Fishing Reports by Capt. Sal Tardella

A Busy and Productive Week....And No Hurricane! - The week was a mixed bag weather wise, starting out with high temps and rainy days and ending on the cool side. We were happy that the hurricane/tropical storm/tropical depression completely missed our area---after the local forecast had called for more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

You Never Know What You'll Be Bringing Aboard.... - We had a double header on Wednesday...one we'll never forget. We left the dock at 8am with My Bonnie regular, Gary Lattrell of Pawling NY–Golf Course Superintendent at Quaker Hill Country Club—and two other employees of the club—-brother and si more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Bluefish have been fickle for the past few days.... - Wednesday's trip (August 12) was with Wayne Heyland of Greenwich and a business associate, Peter. It was a very rough day on the water—along with some rain showers—but we were able to jig up bluefish 8-9 pounds—as well as some bluefish on the surfac more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

A busy week as soon as the sun came out again.... - Saturday we had aboard Wight Martindale and Steve Rooney, both from Darien. They had a great morning with porgies–and catching schoolie bass up to 25″ for the rest of the trip. We did see blues up and down on the surface, but they weren't coo more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Weather's the Problem.... - It was a slow week, mostly due to the daily bad weather forecasts that were a concern for local fishermen (and the actual wind and rain and thunderstorms which hit us almost every afternoon,) but we did go out Saturday with Bryan Jennings of New Cana more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Steady, If Not Thrilling.... - Friday's weather was perfect, and we left the dock at 12:15 with Marc Pfefferle, Brent Harppard, Armand Vomoleale and Bill Roche. The beginning of the trip was slow, but we found some porgies around the Norwalk Islands. We then worked out way eastw more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

It's been a steady catch all week long.... - Our Sunday morning passengers were Matias Ortuno of Wilton–a native of Argentina—entertaining three guests from Morocco: brothers, Thami and Simo Alami, and their friend, Abde Abou. We began the day at 10am catching porgies up to 14″; then we more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

A Mixed Bag This Week.... - We had a double-header on Wednesday. In the morning we sailed with Peter Horoszko and his daughter, Katya, of Darien–and his son, Jamie Horoszko of Newtown, along with Peter's parents, visiting from Ukraine–Lora and Vova Volkova, residents of Ode more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

The weather and the fish are cooperating.... - On Sunday afternoon we fished with Chris Grillo of New Canaan, his two sons–Alexander and Austin, 7 and 9–-and his dad, George Grillo, from Massachusetts. We found bluefish almost immediately, and the family had a great experience plugging up blues more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

The Hot Weather's Here, and The Fish Love It! - We had a day off on Monday, but Tuesday morning we sailed with brothers, Mike and Jim McManus from North Salem NY. We started off around the Norwalk Islands and found bluefish hitting sand eels on the surface and had an hour and a half with top-water more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands