Fishing Reports by Capt. Dave Kostyo

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Saturday (1/29) was a day for only the die hard sailfish angler. Winds from the east were at 22 - 23 knots for the better part of the morning. This gave us solid 6 - 8 foot seas with enough 10 footers coming through to keep you on your toes. By la more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - Saturday (1/22) was a sailfishing day. Bait fishing was a slow pick and a very light NW wind and little to no current presented us with some difficult conditions. The good news was that several kingfish and a small shark kept us busy while waiting more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County - The wind has been up and the wind has been down, so there have been many days for only the strong of stomach. The fishing has been excellent offshore for sailfish and kingfish and inshore for tarpon. Bait has been plentiful in the Government Cut ar more...
Capt. Dave Kostyo - Miami

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