Fishing Reports by Capt. Dave Kostyo

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - During this past week, I was out on the windiest day of the week. Chris, Brad, John, and Mike only had a half day break from their conference to get in some fishing. To say it was windy was an understatement. It came from the ESE/SE @ 24 - 30 MPH. more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - The offshore fishing has picked up dramatically with each passing cold front. The only time the fishing has slowed down is while the wind has been in a westerly direction. There has been at least one day when the sailfishing has been off the scale. more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - WINTER TARPON SEASON HAS ARRIVED!! THE WINTER TARPON SEASON HAS STARTED!! Friday (Dec 2) evening we caught our first tarpon on live shrimp in the Haulover tarpon hole. This marks the beginning of the winter 2005-2006 tarpon season. Large ladyf more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Dolphin, Spanish Mackerel, and Kingfish Action For the past week, the waters off the Haulover area have been green with no current. If you wanted to find blue water, you had to run out to as far as 9 miles before finding blue/green water. On S more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - The first good cold front of the season came through yesterday (11/21). This morning the cooler temperatures are a welcome relief. This should get the fish going as the surface water temperature begins to drop from its present 78 degrees. Last Th more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Honoring Our Veterans For those who are wondering if the tarpon have shown up in the winter time location at Haulover Inlet, the answer is no as of Tuesday evening November 8th. On that evening, there were two of us out fishing the Haulov more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - What a great feeling to get back out on the ocean again. On Saturday we had a large group of anglers that required 7 boats. Finding bait up in the Haulover area only required a few throws of the net to black out your live well. Those who searched more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Good Riddance Wilma and Don't Ever Come Back Good riddance Wilma. We're glad you're gone and don't send any of your relatives our way. They are not welcome!! Its been a week since our visit from Hurricane Wilma. As expected, not very many of more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - For the past several days, we've been experiencing winds from the SW to NW. This has driven the blue edge out much deeper and has allowed dirty green water into the area. There has been spotty dolphin action along the blue side of the edge. Sailf more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Marco Island Wade Fishing Season is in Full Swing! Marco wade fishing is hot! The Gulf finally settled down on Monday and massive schools of bait fish could be found all up and down the beach. During the remainder of this past week, large schools more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami