Norwalk Islands Fishing Reports

Florida Fishing Has Begun--With a Bang! - We had our Florida shakedown cruise last Tuesday--with Sebastian local, Rick Pino, and Ed Jones from Virginia. We started working the Indian River, catching seven pompano and some sea trout close to the Sebastian Inlet. The day after Thanksgiving more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Still on dry ground.... - We arrived in Sebastian, Florida, a week ago, and today we finished all the annual maintenance on our Hydro-Sports bay boat, which we hope to launch this week. It's been fairly cool down here, with winds pumping rather vigorously every day, and th more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

All Good Things Come to An End.... - Well, My Bonnie had her final trip today. But before pulling anchor for the last time this season we had fun this week fishing with two new parties. On Saturday we fished with Alastair Riach of Weston, with his son, Cameron, and Cam's friend, Mi more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Fishing is Good, Fewer Anglers Going Out These Days.... - Last Sunday, with temps in the 40's and NE winds 15-25, we had to stay close to shore, but our passengers, Bill Leek of Norwalk--along with his son, Art, visiting from Colorado--weren't deterred by the weather. They enjoyed bucktailing schoolie stri more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Some days are better than others.... - Wednesday was a beautiful autumn day, and we had a busman's holiday with our sometimes-mate, Amin Emilio Pandolfi of Danbury. We headed straight for the middle of the Sound and jigged up bluefish weighing 7-11 pounds. We left them hitting to try f more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Beautiful weather, great fishing.... - We fished on Monday with Linda Gilmore of Norwalk, who was entertaining her mother and dad, Judith and Ron Kahofer of Rome NY, and her aunt, Eileen Bastin of London, England. We started off working the Norwalk Islands, bringing in more than a dozen s more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Early Autumn Fishing Has Been Steady.... - On Wednesday we had Myles Slater of Pound Ridge NY aboard My Bonnie Air temps were fairly low for this time of year, but we bundled up and were able to plug up large bluefish 8-10 pounds around the Norwalk Islands. Thursday's trip was with Br more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Some good fishing this week....temps are dropping fast. - Saturday morning we sailed with Lawrence O'Halloran of Wilton--who just returned from mountain climbing in Washington State; this was his first trip with us. He had fun with bluefish up to 13.5 pounds, caught on a swimmer lure--as well as one stripe more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Nice action--especially with porgies this week. - Derek Shapiro of Greenwich and his fiancee, Nana Karumidze--from the nation of Georgia--returned for another trip with us last Sunday. They wanted to try some porgy fishing, so we took them towards Darien, where they did very well, keeping about ten more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Autumn's in the air...fishing is steady.... - We fished on Friday with Westport resident, Marc Pfefferle of Carl Marks & Company--and his colleagues, Vince Belcastro, Larry Forte, and Carl Harig. The day began outside the Norwalk Islands, and seeing very little there, we worked our way along th more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands