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!
Check out our YouTube channel, updated regularly: Bud n' Mary's Marina
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P.S. You can also read Capt. Rick Stanczyks updated fishing reports here or tarpon reports here (during season).
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 05:37AM Check out our latest episode of the Bud n Marys show. We hit the 'glades again and catch some big snook, redfish, and a couple monster (for here) black drum with long time friend and marina manager Bill Broach. Make sure to subscribe too!
Monday, October 21, 2019 at 08:40PM Check out our first epsiode of the Bud n Marys YouTube show! We're going to be dropping new ones once a week or so, please make sure to subscribe if you like what you see!
Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 04:53PM October is here and fall is in the air! We've had a little bit early start to fall here... even though the temperatures have only dropped slightly, we've had a good bit of northeasterly winds which have started the fall bait migration. Tons of smaller mullets, pilchards, sardines, herrings, and more are moving all up and down the coasts, with hungry packs of predators like tarpon, snook, jacks, redfish, sharks, and more after 'em! It started early with the near impact of hurricane dorian and since then the winds been consistently that northereasterly direction and a little blustery but just right for this great fishing scenario. Backcountry fishing has been stellar with lots of snook and redfish around and still some of the best fishing we've seen in years for them back there. It's not uncommon to catch 50 or more fish in a day and that's the truth. Tarpon are definitely still around too though the bite is just a little more hit and miss. As long as it stays farily warm though that's always a possibility. Elsewhere in the bay snapper and trout fishing is really good with some jumbo mangrove snappers around that have moved back in from the offshore spawning grounds. Tripletail are still floating around randomly and in a few more weeks should be found out in the gulf on the lobster and crab pot buoys. Come on down and let's go fishing it's a great time before things get busy by christmas. Also check out my webstie for detailed daily fishing reports at www.fishingislamorada.com 305-664-2461
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
Instagram: @richardstanczyk
Facebook: Islamorada Tarpon Fishing
Sunday, August 11, 2019 at 06:39AM August is rolling by fast and we are definitely feeling like we're in the dog days of summer! It's been very warm and we've had typical calm summer days with some scattered rain storms but nothing that's really kept us from fishing. I will say though the fishing has been about just as hot as the weather overall! I don't think we've seen much better fishing in the backcountry for snook and redfish. There are just ungodly numbers of them in almost every area you go when the tide/wind is right. They've been up in the shallow flats, around the islands, in the moats and runoffs, off the beachs... I mean everywhere! It's not uncommon to catch 50 fish in a trip and sometimes more. It's really great to see. Tarpon fishing has been fair, we really didn't get that crazy good fishing like we had last summer but it was consistent to say the least. Through July I think I had around 25 trips in a row with catching at least 1, though in the last couple weeks we did unfortunately strike out a couple times as things got a little tougher where we were down to getting just a bite or two a trip and sometimes they didn't stay on the hook. But that's fishing for you! For most my anglers as of late, I've been telling them if you are here to catch the silver king and don't mind devoting the day to trying to maybe get a shot or two and hopefully catch one, then let's do it. But if you want to catch fish and bend rods, then there is still usually some really good quality options with snook, redfish, etc... and you may even get lucky and find some juvenile tarpon too while doing that. Just yesterday however we fished hard and did catch a nice tarpon, and I did see a good amount of fish in 3 different areas. I think once we get past the full moon which is coming up, they may really turn on again. It's definitely not too late to catch the silver king here and it can be possible through October. Tripletail had been around in very good number in July, and there are still a good handful of them floating around in the bays and off the shores in the everglades. Out in the gulf you may still get some good shots at permit through August as well if you have the good calm weather. September is just around the corner, and it'll be starting to get very slow with business here. Which means its a great time to come down and get the Keys all to yourself! I am even offering some discounted rates in September and October, at least until I get my book filled up enough as honestly I need a break myself too. Rooms are discounted at Bud n Marys as well up through the end of November. Give us a call and let's go fishing! 305-664-2461
Capt. Rick Stanczyk
Instagram: @richardstanczyk
Facebook: Islamorada Tarpon Fishing
Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 07:17PM Summer is here and the fishing is nothing short of fantastic in the Florida Keys! We had a great tarpon season and that is still going strong and can be good all the way into the Fall! Right now in the summer, most of the larger migrating fish have moved on, however many of the resident males (20 to 60 lbers) are back in the usual haunts and ready to feed! Spawning is over and they are hungry and make for easy targets. This is the time of year where catching multiple fish, double headers, etc... its a bit more commonplace! Aside from tarpon, I've had good luck with permit out on the deeper gulf wrecks. With my new 2019 Contender Bay Boat I've been able to reach these wrecks in much shorter time running at 50 mph. Permit have been prevelant on a few of them and with the calm summer time winds, it's often easy pickings fishing for them. Often times we also run over big schools of them in the gulf while on the move, which provide some of the best permit fishing you will ever see as they are spawning and eating whatever hits the water! The snook/redfish bite in the everglades is about as good as it has been in 50 years! We've had an insane amount of redfish for the past year which may be a result of the hurricane a few years ago, or perhaps fish that got pushed here to spawn due to the red tide that the west coast faced last year. It's not been uncommon to sit on spot and catch 100 redfish in a few hours. Snook have been very strong as well, but we just notice the redfish more as before hurricane Irma, they were few and far between especially in the warmer months. Tripletail have been floating in the bays in mass numbers as well, providing great table fare and an easier sight fishing opportunity for novice anglers. You can also catch plenty of trout and mangrove snapper in the bays right now too. It's really been about as good as fishing as we've seen all around for a while now. Who would've though in this day and age fishing would be so much better than it has in years? Come down and book a trip and see what it's all about. 305-664-2461
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