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).
Monday, January 24, 2011 at 08:15PM 
Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 04:58PM Capt. Rick Stanczyk and Capt. Jim Willcox had Ed Forrester and his party in the backcountry for some florida keys fishing on 1/23/11. It was a freezing cold morning being in the high 40s last night, and very windy. We took the long, smoother ride back towards flamingo through some really low water. We fished some deeper channels and creeks in the back and picked away at a handful of redfish, though having gotten cold so quick things were a little slow early. Roy on Capt. Ricks boat did catch a nice 15 lb snook with a shrimp on the bottom though which was a real exciting fish to see as there population has still been hurt since the last cold winter we had in 2010. We decided to run back around some runoffs in some other channels closer to home around noon when it started to warm up, and we really got into the reds then! Each boat probably caught close to 50 a piece! Tried fishing the edges of some of the banks, and not much but catfish, and a couple pompano. After that we headed back to Islamorada! Capt. Vinne Biondoletti reported similar fishing in the A.M., though fished a different area in the afternoon and did catch a lot of ladyfish and pompano. Capt. Alex Adler on the Kalex had a nice catch of snappers and some nice cobias as well up to 40 lbs!
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@seethefloridakeys.net
Friday, January 21, 2011 at 07:51PM Matt Waddell and his son Jay, first timers at Florida Keys Fishing promised to come back every year after a full day with Captain Jim Willcox. They caught their limit of snappers, & many mackerel,bluefish , Ladyfish, 4 pompano, and a big blacktip shark Jay's first!!! Very exciting stuff fishing in Islamorada! Capt. Rick Stancyk had regulars Rob and his buddy Lee from NJ and they reported catching many redfish as well as snappers, trout, pompano, and a handful of mackerels. Caught a few pompanos and jacks on fly as well!
Monday, January 17, 2011 at 02:38PM Well it was very rainy and windy this morning fishing in the florida keys with some severe storm warnings on the weather channel, but Capt. Jim Willcox managed to still get out this morning and have an incredible day! They caught over 100 redfish up to 19 inches within sight of Bud n' Mary's in Islamorada fishing! Very rare having redfish this close to home as they are usually back further in the everglades, especially in numbers like these! You never know what could happen on a florida fishing charter! UWJHCSNMZ2RH
january, jim willcox, refish Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 07:51AM
Bud & Mary's regulars Fred & Marie Moore,along with their son Ben from Wales, braved the weather yesterday on 1-12-11 & crossed the bay with Capt Jim Willcox. They still had a great day of florida keys fishing. They caught a mix of redfish , black drum & sheepshead. The cold weather in islamorada hasn't affected the bite of drum apparently!!!
