Fishing Reports by Capt. Dave Kostyo

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - After a very successful snook fishing (20 fish caught and released in 2 hours) trip at St. Lucie Inlet earlier in the week, I am back to fishing out of Haulover Inlet today. The purpose of the half day trip was to test ride in my customer's new boat more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Today I traveled north to St. Lucie Inlet to do some snook fishing. We used greenies (threadfin herring) for bait. As soon as the sun popped up above the horizon, the bait showed up in massive quantities. It took just 10 minutes to catch 4 dozen b more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - I've just got my computer up and running again after a hard drive crash. I lost all my email addresses and I'm slowly recovering them. I'd like to thank Bruce Newman, my web master, for all his help with this problem. While he was identifying the more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Three quarters of a day of fishing on Wednesday (7/23) ran the gamut from low to high. Today is Matthew Rubenstein's 19th birthday. His Mom, Patsy, was treating him to a dolphin fishing trip. Also along on the trip were his friends Adriana Fernand more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Dolphin fishing has slowed down a bit. One day you find them good, the next they are hard to find, and the third is an OK day. Swordfish continue to be available, you just have to get out there and put in your time like we did last week and got our more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - The wind has finally come down enough to make swordfishing comfortable. It is well worth the time and effort to catch these monsters of the deep seas. Also, with the calmer seas, you can cover ground more quickly while running and gunning for dolp more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Where is all this wind coming from? With the exception of the heat and humidity, you would almost think that we are fishing in winter time sea conditions. Over the July 4th holiday, Nancy and I spent some time up in Stewart, Florida. I fished for more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Lets get straight to the daily fishing activity. Thursday (6/26), Young Kang and Hank Kirkland were back for round two. Catching bait at Haulover Inlet at 4 in the afternoon was a snap. A short run offshore to 180' off 71st Street and we put the more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Dolphin continue to make a strong showing offshore. Most fish are being found in the 10-15 mile range. Meanwhile, back in on the reef the bonito action has been fast and furious during the morning hours. Multiple hookups are the norm when the boni more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Dolphin (mahi-mahi) fishing continues to be EXCELLENT. It has not been necessary to make long runs offshore to find them. On Thursday (6/19), Jeff Finder and his daughter Brittany, who just finished the 7th grade, scheduled a half day of fishing. more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami