Fishing Reports by Capt. Izzy Donatiello

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Last week I had two interesting trips. I had the Haagen-dazs ice cream sale group from fort Lauderdale headed by Charles Cohen. We headed off shore to try for some snappers. One throw of the net provided all the live bait we needed. I chummed heavily more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - THE LAST WEEK I HAD A GROUP IN FROM THE UK. THEY WERE RECORDING INFORMATION FOR THE BBC RADIO SHOW FISH ON FIVE. DESPITE THE WINDS BLOWING EVERYDAY OVER 20 KNOTS. WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN A COUPLE DAYS OF FISHING. EACH MORNING I AND JOHN BEER WOULD G more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Since the last report, I been doing maintenance on my boats so I haven't been out that much. I did do a couple of reef trips and found the fish willing to eat. We caught some nice yellowtail and mangrove snappers. We did pickup a nice mutton on a liv more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - I have been on vacation over the past weeks. However, I am back in town. A couple of weeks ago I took a party from Germany dolphin fishing. The high light of the trip was a white marlin caught by Ollie Hines of Frieburg. He fought the fish for over a more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The fishing over the pass weeks has been very good. The Dorado fishing has been great most of the fish have been the 3 to 5 pound range with a twenty pounder mixed in. The fish have been from 5 to 20 miles out. On Friday the 20 th; the bigger fish we more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - The Dolphin season is in full swing. The fish are between 16 to 24 mile out; birds indicate their location. Their is a lot of nice schoolies, with a few big ones mixed in. Monday, besides Dolphin; we caught a hand full of nice Blackfin tuna. Tuesday, more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - I have been doing a lot of Tarpon fishing. Last night, I fished Sam Costantini from Connecticut, he landed one out of two fished hooked. Last week, Tom Lewis from England; caught one 100 pounder the first night and two the second night. The fish are more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

Upper Florida Keys & Islamorada - Over the last several weeks the fishing has been great. The tarpon were biting good two weeks ago. That cold front came through and the fish turned off. However, as the winds come back around to the Southeast and south the fish will comeback strong. more...
Capt. Izzy Donatiello - Islamorada

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