Fishing Reports by Capt. Sal Tardella

Report for Long Island Sound - On Sunday we sailed with Michael Gray of Canfield Island in Norwalk, along with his wife, son and daughter-in-law. The family had a lot of fun pulling in striped bass and porgies, keeping four of the scup for their dinner table. Monday morning’s t more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Wednesday afternoon we took out “My Bonnie” regulars, Murray Verlin and Coleen McCourtney, of Stamford and New York City. The weather left much to be desired, but the couple had a great day—catching 13 striped bass and we stopped counting the por more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Thursday morning we sailed with Rich Hauptner of Westchester NY and three business colleagues. They tallied eight striped bass, a few blues, and about three dozen porgies. They kept 19 large scup for the table. On Saturday morning the weather more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Friday’s trip was with a “My Bonnie” regular, Derek Shapiro of Stamford, and two colleagues.  The winds were high in the afternoon, with a few lightning strikes to add to the excitement. The threesome caught nine striped bass and a mess of porgies, w more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Friday Ed Kosinski of New York City took a solo trip. We found bluefish on top off of Cockenoe—in the 3-5 pound class. Saturday morning we hosted Dr. Michael Innerfield of West Nyack NY, along with his son Steve, and his daughter Diana. We sta more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Almost all of last week’s trips were cancelled due to the gale-force winds and heaving seas. However, Murray Verlin and Coleen McCourtney of Stamford and NYC came out with us on Friday morning; the waters were far from calm, but the couple—both good more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - 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 more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Wednesday we sailed with Jeremy and Dana Willinger of Stamford—who are “My Bonnie” veterans.  They had a wonderful morning, landing lots of 4-6 pound bluefish on the surface off of Cockenoe--using Creek Chub plugs.  On the inside they picked up sc more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - 82-year old Bud Wehrle of Las Vegas NV was in Norwalk for his annual trip—visiting with his sister who lives in Rowayton. On Wednesday the octogenarian had a good morning, bringing in more than a dozen striped bass—23-27”—off of Westport. All of th more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Sunday Bob Siegel of Stamford sailed with us for the first time. He had a great time catching striped bass up to 25”—using bucktails—and some bluefish hooked on the surface off of Westport. It was a wonderful initiation for Siegel, and he’s alre more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands