2009-11-16 4:07 PM
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Connecticut "My Bonnie" Is Now On Vacation - Well, the 2009 season on Long Island Sound is now over for My Bonnie. She's up on blocks and covered over for her long winter's rest.
We'll be heading down to Florida next week, and we should be ready to start fishing in the Indian River and th more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
2009-11-08 9:47 PM
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Our Fishing Finale For '09.... - Today was our final excursion in Long Island Sound for 2009. We took out Susan Gardner of Darien and her children, Chris and Alex–-and the boys' friend, John Bonono of Darien as well as a family friend, Warren Wong of Stamford. It was a beautiful day more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
2009-11-01 4:56 PM
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It's Almost Over for 2009.... - We went out at 2pm on Monday with Frank Chieffalo of Danbury and Clark Winchell of Bethel, CT. For a change the winds were low, and we got a chance to get into deep water fairly quickly. We jigged up large bluefish (biggest was 14 pounds,) and when o more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
2009-10-25 7:17 PM
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Mostly Windy Weather This Week.... - My good friend and sometimes-mate, Emilio Pandolfi of Danbury, went out with me early last week to see what was happening on the Sound following several days of heavy winds and high seas. We began jigging at some of our favorite spots in the middle o more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
2009-10-11 8:47 PM
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Wind, wind, wind.... - We sailed in the early afternoon on Friday with Brian Anderson of Stamford, who was entertaining two colleagues—Dan Kinsbourne of Ridgefield CT and Mike Coughlin from the Garden State. It was a rough day on the water, but we were able to jig up some more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
2009-10-04 7:28 PM
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Only two trips this week; but good ones.... - We were out just twice this week. On Friday we fished with our faithful regular, Robert Remin of White Plains–who brought along neighbors, Evan Gilder and his young son, Daniel. Everyone enjoyed the morning–with non-stop jigging action, catching blue more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
2009-09-27 7:33 PM
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Lots of Porgies, Some Blues and Stripers.... - Autumn arrived a few days ago, and this week's weather was a mix of high and low temps–with almost every day including high winds. We sailed Saturday morning with Ted Inglesias of Westport and his father-in-law, Art Miller of Brooklyn NY. Wind veloci more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
2009-09-20 5:38 PM
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Only a Couple of Charters...but Good Stuff - After a layoff of several days we finally got back on the water Friday morning, with Robert Remin of White Plains NY and his son, Daniel, a resident of West Hartford. We again had to deal with winds throughout the trip, but the Remins—both great fis more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
2009-09-12 2:33 PM
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Most of the week was a washout.... - It's been a rough several days with near-gale winds and some heavy rain in our area. But we managed to get out on Saturday morning---with Mike White of Derby and his three sons, Chris of Seymour and Pat and Sean of Bethany--a belated Father's Day gi more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |
2009-09-06 10:26 PM
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A Busy Week...Autumnal Weather Throughout - We spent Monday and Tuesday entertaining some friends visiting from Sebastian, FL—catching porgies, bluefish and striped bass on both days.
Wednesday morning we went out at 9am with Virginia Kamsky of Wilson Point and NYC—along with her son, Micha more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands |