Connecticut Fishing Reports

Bad weather, so-so fishing for the past ten days.... - We've been dealing with high winds and rough waters for the past several trips, so we've had to stay close to shore. Our passengers have caught keeper sea bass, some fluke and porgies and the occasional bluefish (sometimes on the surface.) We've se more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Very busy in late August/early September - Little Consistency - We've been taking out many charters with old and new clients as everyone realizes the summer is quickly coming to an end. Some days we catch a boatload of keeper sea bass and fluke; other days we get a few bluefish; other days we get a keeper porgy more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

The fish aren't abiding by the calendar rules.... - This time of year we should be pulling up porgies in all the regular haunts, but they're few and far between. Not much in the way of striped bass either, and the fluke catch is slowing down dramatically after a good run for the past couple of months more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Late Summer patterns - The bass fishing is still holding up pretty well with the ebb tide being the better one to fish. The big blues have thinned out and moved off a little bit. We are still getting shots at bonito. One day is pretty good and the next day is a struggle. more...
Capt. Sandy Noyes - Long Island Sound

Good fishing, but porgies are scarce.... - We've been getting lots of keeper sea bass and fluke, but the keeper porgies have been mostly elusive, despite the warm weather and perfect conditions for catching scup. Bluefish are around, but not in big numbers except for specific deep-water more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Alligator blues with Stripers in the mix - The past two weeks have been consistently producing lots huge Bluefish with some Stripers feeding below them. The trick is to get the bunker baits through the blue's. The action has been fast and furious on the flood tide. Seabass fishing has slowed more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Little change in fishing patterns.... - We've been bringing in keeper fluke, sea bass, blues of all sizes, but very few porgies and no stripers at this time. The heat and calendar should suggest a bumper crop of porgies at this time, but they've been in short supply, which is a great di more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Summertime Blues - We were able to get out a few times this past week and found schools of baby bunker arriving in our waters. This bait has also brought schools of one to five pound bluefish. The bonus is that there are also stripers mixed in with the blues. more...
Capt. Sandy Noyes - Long Island Sound

Improved conditions continue... - Since our last report we've had several charters, all of which have produced keeper sea bass, keeper fluke and nice-sized bluefish. Porgies haven't been caught in our immediate vicinity, but it's a matter of time before they hit our waters. Striped more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

The week in review - Last week the fishing was great or poor depending on which days you went. We had 4 trips that were outstanding landing Large bluefish to 17 lbs. and quality stripers to 40 inches. The challenge was getting our live bunkers past the ravenous blues. A more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound