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 
Monday, January 24, 2011 at 02:47PM Capt. Rick Stanczyk had his regulars Lee and Rob down from the NJ area. They were glad to get out of dodge leaving the cold weather and snow behind to come and visit to do some islamorada fishing. We fished two half days, the first day we ran in the back and fished some ditches and runoffs, catching trout, ladyfish, some little pompano, and got into some thick redfish! Rob caught some pompano on fly as well! Lots of action and rod bending. The next day we did something different, ran on the edge of the gulf and caught some mackerels. Got them going pretty good, caught some on fly again, and also put some out for some black tip sharks. Got one to the boat and broke off a couple others, very fun and exciting watching them go airborne and spin like a torpedo! It was Rob's first so he was very stoked! We then hit a little wreck and caught some mangrove snappers for lunch for them before they headed back towards home! They said they can't wait to come back and do it again hopefully later this year!!!
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!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 05:08PM Capt. Rick Stanczyk reported catching many redfish close to 40 in about half an hour in the backcountry today. They also caught some trout, ladyfish, and jacks nearby. Had a couple shark bites while putting the big rods out but couldn't keep 'em on. Later on they caught plenty of mackerel and snappers on the edge of the gulf. Capt. Bill Bassett and Ken Cohan also reported lots of trout, ladyfish, mackerel, and snappers fishing towards the edge of the gulf. Capt. Nick Stanczyk had a nice catch of sails today, the Relentless with Capt. Paul Ross had several nice large cobia some over 50 lbs, as well a the Kalex, and plenty of king mackerel on the docks!