Fishing Reports by Capt. Izzy Donatiello

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The fishing over the last couple of weeks has been great. Last week the Tarpon turned on at the channels and bridges. We caught three on one trip and two on another. The fish range in size from 30 to 90 pounds. The fish should continue to be catchab more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The fishing both in the backcountry and ocean have been good. The has been a lot of Spanish Mackerel in the Gulf. The only down side is that you have to run a long ways 10 miles from Spriger bank. Once you find a school it been nonstop action. We als more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the Christmas week I fish two days out of Miami. Government Cut was loaded with bait, pilchards were by the Fisher Island ferry dock. We went straight off and found a weed line; As soon as we put our baits out we were into Dorado. We were busy a more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the last couple of weeks, I have only been offshore once and it was disappointing. We found only some small kings. Checking with the other boats; this was not an unusual day. Over this past weekend, a friend of mine found a nice weedline about 1 more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - This past week I have made several tarpon trips. And the fish are really biting good. My customers have been getting between 5 and 10 hookups a trip. Last Wednesday, Rex Peterson from Ohio landed 4 fish plus a 7 foot Lemon shark and Sunday Jerry Hebe more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - I made a trip to flamingo and caught a lot of sea trout up to 19 inches and a couple of redfish. The action took place a couple of miles from the Ranger station. Tarpon fishing still remains good. This Wednesday I took out Adam Piasecki and his wife more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The last two weeks all types of fishing has been very good. I did an afternoon reef trip with some anglers from my old state of New Jersey. They caught some nice Mangrove and Yellowtail snappers and Cero mackerel to six pounds and a King mackerel. Th more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the last couple of weeks, the fishing has been so so. I went offshore for Dolphin. The fish have been spotty one day you find them the next you don't. I have been lucky, went the dolphin have been scarce, the Blackfin tuna have been biting good. more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Since my last report the fishing has been good; however the whether has been very bad. We had strong thunder storms and high winds everyday for over two weeks. When we did manage to get out, the fish cooperated. I had a customer from England he booke more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - This last week has been very windy again. However, when I was able to get offshore the fishing was good. There have been real nice dolphin coming up the gulf stream. Last week we were trolling in 450 feet of water. We hooked a fish off a 2 by 4; when more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada