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Report for Long Island Sound
Capt. Sal Tardella
October 22, 2007
Norwalk Islands - Saltwater Fishing Report
I had a busman's holiday on Thursday, when my sometimes-mate, Emilio (Amin) Pandolfi of Danbury invited me aboard his boat for an afternoon scouting trip. The weather was perfect, and our first stop was a jigging venture off of Green's Ledge, where we brought in bass up to 27" and blues in the 8-11 pound range. From there we moved inshore in pursuit of some top-water action--which we came upon--just off of Copp's. Blues were on the surface, hitting peanut bunker, and we hooked into them, using every manner of plug. Then we proceeded towards Cockenoe and marked fish on the bottom. We used 1/4-1/2 ounce jigs and enjoyed non-stop porgy action. As we headed toward the Saugatuck we found yet another body of blues (4-6 pounds) working the surface. On our way back to the dock we tried the shoreline around Wilson Cove and encountered nice-sized bluefish tearing into thick schools of bait. We landed four of the slammers (9-11 pounds) using Sassy Shad and large surface plugs.
On Saturday morning we left the dock at 7:00am with Desmond and Todd Barry of New Canaan. After working around the Islands and picking up a few bass, we moved eastward towards Westport and found a large body of stripers on the surface--and proceeded to have a ball jigging them up. The father and son tallied close to two dozen, with hardly time to stop and catch their breath.
Sunday we sailed with regular, Robert Remin of White Plains--along with his sister and brother-in-law and their two sons, residents of Long Island. We started out jigging in deep water--a slow start--after which we worked our way inside and caught many porgies, with a few keepers in the lot. We then moved towards Westport and picked a few blues. There were time constraints for the passengers, and we couldn't stop to cast into a school of surface blues we came across on the way back to the dock. The family was content, however, to take home some blues and porgies for their dinner table.
Monday afternoon we had New Canaanites, Jim Tierney and his two sons, Jack and Alex. We got a foretaste of what the fall migration will produce--with everyone getting into striped bass (more than 40, but no keepers)--after which we found hordes of blues off of Westport, and we plugged them up nonstop. The Tierneys were arm weary as they left the boat, but it was a perfect day of fishing--especially with the very warm weather and the absence of wind throughout the day.
More and more blues are showing up on the surface, and autumn fishing should be great in our area over the next few weeks.
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