Shrimpin' Before Sunrise | Lobster and Shrimp Huevos Rancheros

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[@pablomanz1138]

Two episodes this week!!! That's awesome!!

[@justinhayes137]

Yup!! Week is made!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

thanks for tuning in 🙏

[@brianbell6556]

The fishing content gods have shined upon us all!

[@FishHeadsTV]

Exactly what I said

[@FloridaMikey]

This needs more likes ASAP lol

[@trevorjones104]

Just another crappy day in Paradise! LOL! Oh, the suffering! :) Thanks!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha

[@TheMotorick]

Awesome! I probably shouldn't have watched this right before going to bed.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha

[@daviskoier6853]

Thanks for having us along. It's a joy in this day and age to see a man with a dip net getting breakfast.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha thanks for coming

[@tycamtyson]

Got my internet back now I can Binge watch and get caught up on my favorite show

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha love to hear it!

[@rodewerk5034]

During shrimp season in Jacksonville I would buy a bag of generic cat food, tie a piece of line around it, attach a balloon, throw it in my super-secret St. John's River shrimping spot at low tide, then wait as tide moved in. After a bit spent fishing, clam digging whatever I would return and when the shrimp were jumping on top of the water drop a cast net and get a couple gallons of shrimp in one cast. It was a lot of fun. The 5lb bag of generic cat food cost $1.50 at the Navy Exchange, while the shrimp bait was around $2.00 a pound at tackle and bait shops. Thanks a lot for the video!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha I wish we had that many!

[@allneedsmobiledustlessblas2859]

Wow, a whole new thing. I've never seen shrimping before daylight by wading the shallows. That is really cool. Then back to the house for a beautiful sunrise, absolutely beautiful. LOL A PERFECT egg yolk !!!! Man I'm so proud for you both, it is great to see a couple of hardworking and deserving people enjoying a wonderful life. You two ROCK! Best Wishes and Ten Thousand Blessings Micky C.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha glad you enjoyed it! was a wonderful morning all around! thanks for coming along 🙏

[@jasonthomas1236]

You can also get on the inlet walls on incoming tide with wall lights and pole nets! As Mr Young stated you can fill Up 5 gallon buckets.

[@catstroke]

I miss those days of burning the candle at both ends up at the Cape, shrimping on the bridge at night, til 04:00, get ready to go offshore and grab buoy bass for dinner on the way out or in. Go home, eat, nap and hit the bridge again 😎 my biggest shrimp was 11" and blue crab to boot. Then head back out to the port in the kayak in the am and get more dinner. Snook & muttons loved those fat shrimp 😋 Good times

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha sounds like the good ol days!

[@CookingWithClams]

If there was ever a breakfast I’m sad I missed… THIS is it. Madeleines huevos rancheros is undefeated

[@KeyWestWaterman]

we took all the leftover ingredients and threw them in your pillow case. just throw it straight in the oven when you get home.

[@CookingWithClams]

@@KeyWestWaterman I am home

[@kylewenzel3584]

Awww, yeah! Bonus episode! Hey Dibs dude, try a red light headlamp. The bright white seems to make them run/dive, the red will reflect on their eyes but won’t spook them as easily. A lot of your Brevard brethren have switched to red lights. Cheers!!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

yea I have a red filter on my head lamp, but with the camera on my head its hard to use it properly. will give it a try next time!

[@kylewenzel3584]

@@KeyWestWaterman the red headlamp may not make for good video but might produce more shrimp. Good luck! They’re running in oak hill now, going to give it a shot this weekend on the skiff contraption.

[@aaronalto3034]

What a morning! Nice take and way to prep them all up so nicely!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

was lovely!

[@AdventuresCG]

Definitely a different approach than shrimping from a boat at the railroad bridge

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha you aint lyin!

[@jimrowland6089]

You are a hunter gatherer of the sea. What an amazing lifestyle. I know you have paid some dues to achieve those beautiful views but in turn you live a life not waisted.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

it def didn't come easy but was worth every second! 🙏

[@jimmack1504]

I grew up in Orlando and I've spent a few nights at Titusville or Oak Hill looking down in the water with a net in my hands and a beer not far away. Some nights it's a bonanza and the buckets get filled. Others, half a cocktail if you're lucky. Never will forget them glowing eyes. Good video.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha man I miss those nights! couple of to go pizzas! the good ol' days.

[@JJ-gd7gf]

You definately have the most variety of outings of any channel I've found. I enjoy the simple and basic harvesting and subsequent cooking and eating the natural foods available. Well done you two!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

we do quite a bit of different stuff down here! glad you enjoy the channel! 🙏

[@WillyK51]

Remember when younger, we would got to the mangrove flats, grassland and make a drive and catch feding lobsters by hand in knee deep water. Fill a sack with large ones. Down south we eat a lot of sweet chiles. Added to most dishes while cooking. Ceviche non spicy with sweet chiles. Add a bit of spicy ones or tabasco

[@KeyWestWaterman]

sounds like a good time!

[@lewisspeed3041]

That is an awesome looking breakfast,those shrimp had no idea what was coming.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha glad you enjoyed it!

[@twad10]

caught myself drooling when the yoke popped... not gonna lie

[@KeyWestWaterman]

😂

[@deejaytrizay]

Dude that dish at the end looks STUPID fucking GOOD!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

always amazing!

[@mritolduso7355]

Shrimp and or lobster goes good on anything! Now go take a NAP! 😂

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha right!

[@davidloter5391]

My Dad used to call them "Chicken Leg Shrimp" because of how big they'd be when we caught them....albeit in the Laguna Madre in Corpus Christi. 💯👍🏻🤙🏻

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha!

[@annamariadolphintours4723]

So crazy we dip out of grass and to see it on that sand bottom is super cool

[@KeyWestWaterman]

yea thats what im used to!

[@madhatter2465]

Every time I watch a few of your videos in a Row I get Hungry, Man O Man that looks Good. All the Best, NY

[@KeyWestWaterman]

Haha i guess that’s a good thing!

[@gcarter1062]

Wooo Hooo! Bonus post! It’s a great week!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha

[@juliafiore120]

How amazing to just walk out your back door and go shrimping. You are truly blessed. Breakfast looked amazing, Madeleine 😊

[@KeyWestWaterman]

I won't argue that!

[@lesliebyrum8934]

The happy fisherman from South Florida thank you for your videos

[@KeyWestWaterman]

thanks so much!

[@itsmebrix7351]

I think the new boat is so badass and intuitive

[@KeyWestWaterman]

Love how it came out!

[@granthall2325]

I recon a head torch would go down very well!!!! doing that shrimping with the net hand held torch & trying to catch the shrimp🦐=🍤.... I wanted to jump into episode to give a hand🤲😂😂🤣🤣

[@KeyWestWaterman]

lol its ideal but then I have to hold the camera. camera is on the head its easier that way.

[@davidbalderston2751]

I once had Huevos Rancheros in a hotel restaurant at a hotel that was once a monastery in Puebla Mexico. As I recall that and a Café con leche was only about $3 US back in 1974.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

Sounds like a lovely time!

[@aarontrenton1730]

Was not expecting a video tonight. Glad I turned on KZbin. Dinner theatre. 😂

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha

[@aarontrenton1730]

@@KeyWestWaterman I think Tuna was feeling a little “interrupted”. Lol

[@Cjandlindseyland]

hats off to the cook and the fisherman! this for me was probably one of my favorite videos you have made I've always wanted to go shrimping while I was down in the Keys. we get down there for a little over a week once a year and I've always wondered if I could just walk around with a net and a light and you just proved that is totally doable so I'm going to go head over to Amazon and purchase a net and one of those bins you were putting your catch into.A Total chef's kiss of a video guys

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha glad you enjoyed it!

[@Anna-wl7kl]

The Wider light made a difference I like to show it had all the stuff that you need to see on Waterman's I love you show

[@KeyWestWaterman]

love to hear it thank you!

[@silentk8487]

That dish looks incredible. Nice technique with that net buddy.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

glad you enjoyed it!

[@blackperl6677]

Love to see a floundering episode!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

I wish we got them down here! love me some flounder

[@aaronalto3034]

Earning it dude! Gathering adventures are the best!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha right! thanks for tuning in

[@anglerissues2309]

Paradise two ways. Stay blessed guys.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha

[@TheSlopez22]

As a phone guy as well, “rumor has it” tabbing shears and Kevlar snips work wonders on lobster tails. I wouldn’t know… just what I heard 😂😂🤷‍♂️

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha still have my kevlar snips they work amazing!

[@dougpearson4530]

The cleaning of those shrimp is so much easier if you run a small pair of scissors down the back once the head is off.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

I believe that, they make lots of tools for that part as well. just have always done it by hand.

[@mikesullivan2075]

In the 70 and early 80 we had a place on ramrod. Plenty of shrimp and crabs kinda a mangrove encircled lake. Then it got discovered. I understand why you did not give it up but you kinda did by the drive time lol. Thanks for the memories. You are doing it like we usta do. Conch on.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

or did I? 😉 haha thanks for watching.

[@TheDrPopEye]

Awesome breakfast in Paradise!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

glad you enjoyed it!

[@morgancreativestudio]

First, I want to say I love how respectful you are of the animals that feed us all. Second, I have a question. Have you ever run into alligators or crocodiles out in the mangroves?

[@KeyWestWaterman]

🙏 and I have not yet, we rarely get them this far south.

[@morgancreativestudio]

@@KeyWestWaterman Awesome, I have worried about you out there in the wilds, lol.

[@jc4liferesearch5]

That was good, you’re right sometimes you have to “taste the pain” and just do it. As always thanks for your vids I send your vids links to many people including my brother in Cuba 😊. Thanks Madeline for the breakfast cooking !

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha right! thanks so much for coming along!

[@waynecassidy6145]

We call them Prawns here in Australia, we get them in the estuaries in the summer and at a some period during the night they come to the surface and swim to the mouth of the estuary and we net them top water. It’s not uncommon to get two kilos in a few hours. They are bloody delicious. Another great video Aaron thanks mate 👏👏👏👌

[@KeyWestWaterman]

thats wild! love to hear how its done in other parts of the world. thanks for sharing! 🙏

[@urbancornbread5500]

We call them "flippin heaven" in Virginia 😜

[@lewislambert2141]

Woohoo, feel like I hit the lottery, two episodes, plus clams in one week. You should check out the shrimp run that Brooke Christ posted this week. Have a great, safe weekend my friend!!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

will have to give it a look, its nothing like where I grew up doing it here.but its better than nothin!

[@blackopaldirect]

Very cool. I enjoy your style of editing. Very laid back and easy to watch 👏

[@KeyWestWaterman]

love to hear it!

[@robertandrews4382]

This reminds me of going flounder gigging all night when I was a kid. My grandad used to do this with a lantern and a gig like back in the 40s for flounder. He said he gigged 100 one night they were mostly like 10 12 inches long. He got home for breakfast and his mother fried flounder he talked like that was good !!! We still have a house on the water there close to were he did that. It's an awesome drum spot these days and all the bluecrabs you can catch.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

I sure miss flounder gigging! we did it a ton when I was younger as well!

[@corynickles7256]

Let’s see a pulley ridge deep drop trip! That would be epic and something I’ve always wanted to go do

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha hopefully one day!

[@mayhem035]

Now that's my kind of breakfast!🤤 great job guy's! ❤️

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha glad you enjoyed it!

[@chrissherman4357]

When we went to the Bahamas we’d go out at high tide late night and use the light and scoop them up off the pylons on the docks and use them as live bait before the sun came up on the beach hitting those Jacks cruzin, so much fun. Another catch method was walking the beach and shuffling your feet in the sand as you walk, then turn around and shine the light and all the shrimp would come to the top and you scoop them right up. I love watching your videos, brings back such memories, thx!!!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

thats wild, didnt know they did it over there! so cool

[@jamesthompson8133]

That does look like it might have sleeping powder in it. Fun vid! Great job guys!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha glad you enjoyed it!

[@WilliamHoush]

The sun rise in your home is awesome. I really enjoy the early morning adventure . Plus the breakfast company is nice. Y'all truly live a good life. Its never easy but much respect for both y'all. It inspires me to get out and do more in our world. This ol veteran appreciates the videos and the adventure.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

it never gets old! really love to hear that, theres a big world out there 🙏

[@WilliamHoush]

One day Id enjoy seeing you have the guy from YBS young bloods on your channel in the keys. No idea if hed do it. But I think the contrast in his excitable approach to ocean life plus your calm respectful approach to ocean harvesting would be an interesting video. Plus hes in the south pacific and you being in the keys would make it compelling and adventurous. Just a thought. I know you have collaboration with others before.

[@billclark1011]

used to sit in Tavernier creek on outgoing tide in the spring with a coleman lantern on the front of a 14 foot johnboat and net them by the dozens. great times !!!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

thats awesome!

