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).
Friday, May 21, 2010 at 10:19PM There has been tons of dolphin the past week, including lots of slammers (dolphin over 20 lbs). We've also been catching big blackfin tunas, a few sailfish, snappers, and we swordfished one day and caught 3 between 106 and 186 lbs.
Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 06:27PM We had a few real calm days about a week ago and then the wind started blowing at the beginning of this week but the fishing has just been getting better each day. We've had blackfin tuna up to 31 lbs, dolphin to 25 lbs, and a few snappers still on the reef. The wind the past few days has pushed a lot of dolphin close to shore with quite a few small and large fish.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 10:42PM We fished two days out in the Gulf of Mexico catching 30 sharks, including blacktips, spinners, hammerheads, and lemons, as well as a 37 lb kingfish and some spanish mackerel and sea trout. We swordfished on Sunday and caught 2 swords on our first 2 drops, 55 and 85 lbs. Today we went in search of a big amberjack for Blake Sorensen and he got more than he asked for, catching 4 and one big fatty that weighed 80 lbs! There also has been a few sailfish around on the reef.
Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 05:28PM Our good friends Bill Brown and Lenny Shortz are down for the week and we made it out swordfishing the other day. The weather was great and both Bill and Lenny got to pull on big swordfish. Lennys was boatside a few times before diving deep where we pulled the hook, and Bill's made it home with us. The fish made 5 jumps, a couple right next to the boat and was one of the most exciting Broadbill I have ever seen. She weighed in at 221 lbs!
We took a reef trip today, 4-22, and caught 25 nice yellowtail snapper, 3 mutton snapper, a few king mackerel, 3 amberjack, and let go a couple of groupers.
Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 09:38PM The reef fishing has been good the past few days... Today was probably our best day. We caught 40 yellowtails to 3 lbs, a couple of mutton snappers to 10 lbs, 5 kingfish to 20 lbs, and let go a couple of black groupers to 15 lbs.
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