Islamorada Fishing Reports

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the pasts weeks the key word has been WIND and more wind. These types of conditions are tough on the customers. I did make a couple of trips into the gulf for some Spanish mackerel, snappers and groupers. We caught some nice snappers for dinner; more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - I did one of my favorite trips; I took a make-a-wish kid out fishing. We when out to the reef; for a couple of hours. He caught enough fish to feed the family of five plus some mackerel, a 23 and a half gag grouper, and a couple of sharks. Not bad fo more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Last week we tried for a sailfish, but couldn't raise any. We did catch Kingfish and a lot of sharks. Had a whale shark come up to the boat; we caught some cobia off it. The water is still a little warm; What sailfish action there was. happened from more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Last week I had a tarpon trip. We had 6 fish on, but only managed to land one about 40 pounds. This cold front I feel put an end to the tarpon fishing for a while. I also made a couple of reef trips. Yellowtails, mangrove and mutton snappers did mo more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Sailfish are in town. Yesterday, every boat that fished for sails caught them. The action was in 80 to 200 feet of water. The eagle wreak and tarpon hole were two hot spots. I hear of a boat that picked up a couple of 20 plus pound dolphin; while fis more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - I took a party out into the gulf looking for some Spanish mackerel last week. We found some fish but not the numbers I was looking for. We did catch a number of blacktip sharks. Fishing will only get better. I made a tarpon trip one morning. I was us more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The fishing has been a little slow in the backcountry. Its been taking a little more time to locate the fish. We been finding them in the deeper water. The temperature must be more to their liking. However, there been a nice school of trout around ne more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the past couple weeks the fishing has been good. I have had the Simon lewis and his son Carl and wife Joule in from the UK.The first night we drifted for tarpon. Carl caught two tarpon (his first ever) both about 90 #; his dad caught one over a more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The wind finally stopped and the fishing has been very good. The tarpon have showed up in big numbers and hungry. They are eating mullet and crabs on the drift and dead baits on the bottom. The trout fishing has also been very good. The area around more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The fishing has been good on both sides of US1. Sailfish are still being caught, along with some dolphin and quite a few KINGFISH. Small blackfin tuna are on the humps. The reef is getting better for the bigger yellowtail snapper and a good number of more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada