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).
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 05:21PM Capt. Jim Willcox reported today some big bull reds with the busting jacks...normal day with plenty of slot reds ,trout & a limit of snapper, but the highlight of the day was a 1/2 hour frenzy with feeding jacks & big reds on light tackle! Multiple triple headers! Lots of fun!
august, jim willcox, redfish Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 06:02PM Capt Jim Willcox was chased back from Flamingo by T Storms today...& caught 4 islamorada bonefish oceanside, proof that there is always plan B in Islamorada!!! Some nasty storm cells pushed through with the WNW wind and chased just about everybody back home. After dodging the rain for a little bit at the dock, the conditions after the storm were great! Very beautiful water around the bay and ocean sides, and look for some upcoming september fishing reports florida keys!
august, bonefish, jim willcox Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 03:15PM Capt. Rick Stanczyk has still been picking up a handful of half day trips short notice and getting some good action in on his islamorada backcountry fishing trips! We headed out this A.M. in search of some table fare and the mangrove snapper bite in the bay has been pretty good! We headed out to the west and anchored in an area where there has been plenty. We chummed up a few small ballyhoos and netted a few of those. Cutting them in half made perfect baits for the hungry mangs, also a few small ladyfish worked almost as well cut in small chunks. After we had enough of that we headed back towards Islamorada to try to bend the big rods. We ended up jumping a small tarpon. Then after putting the last couple pieces we hooked a double header. One was a nice 30 lb cuda that skyrocketted all around the boat. The other was some kind of monster hugged on the bottm! We got the cuda in and released him and then proceeded to fight the other. After a 15 minute battle we pulled up this huge sea monster!
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@seethefloridakeys.net
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 01:41PM Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished a half day this morning with the Freed family. We left out early at 7 am with a few weather cells looming in the islamorada backcountry. We headed out to some of the bays out west and got lucky with the weather avoiding for the most part! Using gulps we caught plenty of trout, snappers, and some ladyfish. We weren't interested in keeping stuff for dinner, so mostly catch and release minus a few we kept for bait! As the sun got higher the fishing slowed down a bit, so we decided to try and catch something big for the boys! We ran back towards Islamorada and set up for some florida tarpon fishing! Fishing 3 baits we sat and waited... had one shark bite us off without disturbing the rod at all - very strange! A few minutes before we were about to head in as another storm cell approached and the temperature dropped and wind blew, ZING goes the line and a 60 lb tarpon goes airborne several times! We fight him for about 20 minutes and get him to the boat! Then head in before the rain, what a way to end the day islamorada backcountry fishing!!!
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@seethefloridakeys.net
Friday, August 19, 2011 at 05:50PM Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti fished his son Ryan and friend Jake Turek on 8/16 and 8/18. They poled some areas of the everglades back around flamingo and the mainland. Fishing was good they caught several nice redfish, 14 one day sight fishing! They also caught some nice seatrout.
