Islamorada Humps - Deep Dropping & Trolling

Today I head out of Key Largo and run out to the Altantic Ocean through Tavernier Key. I just setup my new Daiwa Tanacom 1000 electric reel and Daiwa rod so the goal is to do some vertical jigging, deep dropping and hopefully run into some mahi.
***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 Simrad touchscreen GPS/Sonar Fish finder - http://amzn.to/2jvfPSO
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.

Have an urge to send me stuff? ...or want me to use your boat/fishing/hunting product in my videos?
Email me: Heiko@southfloridafishingchannel.com
And if you want to send me a dildo, plz not a used one...

In this video:
The main goal of this fishing trip was to deep drop around the islamorada humps. I have never taken the boat here before so it's new grounds for me. But I plan on learning everything about the humps and making some great future videos on how to dominate the humps.

Spoiler Alert!!!!
I do catch fish. And I had a great time fishing. I caught 3 different species and have a several nice dinners coming my way! I will list what fish I caught later in this text.

First I started vertical jigging my homemade 5oz lead weight butterfly jigs. I didn't get any bites and decided to move to the humps. Before reaching the main humps I tried deep dropping on a hill. Had some baits taken off the hooks, but nothing yet. I'm still learning how to use the new Diawa reel properly.

I finally get to the Islamorada humps and started deep dropping and jigging again. It wasn't long before I marked some fish and started drifting along the same line. The first dropped I had a few bites, but the second drift I hooked up and this time it was a fish indeed!

I caught a red porgy and then a gray tilefish. I noticed some birds about a mile west of the islamorada humps so I get there and throw my butterfly vertical jig into the action and it gets struck by a mahi! After a nice jump it got off the jig and I knew it was time to start trolling.

I put 2 skirted squid behind the boat and wasn't long before I hooked the first mahi. I hooked a second but something bit it and snapped the line. I wonder what that could have been.
I put another mahi in the boat and then head. At home I cook up some hogfish and fillet my catch.

I had a great trip today and if you found this video helpful or entertaining be sure to hit that like button and subscribe!
Thanks!