Fishing Reports by Capt. Dave Kostyo

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Yes, it has been quite a while since my last fishing report. This is the time of year when, like many other guides, business slows down in August and September. With all the slack time, it's time to pull maintenance on the tackle and the boat. more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - The summer time fishing on the reef continues to remain in its normal pattern. Blue water, north current, good edge, and lots of bonito, kingfish, and barracuda. Just about the time you get tired of pulling on bonito, one of them turns out to be a more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - We are definitely in our summer pattern. That equates to mainly bonito, kingfish, and barracuda on the reef during the day. There will be a few sailfish and blackfin tuna caught but not on every trip. When there is north current, then anchoring more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - There continues to be lots of very small dolphin all over the ocean whether you are 15 miles out or fishing in 150 feet. The best bet for finding decent size dolphin has been to fish inside of 250 feet. Meanwhile, if you're looking for some rod be more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Tarpon inshore and small dolphin offshore have been the most reliable catches. On the reef, there have been some kingfish, bonito, a few dolphin, and some barracuda. On Monday (6/12) evening we had some excellent tarpon fishing. Despite the cloud more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Dolphin fishing remains fairly consistent. The fish have been spread out over a wide range of depths from 125 feet on out. On Saturday, June 11th, there were some large fish caught in the 125 - 200 foot range as well as in the 8 - 9 mile range. Ot more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - The past several days have been action packed with lots of action. Dolphin offshore and tarpon inshore have been the main attraction. Throw in a wahoo, a few tripletails, and a permit to round out the action. The dolphin have been found from the more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Time for a quick report to bring you up to date and then it's off to go fishing again for me. Dolphin offshore have been quite reliable. One day it's run out 9 - 12 miles to find them, on another day they are in 800 feet, and on yet another day the more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - The sailfish, bonito, kingfish, and dolphin action continued to be very good this past week. If you hit the right stretch of water, the blackfin tuna has also been good. All this good action can be accredited to the strong north current that has be more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - During the past week, we've seen action with dolphin, wahoo, kingfish, and tarpon. For the vast majority of the week, there has been very little to a light south current. On our Friday offshore trip we even found a green water pocket 13 miles SE of more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami