Fishing Reports by Capt. Dave Kostyo

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

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Cooler air temperatures in the morning, bait in the Bay, and some type of action on almost every drift. Sounds like Fall fishing to me, and that's exactly what it is. A couple of throws with the castnet and we were on our way with a livewell ful more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - It certainly is nice to get back out on the water and do some fishing. Fall weather is definitely in the air and with it comes some wind that has had its effects on my trips. On the first trip, we ran straight out from Haulover Inlet to 250'. The more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Nancy and I returned from our yearly vacation to Marco just in time for Hurricane Jeanne. Now, enough is enough with those darned hurricanes. We don't like you, we don't want you, and please tell any of your future relatives to stay away from Flori more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Hurricane Frances came and went and once again the Miami area dodged another direct hit. We did get our share of windy weather. The highest reading I saw from Fowey Light was sustained winds of 51.75 mph with gusts to 56.25 mph. The folks further more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - There has been no lack of current this week on the reef. The kingfish action has been fairly consistent with some being caught each day. With the good current and a blue/green edge, the sailfishing action has also been consistent. For those lookin more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - This past week, our trips were of an exploratory, snook, and late afternoon nature. Fish were caught on all the trips with some being better than others. The exploratory trip had us checking out numbers for various rock piles, wrecks, rubble, and more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Dolphin action offshore has turned into a very hit or miss proposition. The westerly winds of last week have finally taken their toll on the dolphin fishing. There have been some very good weedlines loaded with bait fish. A good number of floaters more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami