Fishing Reports by Capt. Sal Tardella

Report for Long Island Sound - On Thursday (our first sunny day in more than a week) we took out Joe Miller of Newtown and his father, John Miller, visiting from Fort Myers, Florida. Along for the trip were Joe’s friends and co-workers, Rich and Gary. There were plenty of stripe more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - On Saturday Eric Williams, visiting from Boston MA, endured wet and windy waters and low temperatures, but he enjoyed his first trip with us, nevertheless. We had a slow start on a foggy morning, but finally hit some schoolie bass off of Westport. more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We're back in the water--with our brand-new 250HP Yamaha 4-stroke engine, and she's performing very smoothly. When bringing the boat up from J. Catalano & Sons in Greenwich, we noted water temps between 48 and 50 degrees, which is still a bit on the more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We returned to Connecticut last week and have been getting our boat ready to be launched. As soon as we're in the water we'll start some scouting trips to see where the best action is. It appears that this will be an excellent season for striped more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Sebastian Florida - As mentioneded in last week's report, we finished off our Florida charters with Norwalker, Frank Chiaffalo, on Sunday, April 2. It was a great trip--with a boatload of more than 20 sea trout, ladyfish up to 33, and many feisty jack crevelles. The more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Report for Sebastian Florida - We've fished a few times since our last report. On every Indian River trip we've caught nice-sized pompano (17-19), sea trout, silver trout (much larger than normal), and all the other usual suspects--with ladyfish being abundant and jack crevelles more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Report for Sebastian Florida - We fished twice this week. On the first outing, with Rick Pino and Jack Balme of Sebastian, we did very well--with look-downs, sea trout up to 19, ladyfish, jack crevelles, and a surprisingly large amount of silver trout up to 20--the biggest I've more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Report for Sebastian Florida - We returned to the Indian River last Friday with son, Neil, and our good Sebastian pal, Rick Pino. It was a fantastic day, with sea trout, pompano, and an 18-inch silver trout--the largest one I've ever seen down here. On Saturday we fished with more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Report for Sebastian Florida - Dr. Joseph Deltito, visiting from Norwalk CT, had an enjoyable trip last week. He had his heart set on catching a giant African pompano, but he had to settle for trout and ladyfish. It's been a chilly couple of weeks, but we've had some sunshin more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Report for Sebastian Florida - The fishing remains so-so, especially in the morning, with the local temperatures dropping to the high 30's and low 40's at night. Today we fished with Joe Wajda of Cape May, New Jersey, and two of his friends. The threesome didn't want to fish more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian