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2011-01-17 11:23 AM
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Sunday with Bonnie.... - Sunday seemed to be a good day to go out on the Indian River because thunderstorms were being forecast for Monday and Tuesday. Bonnie and I went out around 11:30am and tried our luck at several of my favorite spots. We were mainly scouting around to more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian |
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2011-01-13 1:19 PM
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Cold weather keeping the fishing down right now.... - We went out a few days ago with Jack Balme and Rick Pino, our local fishing buddies and good friends. The temperature was 58 degrees when we left the dock, so we moved toward the backwaters around the mangroves, in pursuit of redfish. We managed to more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian |
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2011-01-05 7:34 PM
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Warmer weather, better fishing.... - On Tuesday our friend, Jack Balme, and I did some scouting on the Indian River. We got some trout and about ten bluefish.
My Bonnie sailed at 10am Wednesday with David Oster and his son, David Jr.—New Jersey residents who are spending a few day more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian |
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2010-12-26 11:48 AM
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Cold weather, high winds.... - It's been mostly cool and windy down here for the past several days (with frost warnings up for the coming week,) but we managed to get out a few days ago with our local fishing buddy, Rick Pino, and his houseguest, Ed Jones of Verona VA. We stayed more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian |
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2010-12-12 6:32 PM
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FISHING & FILMING ON THE INDIAN RIVER - We launched our Florida boat about ten days ago and had a few trips with local friends before the weather turned cold. Fortunately, yesterday (Saturday) was quite balmy and calm, and we had a date with Capt. Doug Slater, a Bedford NY resident, who h more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian |
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2010-12-02 11:35 AM
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Local fishing sounds promising...can't wait to drop our lines. - The Hydra-Sports bay boat is still on its trailer in the driveway, but we hope to get it launched within the next several days.
Our best fishing buddy down here, Rick Pino, reports that the fall catch has been unbelievable this year--with huge red more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian |
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2010-11-17 4:45 PM
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No More Connecticut Trips Until Next Spring.... - Our Norwalk boat is now on land and covered up for the next several months.
I'll be heading down to Sebastian next week, and my Florida bay boat should be in the water and ready early in December. I've heard exciting reports about big redfish in more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
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2010-11-10 10:45 AM
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Autumn Winds, Time for My Bonnie's Swan Song - Well, it's that time of year again. Although we find it hard to believe our 2010 fishing season on Long Island Sound has come to an end, we pulled My Bonnie out of the water a couple of days ago.
We'll be headed down to Florida in two weeks, an more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
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2010-10-31 10:37 AM
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A SLOW WEEK, NOT UNEXPECTED.... - We had two trips last week and had to cancel two others because of some rain and gale warnings.
There are still some nice-sized bluefish in the middle of the Sound and some blackfish closer to shore.
Temps are expected to drop into the 30's and more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
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2010-10-17 4:55 PM
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Porgy Season Now Closed...Blackfish Still Around - We had just one trip after Columbus Day.
Although the end of the week was plagued with winds and rain, we eked out a passable day on Sunday--and sailed in the morning with Richard Goligoski of Riverside, who was hosting a birthday celebration for h more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |