Kayak Fishing Offshore Reefs for GIANT FISH - Catch, Clean and Cook

there we go [Applause] [Music] all right good morning guys we are out in the gulf of mexico we're here with connor from sword tools we are heading out to the reef it's opening day of snapper and we're gonna go try and get a couple big ones uh we're gonna also go ahead a couple fads try and catch some mahi and uh hopefully we'll have a fish to bring back and cook on the tailgate we're all set up to uh cook some really fresh fish so we're trolling some king mackerel rigs right now connor's got a hard tail on i've got a frozen cigar and we'll see what happens and i lost my bait again freaking triggers hey let's see huckabenita here get some good fresh bait oh they're coming right for us aren't they go that was instantly ah come on god they're so strong for little fish man that's almost drop drop in size was that the size you caught your amberjack on golly wow [Music] yo that was a big goof oh my god golly golly right tuna sticks down for the count dude that was that's like the worst backlash i think i've ever seen ooh nice and sharp yeah that one hadn't been used too much all right we should be able to catch something now with all these different baits all right let's try bonita chunk there we go finally might be a keeper not a bad little eating size stop it nope 15. yep at least we caught one now all right oh yeah that's good that's a good one oh this keeper all right come on come on get up oh yeah that's keeper finally he ain't big but he'll eat the way it's gone this morning i'm not gonna be picky all right now i gotcha oh yeah he's 17. yep now i'll be more picky got one in there sometimes i mean pretty good yeah that was bigger than i thought now get it huh oh no he's gonna be borderline no he's 16. two i'll hold out for a bigger one since i already got a 17. right connor's got some more bait for us i don't know if there's any keepers they're still fun to catch he's a lot bigger than the one i caught that's about double the size of the one i caught there we go i don't know what this is yup big mangrove no big red you cut them in the throat i just i just cut the gill let's pop the gill yeah i'll throw him in oh that would have been bad got it thanks thanks for saving the rod i don't leader maybe i can you got one what is that all my lines are up so you're good let me back up get out of your way the snapper or mangrove that's fighting like a big snapper is it oh i doubt that it's got to be a keeper wait it's fighting good one man oh yeah that's a good one oh got him nice holy moly that's a that's over 20. here you go maybe the bite's just turning on nice that's a beast he took it got him oh he dropped it i had him for a second all right i used half a cigar and i buried the hook completely no hook is exposed dude there's a giant mangrove looking at it got him oh pulled the hook that is a good mangrove i watched him eat that was so awesome do you see him i want to make sure my net's ready oh gosh oh there he goes again guy he's strong man back over a little bit they may have like gone back to the reef because i'm not seeing them are you oh wait they're back you see them i think [Music] same technique yep i can't even see mine now oh boy here we go oh almond you're lying crap sorry oh you got it that's awesome no big red wow oh we were they were right we were way off the reef there when i hooked that 24 i don't know if there was a fish under me oh i'm on oh god dang holy cow do you see the size of it oh don't get hung up net there we go all right wow that's the biggest mahi if i can land them him oh shoot he's going through the net he poked a hole in my neck stop it ow yeah now i got you oh he's not as big as i thought but he's still good eating size all right i'm not letting the fish grips go until he's in the cooler all right we got the big girl here we gotta clean and uh if you've ever cleaned a red snapper you know how tough those scales are so to get through the scales we're going to use the sword serrated blade so i haven't used it yet so i'm pretty excited about it so we're going to do our initial cut right here oh ow right in the middle of my finger all right oh there we go all right through the scales there and this is where this oh yeah that's ten times better than a regular knife cutting through those scales that's just going through like butter oh yeah it's sharp all right so we got through the scales on this side so we'll switch back to the flex knife and then we'll start going against the bone all the way down the spine there now we're over the spine so we want to get this where we can lift it up those ribs there all right now all the way down and again i'm not an expert at this i'm still getting better at cleaning fish that's pretty good slab of meat that is a good old meat right there nice all right now we just repeat this time i'll try not to poke a hole in my hand all right so now this is the easy part the snapper all you got to do is get your leg close to the edge and then just slide it down because you're you're not going to cut through the skin bam look at that that's a good looking fillet there all right we made it back to the kitchen so we got the red snapper cleaned see it there looks really good just got some garlic and herb seasoning on it we've got a really simple fish recipe for you today so it's only going to take like 10 minutes prep time 15 minutes cook time and it's ready to go all right here's the ingredients guys it's two tablespoons of balsamic vinegar two tablespoons of minced garlic two to three tablespoons of minced parsley and about a cup and a half of diced cherry tomatoes so it's pretty simple recipe we're going to put the cherry tomatoes on top here of the fish just want to like lightly arrange them so they're on top all right so we got those pretty much covered all right so we're gonna take this we're gonna put it under the broiler for about six minutes on this side you want this close to the broiler because you want this to cook really fast we're going to start on the sauce let's get this heated up we're going to put some olive oil in here about two tablespoons about like that we're gonna let that get hot and we're gonna put our garlic in now and so we'll know when it's getting hot because that garlic is gonna start to brown and sizzle that's looking real good in there tomatoes are sizzling so when that timer goes off we're going to pull that out and we're going to flip the fillets this is our other side you know how much i like the air fried potatoes next thing we'll add to the sauce is the vinegar and the parsley and a little seasoning see that garlic starting to sizzle right when it starts to turn brown turn that heat down a little now right when that starts to turn brown we're going to add the balsamic vinegar check on our fish oh yeah that's looking real good it is starting to brown so let's add the vinegar that's going to thicken up a lot all right fish is ready to flip okay now this is the tricky part we've got to flip these flip it in pieces okay we want to get all those tomatoes up there right next to it put a little more seasoning on that's what i'm using for this one all right we'll get these back in for another couple minutes okay let's do that for about three more minutes let's get this sauce done all right you can see that sauce is thickening up let's put a little more balsamic vinegar in there heat that up and then we're going to add the parsley to all it let's add the parsley all right sauce is looking good fish is just about done all right we're gonna let the fish cool a few seconds okay we're gonna add some fresh cracked pepper to the sauce and a little salt all right okay we're gonna let this sauce thicken for just a second before we put it on the fish let's get michelle's plate set up first all right now it's time to get mine there you go all right leave michelle enough for breakfast tomorrow all right let's get our sauce on and get some taters oh yeah see how this tastes okay that's like ridiculously good yeah this was so easy oh my god yeah this is definitely going on the list so super simple recipe i mean there's only like six or seven ingredients in the whole thing and you can do it in like under 20 minutes so fresh red snapper was amazing potatoes are great sauce is awesome so i hope you guys learned something on the catch and cook and if you do like the video don't forget like and subscribe and i will see you guys on the next one