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).
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 05:21PM Capt. Jim Willcox reported today some big bull reds with the busting jacks...normal day with plenty of slot reds ,trout & a limit of snapper, but the highlight of the day was a 1/2 hour frenzy with feeding jacks & big reds on light tackle! Multiple triple headers! Lots of fun!
august, jim willcox, redfish Friday, September 2, 2011 at 06:13PM Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti took fellow captains & friends Rick Stanczyk and Jake Turek out for some islamorada flats fishing today on 9/2/11. We ran back to flamingo in his small Beavertail skiff and fished the shorelines and around some islands poling up where it is normally very shallow. We ended up catching 17 redfish and pulling off several more. Conditions were a little tough with overcast skies and very high water, though the falling tide did have lots of fish pushing around on the flats when you could see them! Caught a handful tailing as well on D.O.A shrimps, plus bucktails with swimming worms.
Friday, August 19, 2011 at 05:50PM Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti fished his son Ryan and friend Jake Turek on 8/16 and 8/18. They poled some areas of the everglades back around flamingo and the mainland. Fishing was good they caught several nice redfish, 14 one day sight fishing! They also caught some nice seatrout.
Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 04:33PM Well it's not all about lobster mini season this week! Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished a full day in the backcountry today on 7/28/11 and had a wonderful time. The wind was howling almost 20 knots most the day - very unusual for July! Though it kept the heat & sweat down for the most part which was a welcome change. With thousands of people in the water snorkeling and diving looking for those caribbean crawlers, we ran way in the backcountry and only saw one other boat the whole day back there! Fishing was fantastic early, we caught several large trout on shrimp and artificials. We also caught some jumbo mangrove snappers! The ladyfish were chomping too and we saved several of those for bait. We set up in one of the channels for some bigger stuff, and the bite was slow to come but produced nicely. We caught a 75 lb tarpon after our first hour. Then a 60 lb lemon shark, followed by a 40 lb hammerhead, and finally a small 30 lb blacktip! Not too shabby for the conditions and time of year. We tried around one of the islands at the end of the day for a few reds but we didn't find any. However a few days ago, Capt. Vinnie Biondeletti took his son Ryan out and did manage to wrangle up a few sight fishing in the everglades!
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