The Temps are Cooler, but Fishing is Heating Up....
Capt. Sal Tardella
August 28, 2008
Norwalk Islands - Saltwater Fishing Report
Monday's trip was with Gary Lattrell, Golf Course Superintendent at in Quaker Hills Country Club in Pawling, NY--returning for his 4th trip this season. We found great action just five minutes after leaving the dock--with bluefish under a large bunker school off of Wilson Point. The blitz continued for two hours. We then moved to Westport and found more blues as well as some striped bass.
On Tuesday we had "My Bonnie" first-timer, Lou Owen of New Milford and his 13-year old son, Louis. We headed toward Southport, and got into a mix of large bluefish and schoolie bass. Louis caught his first striped bass ever--using a bucktail, tipped with a sandworm. The tally for the day was about 15 fish--all released except for a few bluefish taken home for the evening dinner.
We did two trips on Wednesday.
In the morning we had Michael Cohen of NYC and Westport--and his 11-year-old son, Ben. We headed toward Wilson Cove, where we found bunker schools--and using live bunker, we brought in bluefish around 10 pounds. For a change of pace, we used tube & worm around the Islands, bringing in schoolie bass up to 25".
The early evening trip was with employees and guests of Jefferies & Company, a Stamford corporation. We picked up our passengers at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club in Greenwich, and as we approached Captain's Island, we came upon bluefish crashing on the surface, and everyone got into non-stop topwater action, with the blues ranging from 4 to 7 pounds. They called it quits early, as their muscles started to ache, and we brought the fishermen back to the yacht club for a corporate dinner.
Thursday's trip was a family affair. Our nephew, Michael Tardella, Jr. of New Fairfield, an avid fisherman and hunter--just like his father, Michael Sr.--brought his two young sons, Nicholas and Matthew (also budding sportsmen), to Norwalk for a day of fishing with Uncle Sal. We got into striped bass and bluefish, keeping the kids very busy for four hours. It was a wonderful opportunity for some quality time with the two younger generations.
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