Norwalk Islands Fishing Reports

Still cool for this time of year, but we're not complainin'. - 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

"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

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

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

Report for Long Island Sound - We had just one charter last week--on Sunday morning--with one of our regulars, Derek Shapiro of Greenwich. He brought along his father, Sydney, and sister, Abby, of NYC--all good anglers. It was a bit windy, but we got the family into schoolie-siz more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Saturday morning we left the dock at 7:00am with Desmond and Todd Barry of New Canaan. After working around the Islands, picking up a few bass, we moved eastward towards Westport and found a large body of stripers on the surface--and proceeded to more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - I had a busman's holiday on Thursday, when my sometimes-mate, Emilio (Amin) Pandolfi of Danbury invited me aboard his boat for an afternoon scouting trip. The weather was perfect, and our first stop was a jigging venture off of Green's Ledge, where more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - I had a busman's holiday on Thursday, when sometimes-mate, Emilio (Amin) Pandolfi of Danbury invited me aboard his boat for an afternoon scouting trip. The weather was perfect, and our first stop was a jigging venture off of Green's Ledge, where we more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We had some bad weather this week and were concerned about the possibility of a drastic change in the fishes' patterns after a two-day blow and some heavy rain. However, on Saturday morning we had aboard Roger Eustance of Wilton and his two childre more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands