SAND EELS AND BUNKER AND BLUEFISH, OH, MY! - On Sunday morning we left the dock at 7:30am. Aboard were first-timers, fathers and sons: Tom and Alex Cope--and Andrew & William Simmons of Westport. We found some striped bass around the Norwalk Islands, with the fish measuring up to 23; when t more... Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands
Lotsa Stripers....No Blues Yet. - We sailed on Sunday morning with Pete Duarte of Ft. Lauderdale, FL--and his sons: Michael of Norwalk, Paul of Stamford, and Jeff of Irvington NY. We fished for more than an hour with no results, but after moving toward Westport we found some nice-si more... Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands
2008-05-22 6:27 PM
Wind, Rain, and Striped Bass - We sailed on Sunday morning with Pete Duarte of Ft. Lauderdale, FL--and his sons: Michael of Norwalk, Paul of Stamford, and Jeff of Irvington NY. We fished for more than an hour with no results, but after moving toward Westport we found some nice-si more... Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands
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
2008-05-04 11:05 AM
"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
2007-11-17 12:00 AM
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
2007-11-06 12:00 AM
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
