 |
Report for Long Island Sound
Capt. Sal Tardella
October 4, 2005
Norwalk Islands - Saltwater Fishing Report
On Friday morning, Mark Beers of Milford brought along his two grandsons—Mark and Stephen, and their cousin, David. Everyone got fish, starting out at Green’s Ledge Light, where we found a crashing school of blues feeding on peanut bunker. We then made our way towards Middle Passage and ended the trip at Copp’s; the bluefish were all over the place; the catch was bountiful, with fish coming in from 4-10 pounds. It was a wonderful experience for the whole family.
In the afternoon Mark Pfefferle of Westport returned for his second trip this season, bringing along with him three business associates from New York City. Diving birds pointed the way for us to Middle Passage, and we were immediately into heavy action within 10 minutes of leaving our marina. Pfefferle’s guests had never experienced this kind of fishing, and they were thrilled with their catch. To offer our passengers some variety, we set up our rigs for porgy fishing, and—drifting sand worms—they caught some keeper scup, along with a half a dozen school-sized bass—another first for most of the group. All of the afternoon’s catch was released.
Saturday morning’s trip included New Canaanite, Dave Schaefer, and three colleagues. The bluefish were just waiting for us right around the corner from our dock at Manresa Island. We caught some there, and then we followed them to Fish Island off of Rowayton, after which we rigged our rods for porgies—and everyone caught some, along with some stripers, too.
On Sunday morning Jim Tierney of Weston returned for his second trip of the season, this time bringing along his 9-year-old twin sons—Jack and Alex—and their two grandfathers, Jim Tierney Sr. and Larry Raffone. The family had a great time reeling in striped bass, boating more than a dozen, along with some nice bluefish in the 5-6 pound range—all caught in the Norwalk Islands. They chose to release their entire catch.
The afternoon trip included Linda and John Riley of Norwalk, entertaining John’s brother and his son—residents of Alaska. After a futile two-hour search for bluefish on the surface, we changed gears and headed out to 28C—a good decision—because the party had non-stop action with blues up to 10 pounds for the rest of the trip. It was everyone’s first experience with bluefish, and they had a ball.
Bob Musich of Stamford returned for his annual trip with us, bringing his entire family again—wife, Nancy, son, daughter—and one of their friends. We had a promising start at 28C where we caught some nice-sized blues after chumming heavily. When they stopped hitting, we moved closer inshore, where we found schooling bonito and false albacore on the surface. Of course, as usual, these fast-moving fish were able to outrun the boat, disappearing as fast as they arrived. All aboard enjoyed the pursuit, however. We returned to 28C as the tide slackened, and we brought in some more blues and a few porgies, one coming in at 15”
More Fishing Reports:
|
|
|
|
