The Weatherman's Been Wrong, and We're Happy About It!
Capt. Sal Tardella
June 28, 2009
Norwalk Islands - Saltwater Fishing Report
Although thunderstorms were forecast for almost every day for the past week, we were lucky--with only one minor incident.
On Tuesday our passengers were Andrew Hascoe of Greenwich, and his teen-aged son, Harrison. They had a great day, fighting bluefish on the surface--using light tackle--and bringing in an occasional striped bass.
Thursday we sailed mid-morning with "My Bonnie" regular, Robert Remin of White Plains, and his daughter Elena, who just graduated from college. The Remins caught about two dozen bluefish--with Elena bringing one in at about eight pounds--and when we switched our rigs for bass, they brought in five stripers--with one keeper 31".
On Friday we left the dock around noon with Lisa and Ben Walker, and we began working around the islands, drifting sand worms, without much luck. We then made our way eastward and found birds working, with schools of blues on top, and the couple enjoyed steady topwater action for more than two hours. We had to duck in to take cover from occasional downpours and some lightning, and we moved toward our home base. But as the skies cleared we continued to fish off of Westport, where we found more blues (3-5 lbs.) feeding on sand eels. We finished off the day looking for striped bass, and working around the islands we caught a few, with the largest weighing in at 20 pounds.
Saturday's trip began at 7:00am, with Dave Simmons of New Canaan and his three children. The Simmons children have had very little experience casting, so my mate (Bryan Kerschner) and I gave them some hands-on instruction throughout the trip--helping them land bluefish and striped bass, with both sand eel lures and surface plugs. The family had a great time.
We closed out the week with a beautiful day Sunday--with passengers, Mark Manfredi of Maryland and Brendon Fisk of Fairfield CT. We tallied seven striped bass, using both bucktails and sand worms--with one keeper in the group. At Sunken Island we had 1½ hours of bluefish action--using imitation sand eels.
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