Fishing Reports by Capt. Sal Tardella

Report for Sebastian Florida - We fished for the first time yesterday. Our Sebastian pal, Rick Pino, came along for the ride, and we had a great day--bringing in large blues in the Indian River, 5-6 pounds (bigger than usual), plus lots of sea trout, tons of ladyfish and jacks, a more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Report for Sebastian Florida - Believe it or not, we've been in Sebastian, Florida, for 16 days, and we haven't yet dropped a line in the water! We finally launched our boat on the evening of December 7, tied it up on our friend's dock, and went home for dinner. Since then the w more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Report for Sebastian Florida - We've been in Florida for a week now, and the boat's still in my carport! Unfortunately, there was a lot of maintenance to be done not only on the Hydra-Sports bay boat, but also on the trailer on which it's been sitting for the past eight months. more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Report for Long Island Sound - We had our last hurrah with three trips for the week. On Friday morning we had first-timers Ted Dumbauld of New Canaan and his 10-year-old son, Teddy. From the moment we left the dock and made our first stop just off of Manresa Island, the Dumbaul more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Unfortunately, there are only two trips to talk about—four excursions were cancelled because of the foul weather that was with us most of the week. On Friday Dick Weisberg of Norwalk and his friend, James, had a good day jigging up bass and blues a more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - It was a very limited week of charters because we had five cancellations from passengers concerned about inclement weather. Thursday’s trip was with Adam Morton of Stamford and three of his colleagues. We started the afternoon using tube and worm more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Friday’s trip was with A.R. Caputo of Huntington NY and three of his business colleagues. We started out working around the Islands for bass—catching fish up to 26”. When we jigged in mid-Sound we found some blues up to 10 pounds and some more strip more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Sunday we sailed with Michael Gray of Canfield Island in Norwalk, along with his wife, son and daughter-in-law. The family had a lot of fun pulling in striped bass and porgies, keeping four of the scup for their dinner table. Monday morning’s t more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Wednesday afternoon we took out “My Bonnie” regulars, Murray Verlin and Coleen McCourtney, of Stamford and New York City. The weather left much to be desired, but the couple had a great day—catching 13 striped bass and we stopped counting the por more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Thursday morning we sailed with Rich Hauptner of Westchester NY and three business colleagues. They tallied eight striped bass, a few blues, and about three dozen porgies. They kept 19 large scup for the table. On Saturday morning the weather more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands