12/10/11 Sprigger Bank Fishing Charter

Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished Tom and Rick again today for a half day sprigger bank fishing charter.  We left out a little after dawn, good tide heading into the gulf with gentle east breeze behind it.  After arriving at our spot about 45 minutes later we drug the chum bag around a bit to get them going good.  Tons and tons of pinfish out there as usual, dip netted by hand about 50 of them!  After anchoring down on some potholes we started fishing.  Spanish mackerel bite was just about as good as you wanted it, not too crazy where they were biting the knots off every other cast, but a fish every 3rd cast or so.  We caught plenty on just one block of chum, also a nice mix of blue runners, and some big ladyfish at the end, plus random mangrove snapper and sea trout.  Lots of fun action on ultra light tackle rods, a few real line zingers!!! Put some shark rods out but the big blacktips were not biting, water was still a little chilly though back there.  We tried to hit a goliath spot a little further out, but no avail, did catch some more macks out there as well as random mix bags of other things.  Little bumpy ride in for a few miles in the open gulf, as wind did pick up a bit, but thankfully not too much.  Anyways good action packed half day for our florida keys flats fishing trip.

Capt. Jim Willcox ran far back into the everglades and fished the cape area and some other channels and run-offs in the backcountry.  They caught redfish, some big trout, and a nice snook!

12/7/11 December Islamorada Fishing Report

Capt. Jim Willcox fished with Bud n' Mary's regulars Kevin and Susan Dunne today on 12/7/11.  They did a bit of everything as it was a gorgeous day to be on a florida keys fishing charter.  Several nice redfish and trout in the backcountry near the mainland, and this good size snook!  The mackerels bit well too they caught as many of those as they wanted!  Islamorada backcountry fishing has been great as of late with no major cold front shutting down the bays so get on out there while it's good!  Capt. John Johansen reported similar bite, they caught about 15 redfish, a snook, and lots of mackerel this afternoon!

12/2/11 More good fishing in the everglades!

Capt. Jim Willcox hit the everglades park again today way in the back around the mainland..  Good fishing and nice to be out of the wind!  They caught fish all over, some nice size redfish and a few monster black drum.  Also big trout stirred up everywhere and caught plenty of those too!  Had a big bull shark eat a large black drum as well - very exciting!  Capt. Rick Stanczyk reported some decent fishing for mackerels on the edge of the gulf, though the water was really dirty the few spots we fished.  Did catch some nice big ones though, and a couple pompanos.  Plus several trout, runners, ladyfish, and a few snappers.  Also a big 200 lb goliath which we pulled out of a wreck!  The offshore boats fished the Islamorada Sailfish Tournament today... Capt. Alex Adler on the Kalex, and Capt. Nick Stanczyk fishing with the crew of Bodacious tied for 1st place with 7 sails a peice, great job hang in there boys!!

11/9/11 Islamorada Offshore & Backcountry Report

Fishing was good all around today here in Islamorada Florida Keys.  In the backcountry Capt. Rick Stanczyk reported hooking double digit snook and catching 8 or so.  Redfishing around flamingo was not so hot just a few small rats.  Capt. Mike Bassett caught a real nice size fish on a half day back there as well.  Capt. Jim Willcox ran deep into the backcountry and caught some snook, redfish, and a baby tarpon.  Capt. Skip Nielsen did say he got a few nice size reds out to the west.  Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti fished the patches and caught several nice size hogfish - great eating!  Also plenty of porgies and other fish.  Offshore Capt. Nick Stanczyk on the BnM got into several nice mahi, great to see them this time of year.  They also caught 2 sailfish.  The gulf edge got a little nasty this afternoon, Capt. Rick reported it started blowing out of the west shutting a lot of fishing down out there this afternoon, we did catch some nice jacks and found a big goliath grouper on some structure.  Unfortunately we hooked him about 6 times and could not pull him out of it with the rod we had, must of been a very big fish!!!  Great fun still though to feel them pull!

11/7/11 Florida Keys Fishing in November

Capt. Rick Stanczyk and Capt. Jim Willcox took the Bonacci family fishing today for a half day in the backcountry on 4/7/11.  Florida Keys Fishing in November has been producing a decent redfish bite and some snook in the back, which is what we caught today.  Together we probably caught over 100 fish in all.  We had about 20 redfish, 1 snook, and several ladyfish and jacks.  Capt. Jim reported a similar catch, he had dad and daughter, Rick had mom and son.  The girls may have beat the boys it was a close match though we lost count in the end!  The reds bit best early at the end of the falling tide.  The in tide brought some sea trout with it as well, they bit the gulp aritificials good.  Live shrimp did the trick otherwise.  Young Steven did hook another nice snook at the end of the day though we pulled the hook, though he did get a nice red after that. Tides should be good the next several mornings back in the everglades and flamingo, hopefully the fish will continue to bite good!  I'm sure they got pounded over the weekend with the Redbone tournament going on.