterman]

they sure are!

[@timkent6606]

Nice bottle of rumpy on the counter next to the sink ;)

[@aarontrenton1730]

My guess would be the skin kept the moisture in. You had mentioned usually using larger fish and removing the skin. We have similar issues when we salt cure salmon in Alaska. With skin stays softer skin side than when we remove skin altogether.

[@OutdoorAdventuresUSA]

I tried this with Pompano, following your recipe, and I totally screwed up because all the water collected at the bottom and they ended up soaking in it and they were way TOO salty! I'll have to try this again though. Thanks for the idea!

[@jackgreene7630]

Good video as always

[@KeyWestWaterman]

Glad you enjoyed

[@danielgproductions1275]

New sub here from Vero Beach, FL. Love your content awesome videos.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

welcome to the channel! love to hear it!

[@clintonmauldin3680]

I agree with tylerlee about the cast net. Truly love the little boat, back yard series!! Great video Mr.Aaron!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

thank you!

[@lelobatun6305]

Great Video Bud! Cheers from Belize!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

🙏

[@COOPERSCICHILDS]

Coooool video, awesome fishing 🎣

[@flatsjam9438]

Hi there, love your videos their both entertaining and educational. Could you please show how you take the hook when it's deep in their mouth, I saw you do it thru the gills. please keep them coming the videos.

[@jimlivingston7077]

When I was a commercial fisherman in Port Canaveral area, fish markets paid 5 times as much for under 2 pound jacks, compared to over 2 pounders.

[@allneedsmobiledustlessblas2859]

Great video, very informative and just enjoyable to watch. Best Wishes Micky C

[@eli58173]

More of this type of fishing please!

[@joehamilton1128]

Shout out from Merritt Island! I’m a Realtor in Brevard and was wondering why you don’t get your license considering Madeleine is one! Great schedule for what you do! Love your channel!

[@francus7227]

Cool clip. Fun to watch. I'll never do it. Too much tedious labor. I'll stick to filets and heat. I never knew how handy it would become to me that my first job at 16 in 1981 was cutting fish for a large volume seafood restaurant.

[@adamyoung480]

That’s funny, life skills.

[@MP_Single_Coil]

Your new rig is perfect for cast netting. I like curing and smoking smallish cudas.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

its alot easier than the old one thats for sure!

[@juliafiore120]

I saw you drop an anchor. Can you put power poles on the gheenoe? That boat looks so fun. 😊

[@user-rg3bj1vb7j]

Thanks for the videos bro learn so much from ya.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

🙏

[@lewisspeed3041]

Good stuff,I know that is awesome with some capers and cream cheese on a bagel

[@mrstrangetiger3228]

perky creek was loaded with ballyhoo. I was kitching them on pinfish hooks.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

bait is thick!

[@coyroberts8356]

Jacks and mullet some my favorite fish to eat any way.😊

[@KeyWestWaterman]

right!

[@ericdavi1231]

I just removed the old Seadek from my boat, I was considering re-nonskidding instead but have already paid the deposit for new Seadek. If you would have made this a month ago, I seriously might have done this to my boat!

[@mattmarshall1290]

loved this one

[@andrewkuperstein3892]

Awesome. Thanks.

[@rogerr7856]

Go with the flow! 😎🌴🍹

[@calvinh208]

I wouldn't guess the paper to be the problem. Maybe salt under the skin too? That's what I do with salmon and it draws moisture out even through the skin.

[@Keto-Cheato]

The Old timey fishin fella's up in Downeast Maine make a salt n water brine in a bucket. Let em sit overnight. Hang em in the air. I was skeptical but wasps n flys seem to add flavor believe it or not. 😉

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha I believe it! old school love it!

[@Jammer0825]

I wish you would video a charter , a day in the life start to finish. Before you stop doing charters!! Would be interesting to see what you have to do to be a charter captain.

[@scdive]

Thank you!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

thanks for watching!

[@lexensio5319]

I love how easy your filet cuts are. what type of knifes do you use.

[@VernBigDaddy]

Ready for Fun!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

always!

[@chapixx]

Inshore fishing is elite

[@EthosAtheos]

That net work is awesome. I will never get to do it, because my state has banned them.

[@gradybrowning3976]

I live in Jacksonville and we never get Yellow Jacks up here, plenty of Jack Crevalle. And it’s one fish I have never tried!

[@Keto-Cheato]

Tennessee here. I Vaca in St Augustine area. Matanzas inlet. Down to Palm Coast. Bbq a JC n a trout. That Jack was the best fish I've had in a long long long tiiiimmmeeee.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

man you are missing out!

[@francus7227]

My friend ate a Jack crevalle. He was so excited. "It tastes like redfish." I doubted him. But.... His enthusiasm was high enough that I decided to try it for myself. 90% of how fish tastes is how it's prepared. In Jacksonville? There's the top tier Reds, trout, flounder, sheepshead, black drum, snapper, grouper, wahoo ..... all are fantastic. Then you step down to the king fish, cobia, Mahi....all do-able but overrated. Especially cobia.. Then there's the Jack crevalle. Does it suck? NO. It's a "4". It's not fishy. It's dark. It's firm. It's not flavorful. I catch TOO MANY top tier fish to eat a "4". If I was staving? Yes. But none of us are starving. I'd rather eat P B & J than Jack crevalle. It does NOT taste like redfish. I ate one bite. Then a 2nd bite to make sure. Then scraped it into the garbage can. It's not offensive. It's just not good. A "4". If you want to eat a "4", go on. I'm only eating top tier fish living in Florida.

[@Keto-Cheato]

I imagine. Just had salmon n shrimp today. It's usually burgers n hot dogs. Sometimes steak.

[@ranksadventuretv]

Very interesting thanks for sharing.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

🙏

[@edwardmacnab354]

I don't know where the heck you are in key west but it doesn't look like anything I saw when I stayed there a week . It was quite built up and heavily populated while you always seem in the wilderness somewhere !

[@KeyWestWaterman]

we are north just a bit, address still says key west. but technically on a different key.

[@ericfan1223]

Seriously like ur vids bro, im going to chase my dream!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

love to hear it! best of luck to you! remember the journey is all the fun.

[@jamessterling9273]

Like the new boat

[@KeyWestWaterman]

love it!

[@bamacbatful]

nice video. thanks!

[@georgemorgan428]

Great video. Have you ever thought of doing a sun protection video?

[@ryansullivan701]

At 24.03 in the video you can see a huge fish in the water coming by the boat as you were moving 😮

[@jnjentinc]

Sure would love to know why the Geenoe vs a skiff? I’m up in vero and new to fishing the river. I’m on the hunt for a small boat to spearfish and a little rod fishing as well. Hopefully you get to this one 😂

[@deadfishporter]

He worked there for many years and his dad still works there.

[@jnjentinc]

@@deadfishporter o i know that part, but I’m sure he chose the gheenoe for functionality over getting a boat from his step dad. Just wanted his take on his “ why “

[@RandomJ2023]

Yellow Jack are DELICIOUS!

[@bobkirk942]

I caught a 15" schoolmaster in marathon last year !! He was dinner lol

[@tombrown7577]

Would love just to be able to fish such beautiful water!

[@truss2005]

Yellow jacks are great in ceviche

[@user-bt1kc8ls9w]

Good Aaron now has more time to compile and send out more videos.

[@cortjampole9391]

I’d love to kayak some of these back waters you’re always in. Where are they? Obviously gulf side . Off Sugerloaf or Cujoe?