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Capt. Sal Tardella
June 6, 2009
Norwalk Islands - Saltwater Fishing Report
On Tuesday we had one passenger, Miles Slater, a resident of Bedford NY. We left the dock around 12:00 noon and fished the Norwalk Islands for most of the trip--first trying some plugging, to no avail--and then chunking with cut bunker. The weather couldn't have been better--warm, sunny, no wind--and our passenger had a great time bringing in seven striped bass, including four keepers, and dropping another four. Slater kept two fish--one about 14 pounds and the other about 17.
Thursday we sailed in the mid-afternoon with loyal client, Robert Remin of White Plains, who brought along his brother-in-law and nephew, Lawrence Askowitz and Gideon Askowitz of Long Island. The weather couldn't have been better, and we began the trip off of the Norwalk Islands in pursuit of large striped bass (that Remin's been dreaming about catching all winter long.) It didn't take long for us to boat some nice stripers, with the largest coming in at 18 pounds--caught on bunker chunks. As the tide was changing we rigged our tackle for bluefish and headed towards the middle of the Sound, where we found acres of blues feeding on the surface. Our party had 2.5 hours of solid light-tackle action with the bluefish, all in the 5-8 pound range. Everyone went home happy.
Saturday morning we left the dock at 7:00am, with first-timers, Joe Strasser of Bethel CT and Russell Sturges of Fairfield. We first tried some bunker chunking--looking for striped bass--but it wasn't productive, so we then went in pursuit of blues. We found them on the surface attacking sand eels, and the boys enjoyed steady action for the rest of the trip, bringing in the blues on light tackle.
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