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Report for Long Island Sound
Capt. Sal Tardella
October 24, 2007
Norwalk Islands - Saltwater Fishing Report
On Saturday morning we left the dock at 7:00am with Desmond and Todd Barry of New Canaan. After working around the Islands, 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 a bunch of 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.
And, speaking of the future--we'll be pulling "My Bonnie" out of the water the second week of November to allow us time to winterize her and get her into storage for five months. Right after Thanksgiving we'll be heading down to Sebastian, and our Florida charters will begin around December 1 (and continue through the beginning of April '08.) So, if anyone wants to get into the autumn action on Long Island Sound, they should contact us as soon as possible. The available weekend dates are filling up very fast.
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