[@jefferyweech837]

We use to catch plenty of shrimp at the first culvert where we called army hill. The property is now owned by the city behind the airport.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

I heard its good over in that area!

[@castanzarules]

This new content is awesome Aaron! Truly enjoyable video, keep it coming!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

glad you enjoyed it! 🙏

[@w00dducksadventures48]

Slipped a. video in on us !! lol Way cool man !! "Taste the Pain" I can relate .... Thanks for sharing. Cheers to you both !!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha like to sneak them in

[@Sledgefist1]

The ad just started and I already slapped the FATTEST like on this video EVER! Video hasn’t even begun.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha you da best! 🙏 😂

[@Sawtoothrangelivin]

Bonus episode! Awesome!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

thanks for tuning in!

[@billclark1011]

love the midweek trip

[@KeyWestWaterman]

love to hear it!

[@gloriaross4265]

Awesome video… that egg yolk was liquid gold 😋

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha right!

[@jimalden7130]

Really nice dish the pain tasted great. Glad our shrimp are plentiful in St Johns

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha love it!

[@terryhowie3099]

Cool video Aaron! Amazing what lurks while we sleep. Thankfully no alligator eyes staring back!! Stay safe my friend.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha right!

[@Nikonik66]

A day off work today. Watched some main-stream media, true crime and some dumb "suggested" stuff that left me feeling yucky. Saved your video for my second cup of coffee. As it started, this peace just came over me as I enjoyed watching the simplicity of what is your life. You have no idea exactly how much I mean it when I say thank you for providing something so wholesome and beautiful to watch.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

Haha that makes me happy to hear!

[@PSSKDerby]

Great video Dibs! Always great to see Madeleine as well. Gotta say that I’ve never seen anyone shrimp that way before. Usually, I thought there should have been more together than they were but you saying how great it was is an indication of why that is. That breakfast had me drooling.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

yea there are other ways to do it down here as well. but depends on the spot. glad you enjoyed it!

[@PSSKDerby]

@@KeyWestWaterman of the channels I follow, I really look forward to you and the ‘clam’

[@nork24]

We've been missing the lovely Madelaine lately

[@KeyWestWaterman]

she's been busy busy!

[@jonpalmer5920]

There is a much easier technique to peeling and deveining shrimp. I’m an old restaurant guy. Tear away the head, then insert the knife down the opening with the blade facing up. It will pick up the vein and split the shell. All you have to do is grab the legs and pull away from the bottom and the shrimp is completely clean.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

yea theres alot of different methods, I even have deveining tools. just never use em. lol. appreciate the info!

[@Nikonik66]

How about a 24 hour web cam of your backyard so we can watch the fish swim by and the sunrise?? 😀

[@KeyWestWaterman]

😂

[@danawalker55]

Yummy! When I was growing up we did something similar with duck eggs and frog legs with biscuits, but our queso was good ol gravy.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha that sounds great!

[@gwagb27]

Back country fun shark fishing!!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha I will add it to the list!

[@IOgrel]

Appreciate the bonus vid! Thank you!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

glad you enjoyed it!

[@treylaney8420]

Another good one. This you tube show has become my little escape from reality.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

love to hear it! 🙏

[@leogadget]

That breakfast looks delicious! Love from Mexico City!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

thanks for tuning in! 🙏

[@seekinfindin5669]

Let's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! 2nd Video for the week and it was shrimping Key West style and eating a great breakfast. Thanks. Great video.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha hope you enjoyed it!

[@catstroke]

Try using a red light headlamp, I've tried green, red and regular white lights for shrimping off the bridge up at the Cape. They all attract shrimp, but the red has a bonus effect-once they meander on into the light circle, they just sort of stop and hang out. Guess it's the red light district effect 😂 Red seems to mesmerize them and they're way easier to scoop up 😁 Gotta hold it real still tho, if you flicker around they'll book it outta there

[@KeyWestWaterman]

appreciate the tip!

[@juliebarrios419]

love how peacefull and zen your videos are! I would love to see a video on tips for free diving

[@KeyWestWaterman]

will add it to the list! love to hear it!

[@naimeinai8881]

Back where I'm from in PNG, we normally use a spear to catch in a similar style when the tide is right with clear crystal water

[@KeyWestWaterman]

thats pretty cool!

[@dlbodiford3835]

That's awesome guys .now that is living I enjoyed the video thank you.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

was a lovely morning! thanks for coming along

[@jeffprenoveau4841]

Awesome looking breakfast tostadas! I’m going to do my North west version with avocado. Thanks for the share.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

Haha glad you enjoyed it! Normally throw avocado on there as well, but we didn’t have any

[@bradjones9634]

Awesome! I used to stalk shrimp and crab in the shallow water.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

a ton of fun!

[@WesLovelace]

I'd say that's a taste beyond comparison.....Taste Buds delight!!.....Used to shrimp off the Titusville Causeway pier under a converted SS bowl with a 20 ft. dipper.....I use to really rip the shrimps....LOL!!😎

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha been there plenty of nights back in the day! miss them for sure

[@mikeeastabrooks6204]

As always awesome video,keep Floridaing

[@KeyWestWaterman]

thanks for watching!

[@jorgegorina3039]

Breakfast of Champs! Good stuff . 🙌🏼

[@KeyWestWaterman]

search online for commercial mate positions or walk the docks asking around. its really, really hard work. but if you love it enough its worth it. won't take long for you to find out working on a commercial boat!

[@silentk8487]

Lol. You should put "taste the pain" on your shirts.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha right!

[@randyruney5704]

Love this video. We’d do same thing here in Tampa. Walk out with a head lamp pulling a 5 gallon bucket with holes drilled in.wrap bucket with pool noodle to keep it a float. Drill a hole in lid with slits to the perimeter of the top. Made a small catcher kinda like a critter trap on the end of a pole. Copper is good but scary when a storm is around. We use a painter’s extension. Trap door on the trap could be secured with a rubber band or mousetrap spring you release with the string up to the shaft. Best of all is it’s so peaceful while doing it. I’d send a picture of the trap if I could figure it out. Thanks

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha sounds like quite the set up

[@silvernatedogg]

Great stuff! bandage scissors or trauma shears with big plastic easy grip handles like ER docs and nurses use would be great for cutting through shells and bones and are not that expensive. You can cut through a copper penny with them.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

my fiber snips, from my telco days work great!

[@ShipMonster]

I like the new concept!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

glad you enjoyed it!

[@AdventureswithQuillen]

Try a red headlamp. Usually picks up the eyes the best if you don't have underwater lights.

[@KeyWestWaterman]

yea have one, just have the camera mounted on my head does alot better with stable filming.

[@AdventureswithQuillen]

@@KeyWestWaterman right on, just figured it may help pick the eyes up on camera. The white light is too bright it seems.

[@williamhughes5197]

Great video as always! It's not easy to do it by yourself but WOW you nailed it. Try Sugarloaf for shrimp. There's a bridge the locals jump off of on the canal. Dip net and a couple of lights and a bucket. You're sure to catch plenty. I'm betting that breakfast was delicious 👍

[@KeyWestWaterman]

i'm familiar with it! haven't shrimped up there yet though.

[@franiannarone8196]

Yum, looks wonderful 😋

[@KeyWestWaterman]

It was!

[@lancecashler5547]

Looks so good! Especially self harvested and homemade

[@KeyWestWaterman]

was so good!

[@iamremy-kl3xm]

Great video Waterman....!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jaredmills6393]

looks Good!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

it was!

[@Tom007Tiger]

The dedication is real !🙏

[@KeyWestWaterman]

🙏

[@reloadncharge9907]

Looks good…..off to buy some shrimp! Thx, Andrew

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha thanks for tuning in!

[@jaydavidson-kg9gr]

Thanks for the xtra vidieo looked so good

[@KeyWestWaterman]

glad you enjoyed it!

[@Broomesadventures]

Hahaha when you said big one I just see a Japanese guy catching shrimp and celebrating that shrimp big won big won

[@KeyWestWaterman]

lol!

[@goodcitizen64]

Omgosh that dish looks amazing!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

it was so good!

[@captnjerry4950]

Very nice ! Food looks amazing!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

was delish!

[@SoCoolOutdoors]

Loving your recent videos. They all amazing but it’s nice to see you change it up 🤘

[@KeyWestWaterman]

just starting to film more of what we do, glad you enjoy it!

[@jimcharles9867]

You made my morning!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

haha mine too!

[@kellystandard703]

Looks absolutely amazing!! Great recipe and great vid! Thanks for sharing and taking us along!

[@KeyWestWaterman]

glad you enjoyed it!