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Report for Long Island Sound
Capt. Sal Tardella
August 29, 2006
Norwalk Islands - Saltwater Fishing Report
On Wednesday morning we sailed with Bruce Bennett and three colleagues—all key executives of the Bob Sharp Nissan dealership in Ridgefield. We found bluefish in Middle Passage, hitting peanut bunker near the surface; they had a great time reeling in a boatload, keeping only three for the table. Then we made our way toward Westport and came upon nice schoolie bass; we finished the trip with a nice catch of porgies. All the striped bass and porgies were released.
In the afternoon our passengers were Steve Rooney and Wight Martindale of Darien. They caught bluefish up to nine pounds off the Norwalk Islands—using deep-running swimmer plugs. At the same spot they pulled in two stripers measuring 25” and 26”—not quite keeper size. We finished off the day with a nice bag of porgies off of Sheffield Island. The twosome kept just enough bluefish for their dinner.
On Friday morning we had three generations of the DiBarthalemeo clan—Tom D. and his son, Nickie, of Weston, and Tom’s father, Al. They had to deal with some punishing weather, but for their steadfastness they were rewarded with a lot of striped bass and bluefish caught on the surface, using bucktail with Mr. Twister, chrome Creek Chub and chrome Gag Grabber plugs, with all the action taking place as we dodged lightning bolts and ear-shattering thunder. As we were coming into our marina the skies opened up and produced a real soaker for all aboard.
We cancelled the afternoon trip when the thunderstorms were growing more violent, and there was no point in going out on the water with such miserable and hazardous conditions.
Saturday morning’s charter was another grueling event—not too much rain but lots of wind and heavy seas. Six colleagues from Japan Research: Eric Vincent of CT, Eric Szeto and Donald Szeto of NYC, Mike Shyu and Peter Shyu of NJ, and Allen Chein of the Bronx had to deal with high waves and a heavy chop for the entire trip, resulting in two cases of mal-de-mer. Because of the rough seas and the two green-faced fishermen aboard, we were unable to get out to our regular mid-Sound hot spots, and we ended up with only a handful of fish—an 8-pound blue, a 25” striper, and a few porgies; it will be a memorable trip for the guys, but for all the wrong reasons.
Sunday morning’s trip was aborted after two hours. Trying to catch fish in those rough waters just made no sense at all. We cancelled the afternoon trip and are hoping for improved weather later in the week.
We tallied almost as many cancellations for the week as we did fish! Both Monday and Tuesday’s trips were called off because of the rain.
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