Fishing Reports by Capt. Sal Tardella

Cold weather, high winds.... - It's been mostly cool and windy down here for the past several days (with frost warnings up for the coming week,) but we managed to get out a few days ago with our local fishing buddy, Rick Pino, and his houseguest, Ed Jones of Verona VA. We stayed more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

FISHING & FILMING ON THE INDIAN RIVER - We launched our Florida boat about ten days ago and had a few trips with local friends before the weather turned cold. Fortunately, yesterday (Saturday) was quite balmy and calm, and we had a date with Capt. Doug Slater, a Bedford NY resident, who h more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

Local fishing sounds promising...can't wait to drop our lines. - The Hydra-Sports bay boat is still on its trailer in the driveway, but we hope to get it launched within the next several days. Our best fishing buddy down here, Rick Pino, reports that the fall catch has been unbelievable this year--with huge red more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Sebastian

No More Connecticut Trips Until Next Spring.... - Our Norwalk boat is now on land and covered up for the next several months. I'll be heading down to Sebastian next week, and my Florida bay boat should be in the water and ready early in December. I've heard exciting reports about big redfish in more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Autumn Winds, Time for My Bonnie's Swan Song - Well, it's that time of year again. Although we find it hard to believe our 2010 fishing season on Long Island Sound has come to an end, we pulled My Bonnie out of the water a couple of days ago. We'll be headed down to Florida in two weeks, an more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

A SLOW WEEK, NOT UNEXPECTED.... - We had two trips last week and had to cancel two others because of some rain and gale warnings. There are still some nice-sized bluefish in the middle of the Sound and some blackfish closer to shore. Temps are expected to drop into the 30's and more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Porgy Season Now Closed...Blackfish Still Around - We had just one trip after Columbus Day. Although the end of the week was plagued with winds and rain, we eked out a passable day on Sunday--and sailed in the morning with Richard Goligoski of Riverside, who was hosting a birthday celebration for h more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Last Day of Porgy Season for Local Guides.... - We had a few trips last week--some more comfortable than others. On Friday we had to deal with very rough waters. We started out toward 11B with a party of two, Michael Waterworth of Westport, who was entertaining his father, Trevor–visiting from H more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Very Little Change From Last Week Except for the Weather... - Friday (9/24) was a beautiful day on Long Island Sound. We sailed at 10am with Ben Moeling of Norwalk (currently stationed in Iraq,) along with John Kavounas of Greenwich and Sean Sharpless of Charlotte, NC. We headed for mid-Sound, where we found more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Porgies are still the best bet.... - We fished on Friday afternoon with Marc Pfefferle of Westport, who was hosting business colleagues– a Tom Donnelly of Pound Ridge, Dana Klein of Darien and Craig Winslow of Stamford. The party enjoyed a mixed bag of keeper porgies, schoolie stripe more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands