10/25/12 Islamorada bonefish report!

Well we had tropical storm force wind warnings due to the formation of a late season hurricane out in the atlantic.  You know what that means... good bonefishing in islamorada weather!  The changes in pressure, overcast skies, wind, and rain can really give you a good opportunity to catch them.  Traditionally many people think of poling the flats with light winds, having to cast in a specific spot that seems like a mile away - it doesn't have to be that hard!  This is catching a bonefish for the average joe, and the nice thing is even in these sometimes dangerous conditions, there are great flats to fish within less than a mile of Bud n' Mary's Marina in perfect safety.  You fish multiple rods with some big live shrimp and just let 'em sit and wait - you never know what you might get.  Watching that rod bend over and drag scream when a lunker bone grabs it is very exciting! Capt. Jim Willcox and Capt. Rick Stanczyk both snuck out today to squeeze a half day in.  We each caught a florida keys bonefish, as well as several bonnet head sharks, atlantic sharpnose sharks, and some other various 'picker fish.' We did get chased in an hour early due to intense winds/feeder bands coming in, however being close to home it was no big deal and we got back safely, just a little wet!  Absolutely beats sitting in a hotel room watching it rain!  In the next few months continue to look for opportunities to exist such as this - often before a cold front or any storm bonefish, among other species, can go nuts and go on a feeding frenzy.  Bonefishing in October is something to keep in the back of your mind!

8/10/12 Backcountry fishing.. bonefish and action in the gulf

Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti reported this morning.. Had Jack ,Roman and chad out on a half day of fishing for tarpon and bone fish. After two hours of tarpon fishing in Islamorada with no luck we switched gears and went for bones. We saw several groups of fish and managed to catch a nice 7 pounder to end our day. Bone fishing remains steady for the patient fisherman.  Nice Islamorada bonefish!

Capt. Jim Willcox reported some good fishing in the florida keys backcountry with lots of trout and redfish action.  They also caught 2 nice cobias, some black tip sharks, and a couple of 'sea monsters' by mistake!  Capt. Rick Stanczyk also ventured out further into the gulf, reporting good trout/snapper/etc.. action early with a mix of mackerels too.  Once the tide started falling they had a few shots at permit, catching 2 and losing 2 to sharks, as well as 3 cobia, and several goliath groupers.

8/2/12 August Backcountry and offshore fishing report islamorada

Islamorada fishing in August has been great thus far!  Kalex had some great dolphin fishing today with a rackfull of fish up to 35 lbs.  Many of the mahi have been in a little closer the last few days, though every day is different.  Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti had some fun fishign with the family. Trish Biondoletti caught two nice islamorada bonefish this morning. We fished early and caught the last of the incoming tide. We only had a handful of shots and caught three fish. Yesterday brought the same number of casts and hook ups but lost all those fish to lines breaking. A change of line and we were back in business. None fishing remains steady and should remain that way for awhile. Good red fishing this afternoon. Lots of fish up on the flats in big schools. Ryan Biondoletti and Nicole Starr managed to catch a half dozen fish in a couple hours. Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished a morning half the other day and an evening tonight and had reported good fishing.  Lots of trout, mangrove snappers, and ladyfish in the gulf, and a big 175 lb goliath grouper.  This evening they tried the local muds and not much going on, so the caught snappers around the islands.  They tarpon fishing for an hour before dark and caught a nice 80 lb fish.  Lots of activity around sunset around the local channels.  Tarpon fishing in August can be a good bet if you hit it right!

8/1/12 Islamorada bonefish report

Hays King caught a bunch of trout lady fish and a nice blacktip shark. Then he and his friend Cam decided to go bone fishing for the last hour of the morning and managed to hook two bones and got one to the boat. Nice job for his first bone fish trip.

7/14/12 Bonefish, snook, sea monsters, backcountry!

Captain Vinnie Biondoletti reported the last couple days for this islamorada fishing report...

Bob Casey senior caught this nice bonefish on fly. He was fishing with his son Bob Jr. He also hooked another bonefish this morning. Fishing was quite good we saw a dozen groups of fish on a half day. 

More bone fishing this morning with Bob Casey senior and Jr. Saw lots of tailing fish back in the bay. Bob Jr. Managed to hook up on fly. He brought a nice 8 pound fish boat side. No pictures of this fish it fell off while we were trying to get it in the boat. We also had several groups of permit turn down our fly presentations. All in all another great day on the flats. 

Sara Michael caught her first snook today with  Capt. Bob Reineman.  They fished the backcountry around Flamingo.  Snook fishing in the everglades!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk had Jason and crew down for some fishing in the backcountry today.  We caught plenty of trout, mangrove snappers, and some ladyfish in the bays early.  We fished some out off of east cape later for bigger stuff, and caught 3 big sea monsters, a couple smaller sharks, and jumped a 30 lb tarpon and had one other flash a pinfish.  Great day of fishing in the florida keys!