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).
Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 06:44PM Captain Jim Willcox had the pleasure of fishing with Mr Richard Alt today, a 40 year veteran of fishing in Islamorada. We caught jacks ,trout, mackerel, 3 big blacktip sharks, but today was special because this 25lb permit was Richards first!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 05:50PM Capt Jim Willcox fished with Scott Beattie today who's been Staying at Bud & Mary's this week. Day one , the coldest Scott caught at least 40 redfish with Vinnie Biondelletti, day two he went offshore with Joey Hendrix & caught over a dozen Blackfin Tuna & 2 sailfish. Day three with Capt. Jim we caught some large trout,sheepshead, a big black drum, a big redfish & lots of smaller drum & reds. To top it off we got hissed & growled at by this large croc before he jumped in!!! Quite a week for Scott!!! Disregard the title this was a croc, not a gator!
black drum, febuary, jim willcox, redfish Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 06:41PM Capt Jim Willcox fished with Wayne Lacroix from Ontario & Jim Bernardin from Pine & Palms. We went deep in the everglades, lots of big trout,sheepshead,black drum,red drum & finished the day with 2 lunker snook!!!
black drum, febuary, jim willcox, redfish, sheepshead, snook, trout Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 05:55PM Capt. Rick Stanczyk had Wayne, Paul, and Jim down from Canada for a full day trip today. It was their first time fishing the florida keys. We left out at 7:15 am, which was easy as they stayed the night at Bud n' Mary's and loved it, want to make it a yearly adventure! We caught a bunch of ladyfish and a handful of mackerel as well as some snappers early. When the chum ran out, we stopped in a couple different runoffs and caught some trout and jacks. We also caught a flounder which is a very unusual fish! We then ran to a nearby tarpon spot and gave that a go for a while, we had a big tarpon bite almost instantly! Unfortunately the fish swam up under our anchor rope and jumped wildly throwing the hook, though it was very exciting to see! We ended up catching about a 100 lb bullshark on mono though which was cool. We had the last of the outgoing tide, and when it died we decided to try some more trout and redfishing. Caught one redfish, and ended up catching some nice trout when the tide started rolling back in. We then gave it one last shot for a tarpon for the last hour, didn't have any bites but we did catch a lemon shark. Great day of islamorada fishing!
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@seethefloridakeys.net
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 04:46PM Capt. Rick Stanczyk and Capt. Jim Willcox both dide full days fishing in Islamorada today. They both caught a tarpon each, Jim had a couple more bites he missed as well as some sharks. Both caught plenty of jacks, trout, ladyfish, and snappers for dinner. Capt. Rick also reported catching 15 or so redfish. Wind started blowing out of the west in the afternoon slowing things down but we got it while the gettin' was good, looks like it may get chillier tonight but hopefully not for long!
febuary, jim willcox, ladyfish, redfish, rick stanczyk, snapper, tarpon, trout