Connecticut Fishing Reports

Report for Long Island Sound - Rick Bradt of Jefferies & Company, entertained some colleagues last week. We picked up the party in Greenwich, and during a very short trip (two hours--because they had a business dinner meeting to attend) the group of four managed to bring in plen more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - This past weekend the Kingfisher started out Saturday with the Nelsson group down from Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The plan was to head out to the south side of Montauk but the strong winds forced us to take cover and fish Greenport. It was a tough day to fis more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Report for Long Island Sound - On Thursday (our first sunny day in more than a week) we took out Joe Miller of Newtown and his father, John Miller, visiting from Fort Myers, Florida. Along for the trip were Joe’s friends and co-workers, Rich and Gary. There were plenty of stripe more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Saturday Eric Williams, visiting from Boston MA, endured wet and windy waters and low temperatures, but he enjoyed his first trip with us, nevertheless. We had a slow start on a foggy morning, but finally hit some schoolie bass off of Westport. more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - Montauk Fluke The first trip of the year for the Kingfisher brought out the Bindus group for some Montauk Fluke action. They had action all day with at least 30 fish under 18 as well as a limit of keepers from 18 to 25. No big doormats like w more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Report for Long Island Sound - We're back in the water--with our brand-new 250HP Yamaha 4-stroke engine, and she's performing very smoothly. When bringing the boat up from J. Catalano & Sons in Greenwich, we noted water temps between 48 and 50 degrees, which is still a bit on the more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We returned to Connecticut last week and have been getting our boat ready to be launched. As soon as we're in the water we'll start some scouting trips to see where the best action is. It appears that this will be an excellent season for striped more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - Looks like another season is approaching us, time to get the gear ready for the fluke bonanza starting in May. Every year we offer trips to Montauk, NY for the big run of fluke that migrate in from offshore. Last year we limited out on every trip wit more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Report for Long Island Sound - We closed out our season with two trips last Sunday, a perfect autumn day. In the morning Rob DeVore of Ridgefield and his son, Andy, and two of Andy’s friends sailed with us for the first time. We found bass on the surface at the Saugatuck River, more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Tuesday--with Murray Verlin of Stamford aboard for his fifth trip of the year--this time bringing along his niece, Trina Hamlin. We started out at the Obstruction Buoy, but the action was very slow. Then near Buoy 13 at Eaton’s Neck we marked a more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands