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Report for Long Island Sound
Capt. Sal Tardella
October 8, 2007
Norwalk Islands - Saltwater Fishing Report
We had a change of pace from our regular routine on Thursday--and took out Scot Albertson of Norwalk--a scuba diver who likes to look around in the waters on the Long Island Side. Scot is also an accomplished vocalist and spends a great deal of his time performing in New York City clubs. He gave me his latest CD, and my wife and I were quite entertained as we listened to him and his combo.
It was back into the fishing charter mode on Saturday morning--with Daniel Liebersohn, a New York attorney, his son, Jake--and Jake's buddy, Lawrence Sloane--as well as Dan's friend, Lorin Finkelstein of Ardsley NY. We started out fishing for porgies at 20-foot depths off of the Norwalk Islands, where the action was nonstop--with 40 fish brought in, keeping about 12 for the table. We then moved inshore and scored with some nice schoolie bass and bluefish up to 7 pounds--keeping just one of the blues.
On Sunday afternoon we fished with James Moriarity from Winneteka, IL, and his three sons--Michael, Charlie and Matthew--here in Connecticut to visit his friend Jim Morris of Greenwich. We started out on a slack tide catching porgies; then as the tide began to move, we went inshore and had a great catch of striped bass, using sandworms, after which we found a school of stripers on the surface, and we hit them with bucktail lures--providing non-stop action for the very enthusiastic anglers. This was the first saltwater experience for the three boys, and they were ecstatic with the results.
We had a Columbus Day sailing, leaving the dock at 8:00am with Milford resident, Dr.Edward Uchio--a urological surgeon associated with Yale University School of Medicine-- and his friend, Chet Foster. I started out on an eastward heading and found blues off of Westport, feeding on the surface, providing constant action for more than two hours. When things slowed down, we proceeded to work closer to shore and had a steady pick of schoolie bass. It was a great day for the two first-time "My Bonnie" passengers.
Baitfish are still abundant throughout our area, but the blues have been fickle, and you have to be at the right place at the right time.
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