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).
Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 03:45PM Capt. Ricky Stanczyk caught 2 nice tarpon on the evening of 5/8/08. Drifting down by channel 2 bridge with live crabs did the trick. Valerie Greco caught 1 est. 125lbs and then Ricky caught another est. 100lbs. Good bite between 6:30 and 8:30 pm with the end of the outgoing tide!
Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 05:12AM the bite is on....Fred Clancy Sr. and Fred Clancy Jr. enjoyed releasing 3 tarpon last night. They are visiting from Cape Cod.
All the guides had action. The tides are perfect for the coming week so make arrangements to get out and catch a tarpon on an afternoon and evening trip.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 12:42PM Arnold Gold and his wife Bobbie from LA are in town this week. Yesterday evening we went out into the backcountry for some action. action we had. First we found a fish mud. Using bucktail jigs tipped with shrimp Bobbie caught and released a nice bonefish. moving on to another larger "mud" Arnold really got into the action. 5 nice seatrout,many jacks and ladyfish. Using the ladyfish for bait Arnold released 12 blacktip sharks and a six foot bull shark. fun stuff. As the sun was setting we motored back towards Islamorada and drifted a channel baited up for tarpon. Just as darkness settled in Arnold hooked up a monster tarpon. 40 minutes later the fish(estemated at 140 to 150lbs) was alongside the boat. good going Arnold.
Monday, May 5, 2008 at 10:17AM Capt. Bill Bassett and Capt. Bill Chapman aboard the Sachem had some good action offshore with 4 customers from the Canon group. Lots of schoolie dolphin, and a bull 35 lbs, as well as 2 cows in the 18-20 lb range. Small feathers on the hump produced! They also caught a 50 lbs amberjack dropping on the hump.
Friday, May 2, 2008 at 11:26AM The spring winds from the east are encouraging the dolphin to gather in 300-500 feet of water. The fish are mixed in size from 5-15 lbs with a few slammer size fish up to 40 lbs. The weather forecast for the next few days continues fresh breezes from the east. I expect the quality dolphin fising to continue. We also fished the reef this week. Nice yellowtail snappers up to 5 lbs, a few 2-4 lb mangrove snapper, and some black groupers & king mackeral were caught. May is a great month here in the keys for both offshore and reef fishing. Please call Bud N' Mary's for more reports!
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