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).
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 09:26PM Capt. Skip Nielsen fished long time regulars at Bud n' Mary's, Tom & Wendy Sims, on 5/18/11 in the everglades. They caught several nice redfish, some over 10 lbs, very fun fish to catch! Great way to spend the day fishing in the Florida Keys!
may, redfish, skip nielsen Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 05:12PM Capt Jim Willcox on 5/13/11, over 100 redfish with Eric & Jack from west coast Florida plus a limit of large snappers! 27 double headers!!!The tarpon did elude us at the end of the day! Also Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished today on 5/14/11 in the back... caught plenty of snappers for dinner, ladyfish, and some trout. They put the big rods out in hopes of tarpon, saw plenty rolling but they weren't biting. Did catch a nice blacktip, big 300 lb goliath grouper, and a 2 out of 3 'sea monsters' that were several hundred pounds!!! The tarpon did bite last night though, but they are getting a little funny as we approach the full moon!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 05:31PM Capt. Rick Stanczyk had Guillaume and his mother Christiane from Quebec out for some florida keys fishing today on 5/11/11! We left the dock early, they were short on the shrimp delivery so we used some berkley gulps! We caught several nice big trout, some ladyfish, and some snappers for dinner. When the tide quit we ran inside around one of the islands and caught one nice redfish, had a couple other bites we missed. Before the water got too low to get out, we jumped out and set up for some sharks and tarpon. Caught a few blacktips, and had a few jump and bend out our wire! Very exciting! We also had one tarpon bite we missed, and about 20 minutes later, hooked about a 60 lber we caught! Got him leadered to the boat, but when we tried to get our picture he came unhooked unfortunately. Anyways a good day backcountry fishing in Islamorada. Capt. John Johansen also had a nice catch of tripletails from out on the edge of the gulf, and Capt. Dave Sisung reported a good tarpon bite close to home, catching two and having a couple others chase the mullets on top. Capt. Skip Nielsen also reported catching a huge 300 lb goliath grouper in one of the channels in the backcountry! On the ocean side, Capt. Nick Stanczyk had a 200+ lb swordfish today offshore as well, I'm sure there will be pictures to come!
Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 10:19PM Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished two half days today on 5/7/11. In the morning we went in the back and caught plenty of ladyfish, snapper, trout, and jacks. We decided to put the big rods out for a shark or something... and the tarpon had moved back into some of my favorite areas back there! We went 1/2 plus caught a 100 lb hammerhead and 30 lb blackstip all in about 40 minutes - great fishing!!! This evening we also did a night tarpon trip, went 0/2 on the tarpon they eluded us, but did have a couple permit crush the crabs one of which we caught this nice 25 lber on a medium spin rod! Going early tomorrow for tarpon at 5 am to catch the daybreak bite!
