Connecticut Fishing Reports

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. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Striped Bass Still Holding In New Haven - Last night my partner Captain Kathy Granfield and I had our most rewarding trip to date. This year we started taking Veterans out fishing a couple times a month. We had to move this trip a few times due to all the rain in June but last night we fin more...
Capt. Pat Juliano - New Haven

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

The Hot Weather's Here, and The Fish Love It! - We had a day off on Monday, but Tuesday morning we sailed with brothers, Mike and Jim McManus from North Salem NY. We started off around the Norwalk Islands and found bluefish hitting sand eels on the surface and had an hour and a half with top-water more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Tough wind conditions this past weekend but big fish around - Capt. Mark took out the Alan Wohlstrom group friday and scored on some nice stripers on live hickory shad. Alan caught the biggest at 49 pounds. Took out Robert and his buddies for a full day striper and fluke combo trip this weekend. Got shad early more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

It's been a good week on the water.... - On Sunday we left the dock around 7:30 am with Ted Inglesias of Westport and his father-in-law, Art Miller of Brooklyn NY aboard. They were together for their annual July 4th weekend in CT. The trip started off fairly slowly, so we made our way acr more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

The Weatherman's Been Wrong, and We're Happy About It! - Although thunderstorms were forecast for almost every day for the past week, we were lucky--with only one minor incident. On Tuesday our passengers were Andrew Hascoe of Greenwich, and his teen-aged son, Harrison. They had a great day, fighting b more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

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

Lots of Fish Around.... - Thursday we sailed mid-morning with My Bonnie regular, Robert Remin of White Plains, and his daughter Elena, who just graduated from college. The Remins caught about two dozen bluefish--with Elena bringing one in at about eight pounds--and when we more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands