Fishing Reports by Capt. Sandy Noyes

Its definitely Fall - We have had pretty good luck with the albies for the past several weeks. Both on fly and spin gear. They are moving around so they may not be in the same place two days in a row.The water temps are falling steadily but the bay anchovies are sticking more...
Capt. Sandy Noyes - Long Island Sound

Consistancy - When the weather allows it the fishing has been pretty consistent this past week. All of the regular species are around. We had two Grand Slams on Thursday with each angler catching a striper, a bluefish a bonito and an albie on the same trip. Their more...
Capt. Sandy Noyes - Long Island Sound

Albies show up after the storm - This past weekends storm plus the full moon have provided us with a nice supply of bait and fish. The albies showed up coastwide on Tuesday and they were in an eating frame of mind. Their primary choice were baby butterfish. there were some bonito mi more...
Capt. Sandy Noyes - Long Island Sound

Bass and Bluefish starting to pick up - Last week we saw the disappearance of Bonito , but they were replaced by good sized schools of smaller Bass and Bluefish.To get the eight to ten lb. Blues we have to go just a bit farther. We did catch a couple of Bonito by accident. They were mixed more...
Capt. Sandy Noyes - Long Island Sound

Bonito - After a weeks vacation we were at it again. It seems that most of the bass and blues have disapeared from our area for a while. We have been traveling in search of bonito. We found more on the second day than the first. You do have to go a bit farthe more...
Capt. Sandy Noyes - 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

Bass bite still good in the eastern part of the sound. - We were able to get out several times this past week with mostly good results. Early morning and late afternoon and evening are the best times as long as the tide is running. The only bad day was when I went out by myself at noon on a sunny day . The more...
Capt. Sandy Noyes - Long Island Sound

Striper fishing is off to a good start. - The bass bite continues to hold up pretty well. There is a good supply of small herring and sand eels to keep the fish happy.We were able to get out several times this past week and found fish in most of the places that we stopped. The main ingredian more...
Capt. Sandy Noyes - Long Island Sound

More bait shows up in Long Island Sound - We were able to get out this morning with Harl and his son Hank. We found fish on top at three of our first four stops. The pick of the day started with butterfish and then switching over to squid. After the tide slowed we found large schools of silv more...
Capt. Sandy Noyes - Long Island Sound

Bass fishing picks up as the water temps rise - This past week saw more stripers showing up in their usual spots. They ave been averaging eight to twelve lbs. and were all caught on flys. They are on their way northward and haven't taken up in their sumertime spots yet. We have been using 12 inch more...
Capt. Sandy Noyes - Long Island Sound