CRAZY RED SHRIMP turns swordfish orange! How to clean a 280 lb pumpkin swordfish!

We caught this 280 lb swordfish in Mid January 2020. It was a "pumpkin" with orange meat, which is caused by a heavy diet of royal red shrimp! These are deep water shrimp and we don't see tons of them but it's always cool when we do! We core the swordfish and ice it overnight in the YETI. The following day we fillet it and Adam from Islamorada Fish Freight takes it to package and ship to Earl and his friends.
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[@ericdavi1231]

This video looks like road construction. One guy working, 6 guys standing around watching!

[@larsk3254]

Union Job!

[@AngryMackAdventures]

Lol 😂

[@trippglobal8406]

Eric Davis i think those guys are just watching i don’t think they are in his crew

[@ericdavi1231]

tripp global it was a joke, they are probably his customers

[@joem.vanstraten2037]

Amen !!

[@therealsport7408]

“How old is that fish” “ *he ain’t gettin any older* “

[@alectony2954]

Instablaster.

[@disfainttr8997]

Im not gonna lie but I was drooling the whole video. That meat looks soooooooooo good.

[@hootertexas9711]

Do you like duck meat?

[@Knux914]

why wont you lie?

[@KingFaulks]

Ayoo

[@marquisethomas5611]

"Thats what she said"

[@jeffreywyatt2138]

You’re mouth would water behind some meat

[@stupidbuttermonkey]

Me: Trying to do homework at 2 AM KZbin: Recommends pink swordfish video Me: Clicks

[@yessuhyessuh2100]

orange*

[@mizellgg]

Love this video and that you took the time to explain the process. I’m a firm believer in taking care of what you harvest, and not taking more than you will use. Great job!

[@reelchaoscharters3605]

Another great vid Nick.. That was a great line when he guy asked how old the fish was.. lol

[@32plug]

Becareful using that wire brush, that wire breaks off. That stuff can really do some damage. Great fish great care and great job

[@michaelashley3445]

He’s freakin out over the pumpkin swordfish like Alaskans freak out about white (ivory) king salmon

[@akarooster3399]

Capt. I'd like you to consider a portion out and vac. seal video. To see how many meals a fish like that has in it. Keep up the great vids.

[@larss592]

As an ex seafood chef i can tell you a catch like this will usually yeid about 30- 35% total weight. After removing head, fins, tail , guts backbone, bloodline and spine, then skinning and cutting 1inch steaks produces approximately 7/8 lb depending on overall size of fish. So 75 +.

[@HJP1015]

Honored to be #1000 to "like" this vid. I've known and visited Bud N' Mary's since before you were born, Capt. Nick, fishing the Keys for 44 years. Saw your wedding on Fish Monster, so happy for your success as a captain and family man. Also honored to meet you when we stopped by in August '19 2 days after we got married, seeing the beautiful artwork on the bills of the swords your clients caught. Keep up the awesome work!! I love your vids and how informative and entertaining you are. Tight lines and catch 'em up! :)

[@StanzFam]

Thanks Heidi!

[@sneal77777]

This video is so informative and important to show how to keep something you want to keep good good thanks for it

[@williammathews6603]

well done captain,outstanding vid !stay safe down there..

[@rossgleason6693]

I love the extra effort to process the fish right.That meat looked amazing! Great video!

[@StanzFam]

Thanks for watching and commenting 👊🏻👊🏻

[@staytight6340]

He thinks their his friends lol

[@yessuhyessuh2100]

idk why I've watched this video so many times, its addicting lmao

[@brandondarnell6263]

Like a blister...shows up when the work is done. Hahaha

[@StanzFam]

😂😂👊🏻

[@joeymuhleisen1759]

Captain nick knows his shit!! Great video!! I always learn something new when I watch your videos

[@Nubian31]

So satisfying to watch

[@seanc663]

Great video to watch while eating!!!

[@Elioslock]

Great work, amazing job cleaning that monster!

[@StanzFam]

Thanks 👊🏻👊🏻

[@Smitty65721]

Great job guys!!!

[@JM-rw9je]

Dude, your channel is awesome!

[@StanzFam]

Thank you for watching!

[@hectorargotte3144]

I'm salivating like crazy, looks delicious

[@graceharrisonvlogs5144]

WOW THATS A REALLY MASSIVE ONE...CONGRATULATIONS.

[@brandonsellers4888]

Wow, that looks so yummy. Great looking meat. Fine cutting too.

[@dekowi988]

Awesome catch! 🎃🎃

[@neilnewton9023]

Great vid , respect and love from the 242🇧🇸

[@StanzFam]

Thanks! 👊🏻👊🏻

[@walle1sedano]

Never mind the last video. You ruely. Working in the ice budget. Excelent video

[@Iao74185]

Wow 210 dislikes. Are these people Vegan? I would love to quit my desk job and do this for a living. This looks like so much fun. I fish at the Gulf in Texas and i never want to come home. I almost cried watching this vid.

[@islandaerial3414]

The shrimp are the reason most fish have red meat. We do have white Salmon up here that don't get red but, they are oilier and can be an acquired taste. Big chunks! WoW

[@codyjohnstone2285]

Beauty! Looks like the Salmon we get!

