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!

12/3/11 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!

12/2/11 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!!

11/23/11 Islamorada spanish mackerel fishing

Well the wind came around from the south this morning and laid down nicely as the day went on during 11/23/11.  Wasn't too bad to start out with.  We got out for a morning half day and had good conditions, tide headed towards the gulf off sprigger bank area.  Put the chum bag out and fish were around us instantly.  Started off with lots of big ladyfish and blue runners, and several nice mangrove snappers as well as a handful of trout.  Spanish mackerel were soon to follow, several large fish that were 4-5 lbs.  Much fun on light tackle.  Bare jigs with shrimp worked fine, though shiny mylar jigs were the hot ticket, didn't even need shrimp at the end.  Here is Ambrose pictured with one nice Mack.  They bit almost every cast eventually until the tide stopped.  At the end of the tide we put some dead mackerel chunks on the bottom for sharks, hooked a couple big black tips though they broke us off pretty quick, as well as a big nurse shark we pulled the hooks on.  Oh well still plenty of fun, get on out there this thanksgiving weekend, will have great tide for that, as well as in the backcountry for most of the day!

Capt. Rick Stanczyk
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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.