Fishing Reports by Capt. Sal Tardella

SAND EELS AND BUNKER AND BLUEFISH, OH, MY! - On Sunday morning we left the dock at 7:30am. Aboard were first-timers, fathers and sons: Tom and Alex Cope--and Andrew & William Simmons of Westport. We found some striped bass around the Norwalk Islands, with the fish measuring up to 23; when t more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Temps Are Heating Up, and So is the Fishing.... - Friday's trip was with Chris Meehan of Newtown and Dean Heinrich of Monroe. Although it was a bit warmer than the day before, and we had no rain to deal with, the winds were quite high, but we got a few bass around the Norwalk Islands, after which we more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Fishing the Other Side of the Sound for the First Time this Year - We sailed on Sunday morning with Pete Duarte of Ft. Lauderdale, FL--and his sons: Michael of Norwalk, Paul of Stamford, and Jeff of Irvington NY. We fished for more than an hour with no results, but after moving toward Westport we found some nice-si more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Lotsa Stripers....No Blues Yet. - We sailed on Sunday morning with Pete Duarte of Ft. Lauderdale, FL--and his sons: Michael of Norwalk, Paul of Stamford, and Jeff of Irvington NY. We fished for more than an hour with no results, but after moving toward Westport we found some nice-si more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Wind, Rain, and Striped Bass - We sailed on Sunday morning with Pete Duarte of Ft. Lauderdale, FL--and his sons: Michael of Norwalk, Paul of Stamford, and Jeff of Irvington NY. We fished for more than an hour with no results, but after moving toward Westport we found some nice-si more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Still cool for this time of year, but we're not complainin'. - We sailed on Sunday morning with Pete Duarte of Ft. Lauderdale, FL--and his sons: Michael of Norwalk, Paul of Stamford, and Jeff of Irvington NY. We fished for more than an hour with no results, but after moving toward Westport we found some nice-si more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Happy to be back on the Sound! - We had our 2008 maiden voyage on Saturday--with regulars Paul Thompson and Neil Boyd of New Canaan, as well as Neil's dad, Ron Boyd of Ogden, Utah. It was a fairly pleasant day, sandwiched in between two days of high winds and some rain. The trip sta more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

"My Bonnie" is back where she belongs! - Well, our boat is in the water again--spruced up and all fitted out with a brand-new Yamaha 250. We're rarin' to go--after four months of fishing in Florida--and we're eager for the return of warm weather to the Norwalk area. We'd been teased with s more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Our grand finale! - Yesterday we fished with Judy and Jeff Bairstow of Boston. Jeff's a sailing man and he'd never held a fishing rod in his hands before this trip, but after an hour or so he began to get the hang of it. We spent the morning on the Indian River, bringin more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Our Florida stay is winding down.... - Fishing on the Indian River remains strong with lots of sea trout and more and more jacks coming closer to shore. The larger jacks are still hanging in the Sebastian Inlet, where we caught one about 20 pounds and lost a few others in the same weight more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian