Fishing Reports by Capt. Izzy Donatiello

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the past week the fishing has really picked up. The Dolphin have finally arrived in numbers. After the full moon, the catches have gone up. Saturday, 5/5 the fish were in 350 feet of water along with the dolphin have been a lot of Blackfin tuna. more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Since the last report the fishing has improved. Most recently; I had Joe and Susan Cohen from Boston, Mass. out for three days. On each day, we had a Sailfish on and got two of the three to the boat. In addition, they caught kingfish, Dolphin, Cero M more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the past few weeks the fish in Islamorada has been great. the sailfish have been thick in the 200 foot range. They are feeding on Spanish Sardines- balling them. I have had my best success with live cigar minnows. I fished live ballyhoo one da more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the past week, the fishing action has been very good. We started off with a group of anglers from fort Lauderdale. they were in from California in search of an Atlantic Sailfish. We caught our bait at alligator light and head off shore. We slow more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

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