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Report for Long Island Sound
Capt. Sal Tardella
September 10, 2007
Norwalk Islands - Saltwater Fishing Report
Last Monday we had first-timers, Syd and Ann Weiner of Saugatuck Shores, along with two young children. No one in the family ever caught a fish on Long Island Sound before this trip, but everyone got into bass and bluefish that day. All the fish were released except for a few blues for their evening barbecue.
Our passengers on Thursday morning were Jeremy Willinger and Jerry Breksa of Stamford. It was a good trip, with striped bass caught on sandworms and bluefish hooked with surgical tube.
Friday's trip was an early afternoon excursion, with Wiltonites, Robert Urbain and his son--along with fly fisherman, Jack Frantz of New Canaan. They enjoyed non-stop action hooking up with blues feeding on peanut bunker off of Peck's Ledge Light. The arm-weary anglers boated about 40 bluefish in the 3-9 pound class--keeping eight for the dinner table. They also managed to get two bonito at the end of their lines, but could land neither. Catching bonito is far from shooting fish in a barrel!
We sailed on Sunday morning with Norwalkers,Bill Moran and his son, Billy. They had a great time targeting striped bass, and boating over a dozen off of Westport. They also lost a large bluefish right at the boat.
The baitfish are still plentiful, with peanut bunker just about everywhere. Fishing should continue to improve as the weather cools down a bit, and top-water action will keep all of us busy at least through the month.
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