Connecticut Fishing Reports

Big bass are BACK! - This past weekend bunker was the bait of choice since they were around in huge numbers. Saturday Capt. Mark's group limited out on bass to 44 and Sunday the big fish of the day was 49 about 45 pounds. Looks like the bigger fish beginning to put som more...
Capt. Scott Anderson - Long Island Sound

Autumn's in the air...fishing is steady.... - We fished on Friday with Westport resident, Marc Pfefferle of Carl Marks & Company--and his colleagues, Vince Belcastro, Larry Forte, and Carl Harig. The day began outside the Norwalk Islands, and seeing very little there, we worked our way along th more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Weather or Not?.... - Late last week we sailed with Peter Ryan of Larchmont NY, and his children--Andrew and Michelle. The family wanted to catch some porgies, so we set up shop off of Long Neck Point, where we found plenty of action--with the porgies coming in at a non- more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

A Great Week Before The Tropical Storm Warning... - Sunday's trip was with Peter Ryan of Larchmont NY, and his children--Andrew and Michelle. The family wanted to catch some porgies, so we set up shop off of Long Neck Point, where we found plenty of action--with the porgies coming in at a non-stop cl more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

LOTS OF FISH...FINDING THEM IS KEEPING US HOPPING. - We did two trips last Wednesday. In the morning we had Michael Cohen of NYC and Westport--and his 11-year-old son, Ben. We headed toward Wilson Cove, where we found bunker schools--and using live bunker, we brought in bluefish around 10 pounds. more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

The Temps are Cooler, but Fishing is Heating Up.... - Monday's trip was with Gary Lattrell, Golf Course Superintendent at in Quaker Hills Country Club in Pawling, NY--returning for his 4th trip this season. We found great action just five minutes after leaving the dock--with bluefish under a large bunk more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Fishing report for the past week aboard the Kingfisher - Wednesday morning the Li family came out to fish live bait for a chance at some big stripers. Worked over The Race and around fishers for all blues. Tried some light tackle for small stripers and blues picked up a small striper and a few blues. Picke more...
Capt. Scott Anderson - Long Island Sound

A Touch of Autumn In The Air, and the Fishing is Great.... - Wednesday's trip was with Peter Ackerman of New Rochelle NY and his daughter, Erika, and Peter's brother, Larry Ackerman of Westport. We spent the day fishing in deep water, where we had steady action with large blues up to 11 pounds and some nice po more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Steady Fishing All Week Long.... - George Phillips of Fairfield booked us on Saturday as a treat for his three children, Michael, Sara, and Abby. At the Norwalk Islands we immediately found bluefish up to 11.5 pounds, and seven striped bass up to 26. Moving eastward, we found a bod more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Charter Fishing in Mystic, CT - The past week has been on and off for big striped bass. Bigger fish have left the eastern part of the sound over the last week but reports from the western part of the sound say there are loads of big stripers in their area. This only means good thin more...
Capt. Scott Anderson - Long Island Sound