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2012-11-09
10:45 AM
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It's all over for now.... - We had a few charters cancelled by bad weather two weeks ago, followed by Sandy and the Frankinstorm that did major damage, as forecast. We hastily moved our boat to a safer harbor, and it came through without a scratch. When our own marina was nav more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
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2012-10-19
1:55 PM
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Coming down to the last couple of weeks.... - Charters have been way down since Labor Day weekend, but when we've gone out we've been rewarded with lots of bluefish in the middle of L.I.Sound. And blackfish season is open, and there's no shortage of tautogs around the Norwalk Islands.
If the more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
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2012-09-28
6:02 PM
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Labor Day Has Come and Gone; Charters Have Slowed Down - The calendar seems to dictate when clients will stop booking charters. Since Labor Day we've done a few weekend trips. The catch has included middle-size bluefish, large porgies, small stripers and a couple of small fluke.
We're hoping that the more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
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2012-09-10
2:17 PM
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Post-Labor Day Slowdown Has Begun.... - We were busy with daily trips including some double headers through Labor Day, but the demand for charters has slowed down very quickly as families got back to business at summer's end.
We did have two trips last weekend. Saturday's charter was b more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
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2012-09-06
7:53 PM
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A Busy Week With Lots of Families - Topwater action has slowed somewhat, but we fished on Wednesday with Robin Killoran, who brought in a few bluefish on the surface as well as some short fluke and small sea bass and nice porgies
Friday's trip was with Stephen Kim of Briarcliff Man more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
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2012-08-27
7:10 AM
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Busy schedule in late August.... - We fished last Wednesday with Dr. David Yan of Fairfield, his parents, and his 10-year-old son, Zack. The doc knew how to handle a rod and reel, but the others were all beginners. They did manage, however, to bring in porgies up to 14, bluefish up more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
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2012-08-15
2:41 PM
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Lots of Families...Lots of Fish - Saturday, August 4, was very hot and humid, but we fished with Ronald Herzlinger of New York City, and with his two young sons, Sam and Gabriel. The family caught close to a dozen harbor blues on the surface, as well as a nice catch of porgies up to more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
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2012-08-02
9:08 AM
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Lots of Fish, But No Trophies.... - We've had several trips over the past two weeks. First we went out with Californians, Sean Murphy and his teen-aged son. They got more than a dozen stripers, some fluke, and a load of nice porgies up to 16″.
The following day our group was more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
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2012-07-21
8:41 PM
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CRAZY WEATHER--SUPER HOT TO COOL AND BACK TO HOT AGAIN.... - Thursday's trip (July 12) was with My Bonnie regular, Gary Lattrell of Poughkeepsie NY. He brought along two guests, Joe Seo of Hyde Park and Tim Carroll of Pleasant Valley. Although the weather was perfect, we had a very slow start--with no action more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
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2012-07-07
10:01 AM
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HOT, HOT, HOT.... - The weather was cool and dry on Tuesday, June 26, and we sailed at 7:30am with Joe Walsh of NYC and his niece and nephew, Sam and Alex. But the winds came up quite suddenly and stayed with us throughout the trip. But the family did well with lots of more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
