Fishing Reports by Capt. Izzy Donatiello

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The sailfish have finally arrived off the keys. Over the past week, pods of sailfish have arrived in town as event by the increase in multiple hook ups. The fish are eating ballyhoo. The kings are still biting good as well. The shallow water fishin more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The sailfish are here, but not in the normal numbers. The water is still a little on the warm side. Kingfish are being caught good; kings over 20 pounds are not unusual. The reef is good for snappers and groupers. In the gulf the Spanish mackerels more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Last week I went off shore. There was a lot of Blackfin tuna and bonito around. The tuna were under birds. Most of the fish were on the small size. In some scattered weed in 350 feet; I also found some nice schooley Dolphin. I tried live baiting for more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The Dolphin fishing still remains hit or miss. When you do find them that will be real nice fish. one of the great things about this time of the year there is very little pressure on them. The sure bet is the Blackfin tuna fishing. The offshore hump more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The Dolphin fishing is hit or miss . The sure bet is the Blackfin tuna fishing. The offshore humps have a good number of tuna on them with some nice fish to 20 pounds mixed in. On the way out, keep an eye out for birds or that magic piece of debris t more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Dolphin fishing remains strong. The fish have been between 15 and 20 miles out. Don't over run the fish; there are some nice fish in as close as 8 miles. There were some nice kings to 40 plus pounds caught off the reef in 100 to 200 feet of water. more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Offshore fishing is good. The Dolphin are between 15 and 25 miles out. Don't over run the fish; there are some nice fish in as close as 8 miles and some Wahoo in the 300 to 500 foot range. There were some kings caught off the reef in 100 to 200 fee more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Dolphin fishing a couple of weeks ago was good. The fish were out between 20 and 25 miles.Then the fish move through the boats that did find fish had to travel out 40 to 45 miles. A long ways to run for a hand full of schools. There were some kings more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The offshore fishing remains good. Dolphin have showed up in good numbers.Last week we found three schools of fish before 10:30 am. The first school were under size fish. Heading further offshore we found a another school of keepers and a short time more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The winds have been terrible over the last couple of weeks. They been blowing 20+ miles per hour from the north - northeast. These winds have put offshore fishing on hold. The fish are out there, but not worth the punishment to get them. The tarpo more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada