Norwalk Islands Fishing Reports

Report for Long Island Sound - Ed Cosinski and his friend, Dr. Steve Bender--both from New York City--had a fine day bringing in striped bass and keeper fluke, all caught on worms. Marc Pfefferle of Westport brought three of his colleagues for an afternoon charter; the skies loo more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - The rains returned to our area after a short-lived day or two of sunshine. And it's still pretty cold! Ed Cosinski and his friend, Dr. Steve Bender--both from New York City--had a fine day Thursday bringing in striped bass and keeper fluke, all ca more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Rick Bradt of Jefferies & Company, entertained some colleagues last week. We picked up the party in Greenwich, and during a very short trip (two hours--because they had a business dinner meeting to attend) the group of four managed to bring in plen more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Thursday (our first sunny day in more than a week) we took out Joe Miller of Newtown and his father, John Miller, visiting from Fort Myers, Florida. Along for the trip were Joe’s friends and co-workers, Rich and Gary. There were plenty of stripe more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Saturday Eric Williams, visiting from Boston MA, endured wet and windy waters and low temperatures, but he enjoyed his first trip with us, nevertheless. We had a slow start on a foggy morning, but finally hit some schoolie bass off of Westport. more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We're back in the water--with our brand-new 250HP Yamaha 4-stroke engine, and she's performing very smoothly. When bringing the boat up from J. Catalano & Sons in Greenwich, we noted water temps between 48 and 50 degrees, which is still a bit on the more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We returned to Connecticut last week and have been getting our boat ready to be launched. As soon as we're in the water we'll start some scouting trips to see where the best action is. It appears that this will be an excellent season for striped more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We closed out our season with two trips last Sunday, a perfect autumn day. In the morning Rob DeVore of Ridgefield and his son, Andy, and two of Andy’s friends sailed with us for the first time. We found bass on the surface at the Saugatuck River, more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Tuesday--with Murray Verlin of Stamford aboard for his fifth trip of the year--this time bringing along his niece, Trina Hamlin. We started out at the Obstruction Buoy, but the action was very slow. Then near Buoy 13 at Eaton’s Neck we marked a more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Dave Sackett of Redding brought along his friend, Les, last Thursday. We tried working the Norwalk Islands and made our way to Westport. We only managed to bring in a few bass on this side, so we made the trip across the Sound to the Obstruction Bu more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands