Norwalk Islands Fishing Reports

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

Report for Long Island Sound - We managed to get two trips in last week, despite the rough waters and heavy rains. On Friday Wayne Hurland of New Canaan and his friend, Bud, had a super day--first across the Sound at the Obstruction Buoy, where they had non-stop action for two h more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We never did see a rainbow even after eight days and eight nights of heavy rains. Instead of the rainbow our area was battered with two days of blustery winds as soon as the rain stopped. Gale-force warnings scared off a lot of would-be fishermen, a more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - The winds and rain of the past several days have curtailed our regular schedule for this time of year, but we did manage two trips for the week. Rob Fischetti of South Salem brought along his two sons for a great day of fishing, starting with strip more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Friday morning, Mark Beers of Milford brought along his two grandsons—Mark and Stephen, and their cousin, David. Everyone got fish, starting out at Green’s Ledge Light, where we found a crashing school of blues feeding on peanut bunker. We then m more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We had a corporate group with three boats last week, headed by Richard Gregory, Sr. VP of Global Markets Americas. He hosted nine German businessmen from Munich who’ve never fished before. We picked up the large party at the Rowayton Yacht Club, fi more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands