Islamorada Fishing Reports

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the last weeks the sailfishing has been very good. Then the weather warmed up and the bite slowed. The wind then increase out of the Southeast, making it uncomfortable to fish in the deep water. Most of my customers; decided to stay shallow for more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The Sailfishing has been hot. The fish are chasing ballyhoo in 50 foot of water. It is real exciting. You have your baits out; all of a sudden the water explodes with hundreds of ballyhoo being chased with the sail's head out of the water trying to c more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Last week I had two interesting trips. I had the Haagen-dazs ice cream sale group from fort Lauderdale headed by Charles Cohen. We headed off shore to try for some snappers. One throw of the net provided all the live bait we needed. I chummed heavily more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - THE LAST WEEK I HAD A GROUP IN FROM THE UK. THEY WERE RECORDING INFORMATION FOR THE BBC RADIO SHOW FISH ON FIVE. DESPITE THE WINDS BLOWING EVERYDAY OVER 20 KNOTS. WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN A COUPLE DAYS OF FISHING. EACH MORNING I AND JOHN BEER WOULD G more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Since the last report, I been doing maintenance on my boats so I haven't been out that much. I did do a couple of reef trips and found the fish willing to eat. We caught some nice yellowtail and mangrove snappers. We did pickup a nice mutton on a liv more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - I have been on vacation over the past weeks. However, I am back in town. A couple of weeks ago I took a party from Germany dolphin fishing. The high light of the trip was a white marlin caught by Ollie Hines of Frieburg. He fought the fish for over a more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The fishing over the pass weeks has been very good. The Dorado fishing has been great most of the fish have been the 3 to 5 pound range with a twenty pounder mixed in. The fish have been from 5 to 20 miles out. On Friday the 20 th; the bigger fish we more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The Dolphin season is in full swing. The fish are between 16 to 24 mile out; birds indicate their location. Their is a lot of nice schoolies, with a few big ones mixed in. Monday, besides Dolphin; we caught a hand full of nice Blackfin tuna. Tuesday, more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - I have been doing a lot of Tarpon fishing. Last night, I fished Sam Costantini from Connecticut, he landed one out of two fished hooked. Last week, Tom Lewis from England; caught one 100 pounder the first night and two the second night. The fish are more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the last several weeks the fishing has been great. The tarpon were biting good two weeks ago. That cold front came through and the fish turned off. However, as the winds come back around to the Southeast and south the fish will comeback strong. more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada