5-12-13 Islamorada Fishing Report

It's been a busy few days here at Bud n' Mary's Marina in Islamorada, FL. Most of the florida keys offshore charter boats have been getting out on full day trips, and a few on 1/2 day fishing trips. Today the fishing was decent overall. A couple boats had really nice catches of fish, including the Pretty work with 25 mahi, 20 which were schoolies and then 5 nicer ones in the 15 - 25 lb range, the Gon Fishin V had 25 schoolies, as well as the Man O War which did a 1/2 day morning reef trip and had 40 yellowtail snapper, a big mutton snapper, a nice black grouper, and then was suprised by 3 decent mahi (most of the mahi are further offshore). Most of the other boats had anywhere from 5 to 20 mahi, mostly schoolies (3-5 lbs), but there was a couple other 20 lb fish hanging up. The other boats that stayed on the reef this morning, including the Bn'M with 30 yellowtails, and the Redfish with 20 yellowtails and a few cero mackerel. Yesterday the mahi fishing was definitely a little better for most of the boats. Some boats got on them real early and had great catches, including the Reel McCoy with fish up to 30 lbs, and the Catch 22 with fish up to 25 lbs. Aboard the Bn'M we started off slow, not finding anything for the first few hours, but we were patient and didn't give up, and by the end of the day we caught about 10 mahi, including 4 decent fish up to 20 lbs. The Gold Digger caught a couple decent mahi in the 15 lb range this morning, as well as a handful of schoolies, but when the mahi bite got slow they decided to come fish the reef for a couple hours and caught 20 yellowtail snapper. That's the nice thing about a full day fishing charter, you have time for more options when it comes to the fishing! Tomorrow looks like a beautiful day to go fishing in Islamorada, and the few days after that look a little windy, but I'm sure most of the boats will still be getting out. Don't forget to tun into the new reality show on the Weather Channel, Reel Rivals, at 9 p.m. on Tuesday!

Capt. Nick Stanczyk