Bud N' Mary's Fishing Marina is located in Islamorada, Florida, The Sportfishing Capital of The World! It was established in 1944, and over the years has been one of the most famous sportfishing destinations in the world! It is home to over 40 of the finest offshore captains and backcountry guides. We also have a spectacular party fishing boat, the Miss Islamorada. There is also a great dive shop, boat rentals, motel, boat storage, transient dockage, and tackle store. We will be posting fishing related events, catches, media publications, and overall news concerning Bud N' Mary's here, so keep tuned in! You can contact Bud N' Mary's at 1-800-742-7945 or e-mail us:
bnmfm@budnmarys.com.
Welcome to our Florida Keys Fishing Reports section. Here we will be posting all the catch reports both offshore and backcountry around Islamorada and the Florida Keys. Remember all captains can be booked through Bud N' Mary's Florida Keys Fishing Charters by calling 1-800-742-7945. Islamorada Fishing Reports vary year round, so check back often! Thanks!
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P.S. You can also read Capt. Rick Stanczyks updated fishing reports here or tarpon reports here (during season).
Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 06:35PM We put the gang together to get out swordfishing on Wednesday, November 17 and had one of the best swordfish trips we've ever experienced. We managed to catch 7 swordfish, keeping 4 and releasing 3. The biggest was 237 lbs and the smallest 15 lbs. If you want to get out the next couple of weeks should still be pretty good.
Friday, November 12, 2010 at 09:49PM Fishing has been pretty good on the Offshore side the past week. Most every boat fishing has been seeing and catching sailfish on the reef on recent trips. We caught 4 on November 11th while shooting a pilot for a possible tv show with host Capt. Ray Wyllins. We also swordfished one day and Bernie Childs caught his first swordfish and we missed a couple other bites. We've been catching a few kingfish, blackfin tuna, and dolphin as well while sailfishing on the reef. I also had the the pleasure of taking PELAGIC President Ron out and he couldn't resist messing with a nice old barracuda before coming in.
Friday, October 29, 2010 at 06:25PM We fished 2 newly weds today, Cody and Megan. We started off out the day by catching some king mackerel and a couple of mutton snapper, then each of them caught and released their first sailfish, and ended the day with about a dozen yellowtail snapper. Most all the other boats out from the dock today caught at least a couple of sailfish as well.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 10:13PM We fished Jon Patten from England on Tuesday and he managed to catch his first broadbill swordfish, 3 actually. We released the first two, one with a tag, and then on the last drop Jon caught a nice chunky 123 lber. Jon was about 15 feet away from catching a 4th sword but he shook lose near the boat. There should be some more swords on the backside of the full moon next week as well.
Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 08:59PM Sean Loscalzo and his son Joey were down from Coconut Creek for the weekend. They fished outback with Captain Jim Willcox on Saturday and caught a ton of fish. They had trout, snapper, grouper, jack, ladyfish, and even released a 150 lb Bull Shark.Then I took them out today, Sunday, in search of the mighty swordfish. On the 3rd drop Sean hooked into a nice sword. After an hour and twenty minutes he put the 187 lber on the deck. Great work guys!!!
