Spearfishing Mangrove Snapper & Cero Mackeral

This footage is from 2 weeks ago before my boat engine broke down, so don't think it's fixed just yet! The first day we drove out to the Atlantic ready to go spearfishing, but the weather just kept getting worse. The radar showed some large clouds forming so we head back home. The next day was blue sky and we were ready to spearfish!
***The fishing equipment I'm using in my videos***

*Electric Reel/Rod*
Diawa Tanacom 1000 Electric Reel - http://amzn.to/2yKguCG
Daiwa Saltiga Deep Drop Rod - http://amzn.to/2zJAQPB
Daiwa Saltiga Boat Braided Line - http://amzn.to/2hE01g9

*Verticle Jigging Reel/Rod*
Reel SpinFisher V6500 - http://amzn.to/2zNaASu
SSV3080S66 Fast Action Rod - http://amzn.to/2zLPEeG

*Trolling Reel/Rod* (i love love love the shimano tld25, have 2)
Shimano TLD25 - http://amzn.to/2zLyvla
Star Rod - http://amzn.to/2yKepq5

*Inshore/Patchreef Reels* (all rods are just regular stocks)
SPINFISHER V4500 - http://amzn.to/2hD4tf2
Penn Batttle II 3000 - http://amzn.to/2ik8GkQ
Penn Fierce II - http://amzn.to/2zKLFBf

***My video equipment***
Gopro hero3 black - http://amzn.to/2yIZRHx
The wind mic I use on the gopro - http://amzn.to/2zNHYIP
My phone (use it for a lot of my footage) - http://amzn.to/2yKyvRh
My computer (it's a beast and great for video editing) - http://amzn.to/2zKBUmf

***Other gear/stuff I use and would recommend to my viewers***
My Chum holder - http://amzn.to/2ANecE5
My life jacket - http://amzn.to/2yKyPzt
My knife sharpening stone - http://amzn.to/2z6jugU
My favorite lure inshore and even offshore (use just 1 big J hook when using offshore) - http://amzn.to/2yK6pp6
Big arsh dive flag for cheap - http://amzn.to/2zMPSCs

My boat is a 236cc Key Largo Center Console w/ a 200HP Mercury Saltwater Series.
They no longer make these boats and she's a classic forever and ever.

We head out of Key Largo to 30-40 feet of water and start chumming. The past videos we've been spearfishing in 10-20 feet of water and decided it's time to go a little deeper. The only problem was the current was ripping hard so it quickly turned into an exhausting feat. Also, anytime I dove deeper than 30 feet I had a sharp pain on my tooth nerve from a filling I recently received. I guess there is a air pocket or something causing the pressure so i'll have to go back to the dentist.

We pull the anchor and start to drift back to the more shallow waters. On the drift I spot a mangrove snapper and take my shot. Nailed it! This made me happy because before the trip I had already decided I was craving mangrove snapper for dinner. And boy did we have an amazing dinner. The cooked mangrove snapper pictures are at the end of the video.

The next fish I shoot is a barracuda. I will be using it for bait on a future deep drop video. I also scale the barracuda to attract more fish to the boat and sure enough it worked. It wasn't long before a Cero Mackeral came swimming by to check out the action.

Beata isn't a big fan of Cero Mackeral, or any mackeral in that case because they are much more oily and 'fishy' tasting compared to whiter meat fish like the snapper. I gut the Cero Mackeral and rip it's gills out. This makes them taste much better when cooking them whole.

Overall this was a fun spearfishing trip and I enjoyed everything I saw. If you find anything in this video helpful and had a good time watching it please drop a like and subscribe to the channel.

I have a mechanic coming out to my boat tomorrow so say a prayer for us! I really hope we get the engine running again. Cheers!