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Report for Long Island Sound
Capt. Sal Tardella
October 31, 2005
Norwalk Islands - Saltwater Fishing Report
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 Buoy, dealing with 3-5 foot waves and low temperatures. Although it was a very cold and bumpy trip, they pulled in bass and blues on the dropping tide, using jigs for the whole catch. The blues weighed 5-7 pounds, and the striped bass were all 23-27”.
On Friday morning it was still quite cold, and we started out with unpleasant winds that made the air feel even colder. Based on our experience of the previous day, we traveled across towards the Long Island side. Fortunately, the winds abated somewhat, and our passengers—Peter Kroeger of Beerwyn, PA, and his sister, Sallie Briggs of New Canaan—spent most of the trip in relative comfort, baling in blues up to 12 pounds. They also brought in about 12 stripers, with the largest measuring 30”. We lost count of the bluefish after two dozen. All of the blues and striped bass were caught on jigs, and most of them were released.
Saturday’s weather was a carbon copy of conditions we had to deal with on Thursday and Friday—maybe even a bit colder. But our passengers, Katherine McGlade and her friend, Jay, were stalwart fishermen, undaunted by what Mother Nature was throwing at us, and they caught 22 striped bass up to 26.5” and one bluefish—all in the Saugatuck River. The fish were caught on bucktails with Mr. Twisters.
The weather turned warmer on Sunday, and the winds dropped down somewhat. We had a double header, and both trips were equally fruitful. In the morning we took out Dr. Pat Gillespie of White Plains and his brother, Edward, who lives in upstate New York. We headed straight for Eaton’s Neck, where they jigged up lots of large bluefish and more than a dozen bass up to 26”. Then in the afternoon at the same spot Dennis Chan of Fishkill and four of his IBM colleagues enjoyed another non-stop bluefish catch. They prepared some sushi using just-caught bluefish fillets, and everyone sampled some during their 10-minute lunch break. The enthusiastic group also tallied more than a dozen stripers, all of which were released.
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