Fishing Reports by Capt. Dave Kostyo

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Hot Tarpon Action The easterly winds have come down enough so that it is fishable for tarpon at Haulover along the beach without getting beat up. It's been a long wait, however, last evening (1/10) the fishing turned out to be what every person w more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - If you like windy weather, then you haven't been disappointed for the past week. With a few hourly exceptions, the wind has been a steady 21 - 31 knots at Fowey Light. This kind of weather is definitely not for the weak of stomach. Like many other more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - The first good cold front of the season has done exactly what everyone expected it to. On the offshore scene, sailfishing and kingfishing has improved dramatically. Meanwhile, back inshore, tarpon have flooded on to the beach at Haulover. Now it i more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - As I am writing this report, we are experiencing our first good cold front of the season. This should really jump start the fishing that has been up till now very good. The king and spanish mackerel fishing off the Haulover area has been fair. Wit more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - During the past three days, we've covered the gamut with different types of trips. The species of fish has ranged from seatrout to swordfish. Here is a brief run down on each trip. Sunday night (12/5) we took the plunge offshore to fish for sword more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - The air temperature has come down a bit and we've had a few mild fronts come through. This equates to the beginning of the winter season. That means sails and kings offshore, some dolphin still mixed in with them and inshore it means TARPON. After more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - For the past two days, there has been a general lack of current along Miami Beach inside of 200'. On Friday we had a few goals to accomplish. The first was for my customer to learn where and how to catch live bait at the various times of year in th more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - For the past three days, we've fished the Triumph Reef to Fowey Light area between 90 - 200 feet. The dolphin and kingfish action was very good. Sailfish action was fair. Almost all the fish were caught using the kite with pilchards, herring, and more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Peter Spina from NY, Rich Bodmer from NJ, John Cooley from Delaware, and Mark Anderson from N. Miami, got together for an afternoon of fishing in Biscayne Bay. The wind from earlier in the week had dropped off giving us smooth conditions on the bay. more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - South Florida Fishing Club members Tim Gipe and Murray Feigenbaum had not had the opportunity to fish together for quite some time. They decided that today (11/2) they needed to change that. We were greeted with E/ESE 16-19 mph winds and no curr more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami