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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 |
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2010-10-11
3:16 PM
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Last Day of Porgy Season for Local Guides.... - We had a few trips last week--some more comfortable than others. On Friday we had to deal with very rough waters. We started out toward 11B with a party of two, Michael Waterworth of Westport, who was entertaining his father, Trevor–visiting from H more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
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2010-10-03
8:01 AM
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Very Little Change From Last Week Except for the Weather... - Friday (9/24) was a beautiful day on Long Island Sound. We sailed at 10am with Ben Moeling of Norwalk (currently stationed in Iraq,) along with John Kavounas of Greenwich and Sean Sharpless of Charlotte, NC. We headed for mid-Sound, where we found more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
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2010-09-19
1:32 PM
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Porgies are still the best bet.... -
We fished on Friday afternoon with Marc Pfefferle of Westport, who was hosting business colleagues– a Tom Donnelly of Pound Ridge, Dana Klein of Darien and Craig Winslow of Stamford. The party enjoyed a mixed bag of keeper porgies, schoolie stripe more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
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2010-09-06
9:16 PM
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Porgies dominated the week.... -
We had three trips this week. All of the results were basically the same. Some large bluefish and dozens of porgies.
We did chase done some bonito, with no success.
Water temps have been very high, which might be contributing to the lacklus more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
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2010-08-22
9:34 PM
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Pretty Ho-Hum Week - Only a couple of charters this week; very strange for mid-late August. We had to cancel Sunday's trip because of foul weather all day.
We got lots of nice porgies and a few blues and schoolie bass earlier in the week. Lots of bait and birds in t more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
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2010-08-10
2:51 PM
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NON-STOP HEAT, BUT THE FISHING'S PRETTY GOOD - Friday was another scorcher, but we fished with David Stueber of Darien and his 11-year-old son, Andrew. We started out looking for some fresh bunker, after which we moved toward mid-Sound, where we anchored up. After a considerable amount of chummin more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
