Fishing Reports by Capt. Sal Tardella

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

Report for Long Island Sound -   We started out the week with Jim Anderson and Armand Swain of Acton, Massachusetts; it was their first trip wish us and a good one! They jigged up bass up to 24 and some blues off of Green's Ledge Light, where we left them after four hours, stil more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Amin Emilio Pandolfi and his brother, Sal, of Danbury sailed with us last week; we made our way to Sherwood Island and found birds on the surface. Everyone jigged up blues under those birds and then we headed for Sunken Island where we found even more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Steve Islano of Pleasantville hired me to take out his 30-foot Pursuit and show him around the Sound and give him some tips. We headed out towards 28C and found a deep hole filled with nice blues and a few bass mixed in. The blues ranged from 8-12 more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands