Connecticut Fishing Reports

Report for Long Island Sound - Bud Barton and Wayne Heyland of Greenwich endured the sweltering heat on August 5, but were rewarded with a boatload of large bluefish up to 13 pounds--caught under a bunker school at the mouth of the Five-Mile River. We then got into topwater actio more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Craig Steinberg of Westport and five of his children sailed with us on a very hot Wednesday morning. It was a fantastic day of constant action starting with large slammer blues up to 13 pounds caught among bunker schools in Norwalk Harbor. When the more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Jim and Elizabeth McMahon of Ridgefield sailed with us for the first time, bringing along their son, James, a high-school student. They caught two keeper striped bass as well as several bluefish at Cockenoe and in deep water off of Sheffield Island. more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - Last weeks report from the Kingfisher Sorry for the late report, this is our busiest time of the year and for good reason. The last week has been stellar to say the least. Going back to Wednesday the 13th Harold Hart group came up from Florida to more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Report for Long Island Sound - 82-year old Bud Wehrle of Las Vegas made his annual summer trip to Rowayton to visit his sister, and this year he fished with us three times. On Sunday, his best day—in the fog and rain—he brought in nine bluefish from 9-11 pounds and lost almost as more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Thursday morning Gary Latrelle, a golf course superintendent from upstate New York, brought along his teen-aged son and friend, Robin—for his third trip aboard “My Bonnie.” We fought a chop of 3-4 feet for most of the morning, but their persevera more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - Nonstop action on the Kingfisher. July is notoriously a very hot month for us with live bait action for big striped bass. The Hickory Shad are here in full force and like clockwork the big stripers that follow them are here also. Wednesday bro more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - Weekend report from the Kingfisher. Started off Thursday the 30th with Tommy T’s group. Picked up some Hickory Shad and found the bass to take them. They each got about 5 stripers from 34” 40”, even picked up a few nice fluke on the way in. Great more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Report for Long Island Sound - Dennis Keum of Golden’s Bridge, NY, brought along his parents, who reside in Hartsdale, for an early morning trip, the family’s very first fishing excursion on Long Island Sound. We stayed in deep water, using bunker chunks, and everyone caught strip more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Marty Nachemson of Wilton and his party fished around Sprite Island and Westport, doing well with school-sized striped bass caught on poppers and bucktails. This was their maiden voyage with us. Mark Esposito of Greenwich and his son brought along more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands