Some days are better than others....
Capt. Sal Tardella
July 1, 2008
Norwalk Islands - Saltwater Fishing Report
On Thursday afternoon--with Robert and Daniel Remin of White Plains, and Daniel's cousins from East Hartford--Josh and Talia Askowitz--we tried Copp's, where we plugged up just one blue. Then based, on the experience of our previous day's trip, we headed for Long Island, even though there was a threat of thunderstorms for the area. As soon as we arrived at Northport we got into immediate action--catching bluefish along the shoreline with imitation sand eels. Our anglers wanted to try some top-water plugs, and their efforts were equally successful. Even the youngest of our group--six and seven year olds--did a great job reeling 'em in. We also tried drifting for fluke, but the voracious blues kept attacking the fluke rigs as soon as they sunk beneath the surface. All the blues came in at around five pounds; ten were kept for the table--with twice that many being released. The storms never materialized, and everyone had a great day.
On Friday morning we again headed across the Sound. Aboard were first-time "My Bonnie" passengers, John Albright of Weston and Dr. Larry Flegelman and Andrew Kail of Westport. All the rods were rigged with poppers and/or imitation sand eels, and as soon as we turned off the engine in Northport, the action began--and didn't slow down until it was time to head home. The bluefish weighed 3-5 pounds; one striped bass came in, as well, but
Saturday's trip was with Kari Honkaniemi of Bronxville (a native of Finland) and his 13-year-old son, Mikael--entertaining relatives from Florida and Paris, France. Although we returned to what we expected would be hotspots along the Long Island shoreline, we didn't hit the huge schools of bluefish that we'd encountered for the previous couple of trips. We managed a few, however, and everyone aboard had a good day.
Robert Remin returned for a second trip this week--on Tuesday morning--bringing along with him his brother-in-law, Lawrence Askowitz, and 5-year-old nephew, Gideon Askowitz of White Plains. We started out around Copp's Island, where there didn't seem to be any action, so we moved to Seymour's Rock, where we saw birds, but no fish under them. We kept moving eastward, along the shoreline, and began blind-casting. Everyone got into bluefish 3-5 pounds, as well as some schoolie bass. When things slowed down a bit we moved towards Westport and found a large body of bluefish just below the surface. The trio tallied more than 30, keeping just 10 for their evening barbecue.
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