Islamorada Fishing Reports

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The fishing in over the past couple of weeks has been good. The highlight has been the great sailfishing. The fish have been coming through just off the edge of the reef from 90 to 250 feet of water. Any life bait seems to be working. They have been more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The last week was great for sailfishing. There are huge pods of bait on the edge of the reef. the sails are following this bait. Also enjoying the sardines are big jack crevalle. cero and king mackerels. The offshore humps are holding some nice Bl more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the past week, I fished Ed Goodgold and his wife Helene from New York City. On Monday, we tried for some Cero mackerels. I anchored up on a spot that I had caught them real good on Saturday. After an hour, of live bait chumming with pilchards no more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Tarpon are still around the bridges. Chumming with live baits or dead bait will produce results. In the backcountry, there are still big snappers in the cuts; and trout on the grass flats. The dolphin fishing remains spotty; most of the fish are 15 m more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Before the storm; tarpon were still around the bridges. Chumming with live baits or dead bait will produce results. In the backcountry, there are still big snappers in the cuts; and trout on the grass flats. A lot of short fish; but some nicer ones m more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Since my last report I been doing a number of evening trips. I been fishing the tide changes for tarpon with good success. I been using crabs. A side catch was a 35# permit, and the same angler caught a 100# plus tarpon fifteen minutes later. tarpon more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - This last week, I fished a nice family from the UK. Max Cottis, his wife Cheryl and son Danny. In 6 evenings of Tarpon fishing, we landed 15 fish from 70 pounds to well over a hundred pounds. We had a least twice that number in the air that were miss more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the past week, due to the high winds, I fished only backcountry. Early in the week, I found nice mangrove snappers around some islands in the park. They are moving in anticipation of the Aug. spawn on the reef. The following day I found great tr more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - This is a nice time of the year to fish. The other day I had a charter in the backcountry; with a nice family; father and his two sons. They caught Seatrout, ladyfish, blue runners, jack crevalles, bluefish, three types of snappers Spanish and cero m more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - This last week, the shallow water patches have been barren of the great bottom fishing we been experiencing. The water is warming and the fish are moving to deeper water. I fished the reef edge and we did catch some flag yellow tail snappers not the more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada