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).
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 08:10PM Joe Russo caught 15 reds 10 fish over the slot limit. Largest fish was a nice 32 incher. He also caught some trout on his fly rod. He was fishing with Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti, poling the shallows and shoreline around flamingo in the everglades!
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 10:19PM Trish Biondoletti, fishing with her husband Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti, caught 14 reds and 10 trout to capture Women's Grand Champion award in the Coral Shores Baseball Back Country Slam Tournament. The largest red was a nice 27 inch fish. Great job guys!
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 07:45AM Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti had a couple half days the last few days fishing the florida keys backcountry. Muds close by had plenty of trout, ladyfish, and snappers to bend the rod. Andy and Evan from Germany also caught blacktip sharks, a bonnet shark, and this nurse shark. Keith and Chris Rowland from Texas caught their limit of snapper and trout to eat. Capt. Rick Stanczyk reported similar fishing with plenty of action from blacktip sharks as well.
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 01:41PM Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished a half day this morning with the Freed family. We left out early at 7 am with a few weather cells looming in the islamorada backcountry. We headed out to some of the bays out west and got lucky with the weather avoiding for the most part! Using gulps we caught plenty of trout, snappers, and some ladyfish. We weren't interested in keeping stuff for dinner, so mostly catch and release minus a few we kept for bait! As the sun got higher the fishing slowed down a bit, so we decided to try and catch something big for the boys! We ran back towards Islamorada and set up for some florida tarpon fishing! Fishing 3 baits we sat and waited... had one shark bite us off without disturbing the rod at all - very strange! A few minutes before we were about to head in as another storm cell approached and the temperature dropped and wind blew, ZING goes the line and a 60 lb tarpon goes airborne several times! We fight him for about 20 minutes and get him to the boat! Then head in before the rain, what a way to end the day islamorada backcountry fishing!!!
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
305-747-6903
rick@seethefloridakeys.net
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.
