Some Sunny, Some Stormy Days This Week....
Capt. Sal Tardella
August 3, 2008
Norwalk Islands - Saltwater Fishing Report
Friday's trip was with two Mikes from Westchester NY: Michael Herman of New Rochelle and Dr. Michael Blechman of Edgemont. The weather was perfect, and so was the fishing, with an impressive catch of blues up to 12 pounds.
Saturday's fishing party was the Probst family from Greenwich: Curtis and Cheryl and their three young children--11-year old Oliver, 9-year old Sylvia, and 6-year old Trevor. We left the dock at 10:00am, and immediately got into harbor blues around The Old Mill. Then about 45 minutes later the skies opened up, and a thunderstorm became very threatening. So, for safety's sake, I took everyone to the closest marina I could find, where we had to sit it out in our pilothouse for close to an hour. When the storm seemed to have moved eastward, we made our way towards Norwalk and fished for another hour while paying close attention to the weather reports and the skies above. We came upon an active bunker school, where we found larger blues--bringing in one at 10 pounds, but then everyone had to get under the roof again, and we quickly headed for home with the noisy storm in fast pursuit. The thunder and lightning continued as we disembarked and our passengers moved quickly to their vehicle. All in all, it was a great adventure for the family; they were all good sports about getting wet and having to endure a few interruptions throughout the trip.
We ended the week with Doug Slater, Richard Granoff, and Richard's 10-year old son, Noah. Starting at the Obstruction Buoy, which wasn't very productive, so we moved towards 28C and did well with blues up to 10 pounds and also some porgies, caught on bait chunks. Wanting to try top-water action, we moved toward Westport and found smaller blues feeding on sand eels; using very light tackle, they caught 14 in the 3-4 lb. class.
Bluefish are the best bet right now, and we're getting them in many places and in many weight ranges.
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