Fishing Reports by Capt. Sal Tardella

Report for Sebastian Florida - Dr. Joseph Deltito, visiting from Norwalk CT, had an enjoyable trip last week. He had his heart set on catching a giant African pompano, but he had to settle for trout and ladyfish. It's been a chilly couple of weeks, but we've had some sunshin more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Report for Sebastian Florida - The fishing remains so-so, especially in the morning, with the local temperatures dropping to the high 30's and low 40's at night. Today we fished with Joe Wajda of Cape May, New Jersey, and two of his friends. The threesome didn't want to fish more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Report for Sebastian Florida - Last Wednesday was a picture-perfect day for fishing down here. Lots of sunshine, balmy temperatures, and no wind. The happy passengers who took advantage of these conditions were a young couple from Burlington, Vermont, visiting family in nearby V more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Report for Sebastian Florida - We've only fished a couple of times since getting down here; we won't bother to give you excuses, but we've been very busy with other stuff since our arrival. However, on our last trip, three days ago, we fished with local friends, Rick Pino and more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Report for Sebastian Florida - We cleaned and waxed our boat today and will be launching it tomorrow afternoon as soon as we install a new live baitwell pump. It was quite a job getting the boat spruced up after sitting on its trailer while Hurricane Wilma did her thing here in S more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Report for Long Island Sound - We closed out our season with two trips last Sunday, a perfect autumn day. In the morning Rob DeVore of Ridgefield and his son, Andy, and two of Andy’s friends sailed with us for the first time. We found bass on the surface at the Saugatuck River, more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Tuesday--with Murray Verlin of Stamford aboard for his fifth trip of the year--this time bringing along his niece, Trina Hamlin. We started out at the Obstruction Buoy, but the action was very slow. Then near Buoy 13 at Eaton’s Neck we marked a more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Dave Sackett of Redding brought along his friend, Les, last Thursday. We tried working the Norwalk Islands and made our way to Westport. We only managed to bring in a few bass on this side, so we made the trip across the Sound to the Obstruction Bu more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We managed to get two trips in last week, despite the rough waters and heavy rains. On Friday Wayne Hurland of New Canaan and his friend, Bud, had a super day--first across the Sound at the Obstruction Buoy, where they had non-stop action for two h more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We never did see a rainbow even after eight days and eight nights of heavy rains. Instead of the rainbow our area was battered with two days of blustery winds as soon as the rain stopped. Gale-force warnings scared off a lot of would-be fishermen, a more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands