Fishing Reports by Capt. Izzy Donatiello

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

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