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, December 29, 2008 at 08:17PM Mitchell and Mike Curtis from Lima, Ohio had a great day. Morning was hot action with Spanish mackerel and mid day we found a school of milling cobia. the boys released a few and kept 2 for dinner. also caught were numerous mangrove snapper, pompano, jack crevalle and blacktip sharks. lot of fun and action.
Monday, December 29, 2008 at 08:09PM December 28. Nancy and Bill Black from Jupiter, Florida had an action packed morning of fishing. Spanish mackerel and bluefish and big ladyfish were just about jumping in the boat. Bill managed a few nice fish on a 9weight flyrod after some quick lessons. nice going Bill. We then spent the afternoon birdwatching and catching some mangrove snappers.
Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 05:43AM 
Ben Friedman and John McWard fished the backcountry December 23. Every year they come down to BudnMarys and they love to catch sharks. This day it was blowing from the northeast about 25mph. We ducked in behind 9mile bank in the lee and set up our chum line. Many bluefish and ladyfish were caught and used for bait. First big fish was a 100lb tarpon for Ben. After that 9 lemon sharks,3 bull sharks and 3 spinner sharks were caught and released. The boys were wore out.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 05:50AM 
so we headed out to the reef with Eric junior and Eric Perry from England. We fished on my backcountry skiff which is 18'. After catching live bait, cigar minnows, we drifted and slowtrolled the dropoff of the reef. by 1pm we had released 2 sailfish and caught 15 king mackerel and an amberjack est. of 20lbs. nice change for a day. 
Monday, December 15, 2008 at 11:35AM Captain. Jim Willcox took Kevin Dunn from England fishing on 12/11/08 for a half day. Though it was blowing 25-30mph, they decided to stake up on the edge of a flat and fish. They ended up catching a huge permit oceanside while bonefishing. Just goes to show there is always something to catch, even on a windy day!
