Connecticut Fishing Reports

Weather's the Problem.... - It was a slow week, mostly due to the daily bad weather forecasts that were a concern for local fishermen (and the actual wind and rain and thunderstorms which hit us almost every afternoon,) but we did go out Saturday with Bryan Jennings of New Cana more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

The big fish are here! - Every trip the past few days have been producing big striped bass on live bait. Sunday the Carrol group slammed the bass with fish in the 30 to 40 pound class on every drift. The group of 5 fisherman easily limited out in about 2 hours and finished t more...
Capt. Scott Anderson - Long Island Sound

Steady, If Not Thrilling.... - Friday's weather was perfect, and we left the dock at 12:15 with Marc Pfefferle, Brent Harppard, Armand Vomoleale and Bill Roche. The beginning of the trip was slow, but we found some porgies around the Norwalk Islands. We then worked out way eastw more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Last weeks action continued with Monday's results - The Kingfisher was on the water every day last week except for Sat. (weather cancel). On Monday the Mataeo group was treated to topwater action on the Watch Hill reefs. Fish were in the 26 to 32 range. We had consistent action until the tide died. W more...
Capt. Scott Anderson - Long Island Sound

The week in review 7/13-7/19 - The Kingfisher was on the water every day last week except for Sat. (weather cancel). On Monday the Mataeo group was treated to topwater action on the Watch Hill reefs. Fish were in the 26 to 32 range. We had consistent action until the tide died. W more...
Capt. Scott Anderson - Long Island Sound

Its been a tough week on the Eastern end of Long Island Sound - We were able to get out several times this week. Each day seemed a little tougher than the day before. Like last week the best bites were early in the morning or later in the evening. We were able to find bass every trip but had to work harder to cat more...
Capt. Sandy Noyes - Long Island Sound

It's been a steady catch all week long.... - Our Sunday morning passengers were Matias Ortuno of Wilton–a native of Argentina—entertaining three guests from Morocco: brothers, Thami and Simo Alami, and their friend, Abde Abou. We began the day at 10am catching porgies up to 14″; then we more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

A Mixed Bag This Week.... - We had a double-header on Wednesday. In the morning we sailed with Peter Horoszko and his daughter, Katya, of Darien–and his son, Jamie Horoszko of Newtown, along with Peter's parents, visiting from Ukraine–Lora and Vova Volkova, residents of Ode more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

The weather and the fish are cooperating.... - On Sunday afternoon we fished with Chris Grillo of New Canaan, his two sons–Alexander and Austin, 7 and 9–-and his dad, George Grillo, from Massachusetts. We found bluefish almost immediately, and the family had a great experience plugging up blues more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Evening bass & blues - On Thursday July 9th George Chase and sons started the afternoon trying to catch some keeper fluke to no avail. We then focused on getting some bait for the evening bass bite. We managed to get some live bait and fish them in the race as the sun was more...
Capt. Scott Anderson - Long Island Sound