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!

12/5/11 Flamingo fishing report december!

Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti reported good backcountry fishing in flamingo today!  Matt Myers and his friend Jim caught 40 redfish and several snook today. They fished the Flamingo area all day. The winds were strong about 20 mph. Lots if jacks and lady fished mixed in.  Capt. Rick Stanczyk picked up a late afternoon half day today, they stayed close to home and fished some muds that had lots of nice trout in them, about 2 dozen total.  Also in there were several nice size ladyfish and a few mackerels.  Shrimp has been doing the trick and is the bait of choice here in the winter time when the water cools down in the backcountry. 

12/3/11 Good islamorada snook fishing in the backcountry!

Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti had Thomas and John Cashion fishing in the backcountry today.  They caught several nice snook including these pictured here today!  Weather was blowing hard 20 mph and was nice once they got back there.  Also pictured are fish from Capt. Rick Stanczyk's trip yesterday including spanish mackerel, big trout, and big 200 lb goliath thrashing his tail before he snapped the line!

12/1/11 Fishing in the Everglades

Capt. Rick Stanczyk took his father, Capt. Richard Stanczyk Sr. and friend Ron Modra out for a day of december fishing in islamorada.  We had a cold front come through the other night and it was a chilly ride in the 60s this morning, very cold going fast across the bay!  We ran back around the cape area west of flamingo and hit our first spot.  We had plenty of nice shrimp, some pinfish, and a few pilchards.  First spot produced several nice redfish about 10 in all, they were eating shrimp on jigs and caught a few on pilchards.  Tide was still going ou.  Also caught 2 snook out of here, one real nice one for Ron!  After the bite slowed we ran further back through east cape canal and lake inghram and on up to cape sable area.  Very beautiful day, little rough once you got on the other side so we scooted along the beach.  Next few stops produced several big redfish some over the slot, and plenty in the slot as well.  Every spot we hit held a few, until our last one which we probably caught over 2 dozen nice ones out of, and another snook.  All in all think our tally was around 50 reds!!  We also caught some nice sheepshead as well, along with a few ladyfish and jacks and snappers.  Spectacular day for our florida keys fishing charter and way to start out the month of December!  Stay tune for more Islamorada fishing reports december.  On the offshore side Capt. Nick Stanczyk on the BNM had 6 sailfish, and Kalex had 7, the boys are gearing up for the big tournament this weekend hopefully they do as well then!


Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@seethefloridakeys.net

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!