Connecticut Fishing Reports

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

New Haven Ct Harbor Bass Trip - Last Evening Captain Mike Made our first Striped Bass Trip of the year. He had a couple of other local Captains on board. They hit all the early season spots and only ended up with a few shorts. They were fishing bunker chunks and the water temp more...
Capt. Pat Juliano - New Haven

"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

Black Fish At The New Haven Walls - The past weekend was our last Tog Trip out until the season re opens up in October. We ran a open boat trip on saturday and had 4 of our diehards onboard. Captain Mike left the dock at 5:30 am and was greeted by some choppy seas. He ran to the we more...
Capt. Pat Juliano - New Haven

New Haven Tog - We Have had a decent week with Tog at the New Haven Walls. The Morning bite has been alot stronger than the afternoon but we have been able to limit out or come very close to the limit on all trip. Most fish have weighed in between 4-6 pounds with a more...
Capt. Pat Juliano - New Haven

Striped Bass bite in Long Island Sound - Striped Bass bite in Long Island Sound Over the past week the Housatonic River is starting to show a good bass bite from the Rt.8 Bridge in Shelton down river to Rt.15 Bridge. There has also been some good fishing in the lower river in the Milford a more...
Capt. Bob Turley - Long Island Sound

Stripers are starting to show up - We are starting to see some striper activity in the Quinnipiac River. A few friends have been catching some schoolies and a few small keepers on small lures and sassy shads. more...
Capt. Pat Juliano - New Haven

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

Report for Long Island Sound - We had just one charter last week--on Sunday morning--with one of our regulars, Derek Shapiro of Greenwich. He brought along his father, Sydney, and sister, Abby, of NYC--all good anglers. It was a bit windy, but we got the family into schoolie-siz more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands