Fishing Reports by Capt. Sal Tardella

Report for Long Island Sound - Randall Seymour of Greenwich and three friends fished with us early in the week. We did well with striped bass, fishing outside Cockenoe Reef, using bucktails and sandworms. One of Seymour's guests was a fellow from Michigan; this was his first exp more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Hal DeBona of Vermont and two buddies had a pleasant morning trip, with nice bass up to 26. All were caught on light tackle using chrome Creek Chub poppers and bucktails. Bob Greeff Jr. of Stamford returned for his second trip this season, and he more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - The water temperatures are still only running from 55-58 degrees with some even colder temps, depending on what time we sail. It’s been as low as 54° some mornings when we leave the dock at 6:30. But the action finally began to pick up this week. more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - The local waters are just starting to warm up and the striped bass have found out about it. Although we sailed twice early in the week, with only a slow pick on each occasion, last Sunday the Cullin family of New Canaan enjoyed steady action with more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We had our first scouting trip on Sunday morning (Emilio Pandolfi and I, plus a boxful of sandworms.) Emilio baited his hook with some worms, and I tried fishing with a white bucktail/chartreuse Mr. Twister--to see which bait worked better. We hit more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We wound up our Florida operation a few days ago, and we'll be getting our Connecticut boat ready in the next two weeks, ready to sail again the third week in April. The fishing down here in Sebastian this winter was rather disappointing, with the more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Sebastian Florida - Capt. Joe Wajda and his friend, Capt. Jim Nash (a commercial fisherman) of New Jersey had a good day, catching sea trout, ladyfish, and a few jacks—with water temperatures still in the low 60’s. Rick Pino and I had a great day March 1, with water more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Report for Sebastian Florida - We’ve had three or four trips since our last report. Joe Wajda of New Jersey and two of his friends enjoyed a day of so-so fishing, catching some sea trout and a load of silver trout. Rick Pino and Jack Balme of Sebastian boated redfish, sno more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Report for Sebastian Florida - There hasn't been too much to report because we've been very busy restoring our neighbor's dock so that our boat can be secured and accessible. The Ferndale Lodge, where we stay every year, had its dock destroyed by the four hurricanes that hit Seba more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Report for Sebastian Florida - Last week we fished with Jack Balme of Sebastian, an excellent angler whose dock is still out of commission following the summer hurricanes. Water temps were low, and we had to deal with a lot of wind, but we caught about a dozen sea trout, some larg more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian