4-10-13 Offshore Fishing Islamorada in April

It's still been pretty busy for the islamorada offshore charter boats at bud n mary's marina the past few days. The big push of families visiting on Spring Break is definitely at the end, but there's still plnety of people down here enjoying some Islamorada Fishing! The Reef (3-5 miles out) has still been the safest bet for consistent fishing. There's been a decent yellowtail snapper bite the past few days along with a few mutton snapper mixed in. The mackerel bite slowed down some, but there's still a few kings and ceros around. The Permit have been schooling up around some of the local wrecks, as they do every spring to spawn, so we have also been having some action with those. We catch and release all of them and some are big, real big, 30+ pounds! There's been a few mahi around the edge of the reef as well as some offshore a little further. The bite hasn't been extremely consistent, a few boats will catch a handful while a few boats won't see any. Most of the fish have been schoolies (3 - 5 lbs), but there's been a couple decent bulls mixed in up to 20 lbs. Around some of the deeper wrecks and sea moutains there's been plenty of amberjack as well. They are great fighters and will put any person to the test. Most have been from 30 - 50 lbs. There's also been some good shark fishing lately too. There's been a couple tiger sharks caught further offshore up to 500 lbs. April is kind of funny in Islamorada since there's a little bit of everything to be caught, and the wind and currents play a big key in day to day fishing. Yesterday one boat had 6 sailfish releases but today there was only 1 release combined between the fleet. The current had switched completely. The cobia bite slowed down some the past few days as well but there has still been a couple nice ones put on the dock between the boats. I've seen quite a few tasty vermillion snapper caught lately too, they're a bright pink and are delicious! When your ready to book your April Islamorada Fishing Trip give us a call! 1 800 742 7945 and we'll set you up!

Capt. Nick Stanczyk

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[Scott Gnadt]

My visit to the Florida Keys was capped off with an all day fishing trip with Capt. Rick Stanczyk. I can say without hesitation we had a great day. We hokked up early on four tarpon, which was a "bucket list" item for me and a dream come true. A large tarpon about 125 lbs. jumped five or six feet out of the water after taking the bait to our right, turned and jumped four more times to the left. It was a huge adreneline rush to hook up on such a magnificent fighting fish. In the awesome back country in the Gulf of Mexico only the beauty of the surroundings compared to the power of such great sport fish. She was boat side for some photos after about a twenty minute battle and then released to perform again for another lucky angler. We also had four sharks, a huge ray, several trout, ladyfish and snapper. Dinner was delicious fish, fish and more fish. Thanks so much to Capt. Rick Stanczyk and the crew at Bud n Mary's Marina for the first class treatment and for memories that will last a lifetime. I suggest you call and book today for a great professional experience. I will return.