[@208miuwu]

Teach a man to fish and you'll feed him for a life time. AWESOME VIDEO CAPT NICK

[@StanzFam]

Thanks 👊🏻

[@keithrose1]

Earl in the house representing the Sea Port SAV.

[@Goooog237]

A very knowledgeable young man 👍

[@rudolphmurray5586]

I cant wait to take you swordfishing in 🇯🇲.... My name is Duckie... Much respect Nick !!

[@doctoredable]

This is how to properly process any game fish. Catch, bleed, remove the guts and kidney and allow the fish to chill for 24 hours or more before filleting. Nice job Nick!!

[@isaacsantana420]

I subscribed because of dear meat for dinner this is a great channel

[@alexmason9796]

I love this channel

[@enderwiggin2856]

Great work sir. Looks delicious. Now that you and Rob have done a collaboration maybe he'll hook you up with Silver Stag knives...🤘

[@youngeshmoney]

That looks sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good

[@Weirddog806]

If you clean at that spot all the time I’m sure there’s a catfish under the dock that’s probably so big!

[@cobya7910]

I hope you’re kidding

[@jimjimvlogs]

Coby A he/she definitely is not kidding 😂

[@rfishing9792]

You don't want to eat those salt cats they taste like crap

[@silvereagle90000]

@@rfishing9792 Just cut the blood line out

[@wolfgaming6335]

James Anderson catfish live in fresh water that is salt water 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@nallicjoble8666]

I never taste swordfish meat. But ryt now im drooling.

[@manakailevin3387]

I just did a charter with your brother and I want to come with you now

[@Drundel]

Cool video. Next time how about add in some of the guy packaging the meat?

[@StanzFam]

Will do 👍🏻

[@michaelhaskell7421]

hmmmmm... waiting for you to pull out the slime knife and the Hacksaw! Looks like there was a little longlining in your past. Been there done that! great video and killer fish!

[@StanzFam]

We got the saw zaw in the next video, thanks for watching! 👊🏻👊🏻

[@andrewfung101]

The color of this fish looks amazing like salmon color bright orange 👍🏻

[@lynndora5046]

That is so great that you don’t waste that good fish yum yum I would smoke almost all of it eat for years

[@love2fish78]

Awesome awesome tech video on how to keep and clean a fresh fish correctly!! Could you have quartered the remainder on the sword fish and smoked it and ate off the backbone? I’ve never had sword fish and I’ve lived here in Florida my entire life! Me and my kids are saving to book a charter this year!! We are excited!! Thanks for all the amazing videos!! Keep’m coming!! #StanzFam

[@ghxvt4381]

That sword fishes eyes are huge

[@774kv]

Bruh he calling it a he when he said it was a her

[@DeliriousViewer]

I think he was saying “em”

[@johnkoch2309]

nice video on carving a sword fish

[@logandonaldson3078]

Ive watched your vids,before but did not realize who u where... rob from deer meat sent me over

[@StanzFam]

Cool 👊🏻👊🏻

[@50shadesofblue24]

Very cool

[@gl3xf638]

that's a hella sharp knife

[@hqco3rdmedbattalionfmfpac953]

Excellent butchering , 🇺🇸⚓️

[@whoooshtt2832]

Nice fish

[@russdennis7026]

Just to try some of that Sashimi oh man.

[@iuliamarharper1595]

That is so big!

[@gradybrowning3976]

Nick you can always get a job as a fish cutter if the charter thing doesn't work out. Lol

[@StanzFam]

Thanks! I’m getting better

[@JustAVibee]

Much love to you guys ❤️

[@frveaks6824]

that meat cuts like butter

[@joevan2995]

15:35 those thin little pieces are literally one salmon fillet

[@bluediamondpoolofpalmbeach6736]

Now this is the question when she says is it bigger then a 🦐 now I don’t feel so bad when I say NOPE

[@s2kalbert]

Can I have the carcass next time lol 😂

[@marquisethomas5611]

He needs a few more subs to hit 100k

[@joyceachiri3381]

Thanks so much for sharing. I didn't know you can eat. Swordfish. I thought they were for trophys only.

[@larss592]

Might you be thinking sailfish?

[@ghalihitmi]

U r the xyphius boss captain, 💪😍🎣🎣great effort 😍🎣

[@melissameeka1162]

That meat looks like king crab meet🦀

[@finchbird2419]

I wanted the carcass so I can scavange every last bit of that fish Broke my heart to see him throw it in the water

[@JoeCnNd]

So did a couple of guys on that dock I'm sure.

[@sssunni2549]

He didn’t thrown it into the water. there’s a net down there, that’s where he’s throwing it. look around 4:50

[@finchbird2419]

@@sssunni2549 How about you start watching at 8:40 and come back to me with your argument

[@bamsuchanan]

@@finchbird2419 18:40 *

[@finchbird2419]

@@bamsuchanan Bro. 1.) He literally says he's going to feed it to the water. 2.) You can hear and see (at least the end part of) the splash 3.) The carcass is nowhere near, on top of, or touching the net at the end of the video If you're going to argue at least re-watch the video to ensure that your argument is, in fact, supported by said video.

[@dddddd3959]

You have to put saltwater with ice that's the best way to ice a fish to keep the meat firm

[@StanzFam]

We brine lots of fish, not swordfish though.

[@rossy2998]

Looks like fresh water ice too? Should be salt ice if not.

[@nwced]

Nice preparation. Wondering what sort of knife you use. It looks like it holds up well

[@danielhamel1778]

That is one very big swordfish and it is a pumpkin swordfish lol !!!!!!

[@thomaslazarski8311]

nice fish

[@jesseobrien973]

Yea this made me really hungry

[@MK-yc4nl]

Wow bro🤩💯🤙🏽

[@see_you_out_there]

What brand knives do you use? Great vid, great fish Capt!

[@josephgalvez4937]

Look at that pumpkin 🎃 I think homeboy really loves pumpkin Said that over 200,000 times

[@oldman5250]

Never heard of pumpkin swordfish before.

[@cynthiaj4863]

Awesome video, I can't even image a catching a fish that huge! I would have even wanted to try it raw.

[@BDCALLAIS]

I free gaffed one fishing Cozumel in the early ‘90’s! Mako’s had chased it to the surface and were coming in for the kill when we snatched it from them. It was a orange swordfish and was the best fish I have ever eaten

[@StanzFam]

That had to be exciting!

[@brianhanel6897]

We use a stainless soup ladle and shàrpen it around the liip and use it to scrape the slime out of the body cavity

[@StanzFam]

Good to know ⚔️🙌🏻, thanks

[@DlpierlivecomGmadx]

AWESOME

[@DubCity618]

I want to say I hate Rob! I was stuck on his channel and never been hunting or fishing now that I'm older, now I been watching all of Stanzfam. Good stuff and great learning from Stanzfam and Deer Meat for Dinner.

[@JamesSmith-ud2mi]

awsome

[@stanleyshelby7460]

Definite proof that the red shrimp contributes to its flesh turning pumpkin. Cool...can you say it tastes better than the normal white flesh here in Hawaii?

[@StanzFam]

I cant always tell the difference but a lot of people can. A more rich flavor, little fattier and more buttery

[@michaelc9128]

That's a sharp azz knife to cut thru a big fish like that

[@joecorrero6763]

Hey Capt, great vid as always. Do you think some of the swordfish prefer the shrimp over the squid? Or are y’all fishing at different depths when you catch the “pumpkin” ones? Just wondering. Very interesting seeing that shrimp in that one. Again, great vid! Thanks, Joe in MS

[@StanzFam]

I think some definitely have a preference for food, but I’m sure when they are hungry they eat what they can.

[@Elios0000]

yeah should start tracking some data on this ... depth location sex

[@ellenmorgan6923]

Thanks for the video. I'm planning a trip soon; I'm just not sure where i m booking yet?

[@ghxvt4381]

8:23 look at the old mans face how he stairs at the fish xd

[@snoom3350]

Stares-

[@gwdonthewater]

Awsome video as always coming down the end of april can you tell the wind gods to slow it down my friend

[@JN-53]

So you’re telling me if i eat that shrimp my meat will turn orange? hmmm i’m gonna look into that

[@sneal77777]

Same reason flamingo 🦩 are pink

[@texasroadhouseribsandfries5349]

@@sneal77777 somebody fact check this

[@alechamid235]

Now we know what Trump has been eating!

[@maddonut621]

Slime is actually connective tissues that anchor the intestinal tract to the inner muscles.

[@Rooster1172T]

I'm not quite sure, but I think it's a pumpkin swordfish?:P

[@juaquin7797]

Love the Vids

[@fishhubbd]

Nice ❤❤❤

[@carlostrujillo3854]

Man that is beautiful I can do a hell of a texas fish fry with that bad boy...how much does something like that sell for

[@StanzFam]

It was a private fishing charter so the clients took the fish home, but YES it would be good for a huge fish fry!

[@melissasonilal3028]

That fish is almost as beautiful as your daughter. Great video. Keep them coming.

[@StanzFam]

Thank you! 👊🏻👊🏻

[@howardjenkins1312]

On Long Island throwing any fish carcass back in the water is a huge fine

[@yeahtheylikeme]

Why

[@howardjenkins1312]

It pollutes the water

[@yeahtheylikeme]

@@howardjenkins1312 How does it pollute the water? Dont fish naturally die anyways? Im just curious

[@thebaldeagle17]

That's the life.

[@andressantana5375]

ÉSE LENTES PESCA AMIGOS UN PLACER SALUDARLE DESDE...RD👍👍

[@mater8878]

Awsome video!! Do you ever bleed any of your fish on the boat? Just curious because we cut everything’s gills right after we catch it here in Oregon.

[@StanzFam]

Yes, I just don’t show it all on KZbin. My swordfish gaffs usually do some damage in the gills/head and get the blood pumping out

[@jonathank5289]

KZbin doesn't like videos that contain a lot of blood and demonetize the video so he make no youtube money from ads or views.