Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada

Capt. Izzy Donatiello
October 17, 2005
Islamorada - Saltwater Fishing Report

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 miles out. Not many people fishing for them due; to the prices at the pump. The blackfin tuna are on the offshore humps not many big ones yet. The best bet is yellowtail snapper fishing on the reef. When the current is right, the fish are going to bite. Not a lot of "flags" but nice 14 to 18 "tails. Two weeks ago I had a well full of pilchards and we did very good on the bottom with muttons, grouper and gray snapper. On top nice cero mackerel could not resist them.

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Izzy

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