Norwalk Islands Fishing Reports

Report for Long Island Sound - On Wednesday of this week we fished with Rafael Baez of Paragon Athletics in New Jersey--and four of his co-workers. They had a good day working around the Norwalk Islands and Westport, tallying 17 striped bass and two bluefish. On Saturday mornin more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Our first charter of the season was with Murray Verlin of Westport and his chauffeur, Donnie. The twosome brought in 20 striped bass and one keeper fluke at 19. All were caught on light tackle around the Norwalk Islands. Dan Messervey of Westpor more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Our first charter of the season was with Murray Verlin of Westport and his chauffeur, Donnie. The twosome brought in 20 striped bass and one keeper fluke at 19. All were caught on light tackle around the Norwalk Islands. On Saturday Dan Messerve more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Our first charter of the season was with Murray Verlin of Westport and his chauffeur, Donnie. The twosome brought in 20 striped bass and one keeper fluke at 19. All were caught on light tackle around the Norwalk Islands. On Saturday Dan Messerve more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Well, My Bonnie is finally in the water--where she belongs--and we're set for the season's first charter this Saturday. Reports have come in to the effect that there are tons of bunker throughout Long Island Sound. Local fishermen have been catc more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We won't have a fishing report for a couple of weeks. We closed up our Florida boat last week and have since returned to Connecticut. Our Norwalk boat has been totally overhauled and is still under a tarpaulin. As soon as we launch My Bonnie and more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We had our last hurrah with three trips for the week. On Friday morning we had first-timers Ted Dumbauld of New Canaan and his 10-year-old son, Teddy. From the moment we left the dock and made our first stop just off of Manresa Island, the Dumbaul more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Unfortunately, there are only two trips to talk about—four excursions were cancelled because of the foul weather that was with us most of the week. On Friday Dick Weisberg of Norwalk and his friend, James, had a good day jigging up bass and blues a more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - It was a very limited week of charters because we had five cancellations from passengers concerned about inclement weather. Thursday’s trip was with Adam Morton of Stamford and three of his colleagues. We started the afternoon using tube and worm more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Friday’s trip was with A.R. Caputo of Huntington NY and three of his business colleagues. We started out working around the Islands for bass—catching fish up to 26”. When we jigged in mid-Sound we found some blues up to 10 pounds and some more strip more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands