GIANT LOBSTER CATCH & COOK (Ft. Sailing LaVagabonde)

Good morning guys welcome back to another episode so Fran and I are out here in the Bahamas of all places but we're gonna get straight into the episode today and we'll tell you a little bit more about what we're doing once we get out there the boats getting reversed in we've hired a boat for the day it's gonna be awesome it's been a beautiful but at times rather nerve wracking wind as we've come out through that shallow water but we're just about to get out to the deep ocean so we're just gonna gear up get the gear ready to go spearfishing and the technique we're gonna be using today it's a rather primitive style so it sort of fits the back-to-basics but we've never actually done it before Fran and I so Riley's gonna give us some local knowledge and out here we're gonna be seeing species that we've never ever seen before so it's gonna be new for us and it's gonna be no doubt a couple mistakes along the way but of course we'll share it all with you this is a headhunter predator it's a really really good pole spear and as you were saying Jack it's very primitive and back-to-basics great mate so once we're all loaded up what what species should we be going after here hogfish are easier to hunt yeah but they're absolutely delicious and awesome mutton snapper yeah Will wants one of them so we'll go and take him one of them later yeah black grouper would be pretty nice and any requests from Elena or the the two kids as to the favorite eating fish that they want you to get um I love hogfish you love hogfish so therefore the others have learnt to love hogfish it tastes like bacon man it's really not we've never tried it so all these species of course we've never seen them underwater never eaten them so yeah anything's gonna be a you know a bit of a new experience for us today all right guys well let's gear up and get under water all right we'll come offshore now to about 30 feet or 10 meters and there's a bit of a like a bommie or a coral patch here that we're gonna jump in good news is the water is crystal clear it looks beautiful I was just saying to the guys before I can't remember being this excited to go spearfishing in a long long time I think it's the fact we're gonna see new species and I've just in a complete unknown world so it's gonna be pretty exciting hopefully we can come across some fish what are you hoping to get Frank? definitely a hogfish I find it the easiest and mutton snapper yeah yeah awesome let's get in there hogfish I've never seen first fish with a pole spear it's pretty good fun hunting with those pole spears it's just so cool to see different fish how'd you find it Fran? it's actually straighter than I thought yeah you first go just perfect shot on that one well you got it oh well done we're gonna move spot and a little bit deeper now and jump in and see what else we can find there's a what I'm told is called a mutton snapper here in the Bahamas and from a few knowledgeable people rate these guys as some of the most challenging to hunt and also the best to eat so with that being said I was pretty pretty happy to come across this one today and the other good thing is where we're anchored where La Vagabonde's anchored as you would have seen there's lots of other boats around and the weather's been so rubbish lately that no one's been able to get any fish a lot of these boats rely on seafood to top up their fridges so we've been given the task today to come out and sort of catch seafood for the whole anchorage which is a great excuse for Fran and I to catch a few new species for ourself but also get a few brownie points up with the rest of the anchorage by bringing back some fresh fish like that it's heavy hey hold him up it's really heavy holy holy moly well done Fran that's crazy that's a giant lobster it's big right massive holy ---- that was freaking crazy had about six different sharks attached to us then we shot a fish a mutton snapper then the sharks nailed it and ate it all and pulled it away and they were attached to the spear attached to my belt reel so it was just pulling us under and then we were having a wrestle with it but they were really hot they were like all up flying around our fins we'll go to the beach Lenny play with the plane on the beach yeah you think the lobster wants to go to the beach? he got sand in his mouth what a silly lobster that's a nice beach, isn't it Lenny? yeah got some sticks for the fire? yeah let's go that's a big stick, do you want to grab that one? yeah thanks Lenny, let's bring it to the fire good job yeah from there perfect great high five you did a great job there's another stick there you reposition it thanks Lenny maybe the other way is better Lenny we're not meant to put any sand on him mate we've got to keep him clean no, Lenny no I think I'm not ready for fatherhood just yet Lenny we're not meant to put sand on the lobster we're not meant to make sand castles on the lobster we've got to keep him clean and then we'll put him on the fire now we've got a clean lobster I think Lenny's worked out, I'm absolutely weak as butter when it comes to disciplining kids and he's too cute to say no to, so if he wants to get the lobster sandy he can get the lobster sandy let's clean him up while Lenny and Fran are busy with the fire uh oh no more sand on him, okay Lenny? come on let's go play with him what's happening down here? kind of if I can make it start look Lenny there's a fire oh good job there's a fire yay we've got fire Lenny I think we came to some kind of an agreement there we're going to do no more sand on the lobster, cut him open and then eat him, but Lenny gets first bite so negotiating with three year olds is far more difficult than I thought. This is what I've actually been really excited to share with you guys, this was my Christmas present to myself Kamikoto Japanese knives let's open him up how legit does that look? So all these knives are made from the finest Japanese steel and they actually go through a 17 part rigorous process which takes a couple of years to get them so sharp and just right before they actually get sent out so I'm really really excited to use it there's a range of knives here, this one I believe will be really good for filleting for me but for this larger larger crayfish or lobster something like that, a bit more of a cleaver style is going to be really really good that's dangerously sharp big lobster flip him over wow he's big isn't he alright we'll chop him on this side that is a lot of meat there isn't there Lenny yeah, holy let's go give him a wash alright the next thing we're going to chop up is this snapper, Fran is going to do a ceviche style meal there's probably few things that are more satisfying than using a really really sharp knife to fillet a fish so yeah these kamikado knives are trusted by famous chefs all around the world that work in Michelin style restaurants and they offer a lifetime guarantee warranty so you know it's pretty good gear when that's the case let's get into it that's right Lenny these knives are just so sharp, they're the kind of knives that you imagine playing fruit ninja with actually we might do that later isn't that satisfying is it going to fall? look Lenny it's going on the fire the grill is so small the grill is a little small I'm going to come back oh that's pretty good actually perfect, look at this Lenny we did it look at him Lenny see the lobster getting cooked? we'll do it later because the grill is too small so we have to do one at a time how did it go Fran? alright it looks good that looks very nice well done, so I'll eat the tails now and then this bigger head needs a little bit more cooking time so all this meat up there can cook seal this bit look at that beautiful, tail each half a tail each yum nice so tender wow that's the best way to do it back to basics crayfish straight on the fire no dishes nice one nice little beach kitchen you've got so what are we doing here? we're doing some ceviche for entree and then we're cooking the crayfish and the hogfish, really excited to try the hogfish because we've never tried it before and they say it tastes like bacon yeah, a fish tasting like bacon, that's how Elena describes it isn't she? so Lenny and Jack left me here with the hogfish Jack and I have never tried it we're so excited to try new species where is everyone? alright so the plan is everyone is back on board the boat, on board La Vagabonde, so we're going to cook the fish here, or you're going to finish cooking the fish here Fran, we're going to take it on board there's a bit of a salad and we'll all have lunch on the back deck, sounds good crayfish, hogfish and salad you're going to have the honour of peeling it thank you Fran, it is quite the honour yeah nice look at that that is absolutely perfect can't wait any longer, I've got to try this oh wow Fran it actually does taste like bacon or a ham yeah a hogfish is quite an appropriate name because it tastes like pork of some sort oh that is delicious that's different to anything I've tried in Australia, okay we're going to take this back to the big boat La Vagabonde and have a hell of a feast on the back deck yum yum well done Fran mission success hopefully we'll be lucky at lunch yeah nice alright unfortunately our time's finished at this anchorage here, but good news is we're about to hoist the sails and head around to the next spot, it's going to be pretty cool checking out a new area, Riley and Elayna are going to put us to work now, it's our first time sailing on La Vagabonde so they're going to be screaming orders but it's going to be good fun, let's see if we've got what it takes to sail a beautiful catamaran around the Bahamas good sail just perfect sailing conditions here we've got 14 knots of breeze and we're cruising along at 6 knots over the water I think it's afternoons like this that really reinforce the dream that we've had for a while which is to live the yacht life so that chapter hopefully is just around the corner for us even when it does happen we're really looking forward to it but it's really afternoons like this where I don't think you can get too much better than this beautiful blue water good company, sailing around the Bahamas we're really pinching ourselves at the moment, it's pretty special we're just going to head around this next point here where there's another one of our mates we've met along the way, they're anchored in there they reckon it's a pretty good anchorage so we'll pull in, say g'day and sit up there for the night we can just about start coming around to starboard here, dodge those rocks and then this is our mates over here on the AIS Galatea we'll go and say g'day to them can confirm that Jack and Freya have done a fantastic job of getting us to the next anchorage the only thing that happened was we actually tore our headsail a little bit which we haven't done since we got this boat in 2017, so they were lucky enough to see that the sail is getting quite old so it's bound to happen, but anyway it's been a successful trip good job guys! Alright the anchor's been dropped so the first sail on board La Vega Vine has been successful and this anchorage here, I think it's even more beautiful than the last one, there's only one other boat here which is our mates we were telling you about and then the whole rest of the bay, there's not another boat in sight, so no doubt at some point we'll head ashore and have a bit of a look but for now this water is just like calling my name, it's crystal clear, it's time to jump in and cool off Beautiful! That was a pretty awesome day That was a very awesome day, wrapping up another beautiful day in the Bahamas it was pretty special to have a good sail on board La Vega Vine but I think the highlight was definitely spearfishing, underwater, seeing new species, how'd you find that Fran? I did not any fish every single one, I was like oh Jack what's that one? Can I spear it? The bottom is different, the visibility is amazing and it's got sponges a lot of sponges, lots of gorgonia fan coral I just love seeing the different species even the angelfish, you know this big they're just a different variant of the angelfish we get in Australia and the South Pacific and then up to the next size like the snappers, like that one you got that might be similar to what we get, just with a slightly different colour pattern on and then even up to the big hogfish which is just like unlike anything we get in Australia so it was pretty cool hey? The hammerhead was pretty cool Hammerhead was epic, and that shark series of events like the sharknado coming in Riley and the guys did warn me the sharks of the Bahamas do have a bit of a bad reputation and I think that sharknado we encountered, it was so fast yeah it came in pretty quick so you can see why and also tomorrow guys the guys on board here Riley and Elayna have got a pretty epic day planned, we're doing a big sail that they're very excited about and so are we it's going to be a pretty wild set up so jump onto the Sailing La Vagabond channel to watch how that all plays out it's going to be awesome and now I think it's time for sundown a drink anything else you want to say? thanks for watching we'll see you bright and early in the morning for the next one