Fishing Reports by Capt. Sal Tardella

Report for Sebastian Florida - We're now here in Sebastian, FL, and the weather is great. Right now I'm getting my boat ready after its 8-month layover. After I've painted the bottom, I'll be launching it --hopefully, within 48 hours. Yesterday I spent the day fishing the In more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Report for Long Island Sound - Well, My Bonnie is now out of the water, is being shampooed, polished up, and then tarpaulin-trussed for her winter hibernation. Right after Thanksgiving, my wife, Bonnie, and I will hop aboard our Nissan Frontier and set off for central Florida, more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We had another busman's holiday on Monday--with our favorite mate, Emilio Pandolfi of Danbury. Everything was perfect--weather, winds, temperature--and we jigged up a ton of bluefish and just as many bass (up to 27, no keepers in the lot) at 11B and more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We had just one charter last week--on Sunday morning--with one of our regulars, Derek Shapiro of Greenwich. He brought along his father, Sydney, and sister, Abby, of NYC--all good anglers. It was a bit windy, but we got the family into schoolie-siz more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Saturday morning we left the dock at 7:00am with Desmond and Todd Barry of New Canaan. After working around the Islands, picking up a few bass, we moved eastward towards Westport and found a large body of stripers on the surface--and proceeded to more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - I had a busman's holiday on Thursday, when my sometimes-mate, Emilio (Amin) Pandolfi of Danbury invited me aboard his boat for an afternoon scouting trip. The weather was perfect, and our first stop was a jigging venture off of Green's Ledge, where more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - I had a busman's holiday on Thursday, when sometimes-mate, Emilio (Amin) Pandolfi of Danbury invited me aboard his boat for an afternoon scouting trip. The weather was perfect, and our first stop was a jigging venture off of Green's Ledge, where we more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We had some bad weather this week and were concerned about the possibility of a drastic change in the fishes' patterns after a two-day blow and some heavy rain. However, on Saturday morning we had aboard Roger Eustance of Wilton and his two childre more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We had a change of pace from our regular routine on Thursday--and took out Scot Albertson of Norwalk--a scuba diver who likes to look around in the waters on the Long Island Side. Scot is also an accomplished vocalist and spends a great deal of his more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We had a change of pace from our regular routine on Thursday--and took out Scot Albertson of Norwalk--a scuba diver who likes to look around in the waters on the Long Island Side. Scot is an accomplished singer and spends a great deal of his time in more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands