Fishing Reports by Capt. Izzy Donatiello

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - During week of the 6th, the winds let up enough for us to do some trips. Monday the 7th, I made a patch reef trip with a family. We fished the shallow patches off of long key. The snappers were hungry; we came in with dinner including an 8 pound red more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - This last two weeks were good ones fishing wise. I made a trip into the gulf for some Spanish Mackerel. The water was very dirty and rough; I moved to a wreak I knew about and caught black groupers up to 8 pounds and Mangrove snappers to 2 pounds. I more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - I have to apologize for not issuing a report for quite a while. Since 9/11, charters have been nonexistent. So I went away for a couple of weeks. I been working on the boats and redoing my equipment. Last week I did run some trips. The reef has been more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - This week, 9/12, is why I fish in the keys. On Monday, I fished Andy Harman from the UK. He wanted to catch a Tarpon. We began the trip at 4:30 in the afternoon. We had a lot of action with rays, sharks cuda and big no-see-ems, but no silver guys. I more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - This last week started out slow, but finished strong. On Sunday the 5th, I was to fish Andy Little from the UK along with his two sons Matt and Dave. Andy had booked me for several outing. Sunday, we were after Tarpon, however, we had to call the tri more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The last couple of weeks have produced some excellent catches. The dolphin fishing is the best its been. I had Will Whitehead and party out. We ran out about ten miles, found some weeds and birds and began trolling; it wasn't long before the long lin more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the past couple of weeks, the fishing in Islamorada has been very good. In the big blue the word has been DOLPHIN--Dorado. There was a dry spell a week ago, but they are back on track again. Earlier this week, we hit them 10 miles out. One drawb more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - In the last two weeks, I had some excellent catches both offshore and backcountry. In the deep water, we caught some Dorado mostly on the small size, however, the Blackfin tuna have been in the 10# range with a lot of skipjack and bonita to keep the more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Last week we had some excellent fishing offshore. I had some nice action at the offshore humps with Blackfin tuna. A lot of the fish have been in the 15 to 20 pound range. We been catching them on feathers and redgills fished way back behind the boat more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The wind has been a problem over the last week. However, the fishing has been good. On the offshore grounds. The sails have turned off in Islamorada, however, they continue to bite off key largo. The kings are being caught on a regular basis with mor more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada