Norwalk Islands Fishing Reports

Report for Long Island Sound - Nolan Kerschner of Norwalk entertained his brother, Jim--who lives in Florida--and Nolan's grandson, Bryan Kerschner, also of Norwalk--to help celebrate Bryan's high school graduation. They had a great afternoon catching bass on bucktails throughout more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Randall Seymour of Greenwich and three friends fished with us early in the week. We did well with striped bass, fishing outside Cockenoe Reef, using bucktails and sandworms. One of Seymour's guests was a fellow from Michigan; this was his first exp more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Hal DeBona of Vermont and two buddies had a pleasant morning trip, with nice bass up to 26. All were caught on light tackle using chrome Creek Chub poppers and bucktails. Bob Greeff Jr. of Stamford returned for his second trip this season, and he more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - The water temperatures are still only running from 55-58 degrees with some even colder temps, depending on what time we sail. It’s been as low as 54° some mornings when we leave the dock at 6:30. But the action finally began to pick up this week. more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - The local waters are just starting to warm up and the striped bass have found out about it. Although we sailed twice early in the week, with only a slow pick on each occasion, last Sunday the Cullin family of New Canaan enjoyed steady action with more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We had our first scouting trip on Sunday morning (Emilio Pandolfi and I, plus a boxful of sandworms.) Emilio baited his hook with some worms, and I tried fishing with a white bucktail/chartreuse Mr. Twister--to see which bait worked better. We hit more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We wound up our Florida operation a few days ago, and we'll be getting our Connecticut boat ready in the next two weeks, ready to sail again the third week in April. The fishing down here in Sebastian this winter was rather disappointing, with the more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound -   We started out the week with Jim Anderson and Armand Swain of Acton, Massachusetts; it was their first trip wish us and a good one! They jigged up bass up to 24 and some blues off of Green's Ledge Light, where we left them after four hours, stil more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Amin Emilio Pandolfi and his brother, Sal, of Danbury sailed with us last week; we made our way to Sherwood Island and found birds on the surface. Everyone jigged up blues under those birds and then we headed for Sunken Island where we found even more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Steve Islano of Pleasantville hired me to take out his 30-foot Pursuit and show him around the Sound and give him some tips. We headed out towards 28C and found a deep hole filled with nice blues and a few bass mixed in. The blues ranged from 8-12 more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands