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Sorry we've been slacking on the Islamorada Fishing reports on the blog here. Social Media has really taken over our daily updates so Make sure to Follow Bud n' Mary's Marina on both facebook and instagram. Here's a report from the l

Nice red grouper caught drift fishing in Ft Lauderdale The grouper season started up this week on May 1 and there are some good catches of groupers already hitting the dock in Fort Lauderdale.  Reds, blacks and gag gro

Humongous Black Grouper caught dropping over a shipwreck during our sportfishing charter. It’s been a hot month for our Fort Lauderdale fishing charters.  For one, the temps this year are hot.  It’

Islamorada is called The Fishing Capital of the World.  A very profound statement.  Yet pretty darn accurate!  There are not many places in the world where you can fish for more then a few different species all in one location and any

Hard to believe today was the last day fishing for 2014! The good news is many boats ended the year with some great catches! We've really seen a mixed bag of fish here the past week. Not everyday was red hot fishing for all of the boats but ever

We had a few really nice days of weather the past week as well as a few windy and rough days. The majority of the boats are fishing the edge of the reef this time of year so even on the rough days they are able to anchor down and make the the best o

Well we've just finished up fishing the first week of May 2015 here at Bud n' Mary's in Islamorada. A lot of boats were anxiously waiting for May 1st because of the opening of the shallow water groupers (all the reef species). A lot of p

Fishing Fort Lauderdale on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak   David Lloyd along his girlfriend, Michelle Wiksell, his father, Ralph, and a friend, Loni Atton, all from St. Petersburg, chartered the Topshotfishing team to do some deep se

June is flying by here while offshore fishing in Islamorada! We are already past the mid way point and we've had lots of fish stories made here the past week at Bud n' Mary's. The wind finally let up a little the last few days so the oce

The fall fishing has officially kicked off although you wouldn’t know it by the temperatures.  Each day it is still getting into the 90s and we are patiently waiting for the first round of cold fronts to cool things off and bring some sai

We've had boats fishing both the reef and offshore here in Islamorada lately. Offshore the mahi bite has been fair overall. A few days the fishing was great and all the boats found plenty of fish and some of the days the fishing was tough with j

I just got back into town so here's an updated report of the recent fishing in Islamorada. December 4th - 6th was the 52nd annual Islamorada Sailfish Tournamen and weather onditions were tough with lots of rain and storms but it didn't stop

May 5th 2019 – We went right from winter into summer type patterns it seems here in Key West. We skipped the windy parts of March and April and moved right to the hot and humid parts of late May. We have already had a drive by with one little t

The seas started calming down today and the rain storms were spread out. Yesterday the boats that went offshore did really well for the most part. Both the Finnster and Strictly Business had a rack full of mahi including some nice fish from 10 to 25

Happy New Year to everyone. It's been really busy here the past couple weeks and I'm just getting around to writing my first January 2015 fishing report. Today we had a strong front with pretty high winds blow through but it just might turn

March 26 2016 Well Spring has definitely sprung. The bait is plentiful and so are the fish. As a charter Captain it’s nice to meet your group for the day and ask so what do y’all wanna catch? Our trips for the past two week

It's the heart of December here while fishing in Islamorada. The weather has been great the last few days and looks to be great the next few too! There's been a variety of fish being caught each day as well. The last 2 days multiple boats ha

Bait Means Good Key West Reef Fishing October 1 2018 So far here in Key West its been a quiet tropical storm season. With the occasional low pressure pushing through giving us some rains and Easterly winds our weather has been pretty steady. Sep

May 1st 2016 – Its here. The anticipated grouper season of the South Atlantic fisheries has opened. Here in Key West we get red grouper black grouper scamp and gag for the short list of the deliciously edible table fare of the deep. One of my f

It's a little chilly here in Islamorada right now. We had another cold front pass through last night. We woke up with temperatures in the low 60's this morning. The Islamorada Offshore charter boats have been fishing a fair amount lately but