Norwalk Islands Fishing Reports

SAND EELS AND BUNKER AND BLUEFISH, OH, MY! - On Sunday morning we left the dock at 7:30am. Aboard were first-timers, fathers and sons: Tom and Alex Cope--and Andrew & William Simmons of Westport. We found some striped bass around the Norwalk Islands, with the fish measuring up to 23; when t more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Temps Are Heating Up, and So is the Fishing.... - Friday's trip was with Chris Meehan of Newtown and Dean Heinrich of Monroe. Although it was a bit warmer than the day before, and we had no rain to deal with, the winds were quite high, but we got a few bass around the Norwalk Islands, after which we more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Fishing the Other Side of the Sound for the First Time this Year - We sailed on Sunday morning with Pete Duarte of Ft. Lauderdale, FL--and his sons: Michael of Norwalk, Paul of Stamford, and Jeff of Irvington NY. We fished for more than an hour with no results, but after moving toward Westport we found some nice-si more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Lotsa Stripers....No Blues Yet. - We sailed on Sunday morning with Pete Duarte of Ft. Lauderdale, FL--and his sons: Michael of Norwalk, Paul of Stamford, and Jeff of Irvington NY. We fished for more than an hour with no results, but after moving toward Westport we found some nice-si more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Wind, Rain, and Striped Bass - We sailed on Sunday morning with Pete Duarte of Ft. Lauderdale, FL--and his sons: Michael of Norwalk, Paul of Stamford, and Jeff of Irvington NY. We fished for more than an hour with no results, but after moving toward Westport we found some nice-si more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Still cool for this time of year, but we're not complainin'. - We sailed on Sunday morning with Pete Duarte of Ft. Lauderdale, FL--and his sons: Michael of Norwalk, Paul of Stamford, and Jeff of Irvington NY. We fished for more than an hour with no results, but after moving toward Westport we found some nice-si more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Happy to be back on the Sound! - We had our 2008 maiden voyage on Saturday--with regulars Paul Thompson and Neil Boyd of New Canaan, as well as Neil's dad, Ron Boyd of Ogden, Utah. It was a fairly pleasant day, sandwiched in between two days of high winds and some rain. The trip sta more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

"My Bonnie" is back where she belongs! - Well, our boat is in the water again--spruced up and all fitted out with a brand-new Yamaha 250. We're rarin' to go--after four months of fishing in Florida--and we're eager for the return of warm weather to the Norwalk area. We'd been teased with s more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Well, My Bonnie is now out of the water, is being shampooed, polished up, and then tarpaulin-trussed for her winter hibernation. Right after Thanksgiving, my wife, Bonnie, and I will hop aboard our Nissan Frontier and set off for central Florida, more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We had another busman's holiday on Monday--with our favorite mate, Emilio Pandolfi of Danbury. Everything was perfect--weather, winds, temperature--and we jigged up a ton of bluefish and just as many bass (up to 27, no keepers in the lot) at 11B and more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands