Fishing Reports by Capt. Sal Tardella

Report for Long Island Sound - On Saturday Bill Wilcox and I found large bluefish (8-12 pounds) feeding on bunker in the early morning in Wilson Cove. The next day we sailed with My Bonnie regular, Scott Brydson of Norwalk, and his friend, J.C. of Redding. They did very well, more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - We sailed with Dr. Sinfronio Fronie Eway of Harrison, NY and found some fish off Sherwood Island. There was a nice mix of porgies and sea bass, and several were boated. Wilson Point is still holding a large body of bluefish with bass mixed in. more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Mark Haas of New York City and his party fished Wilson Cove and found large bluefish underneath the bunker. They live-lined the bunker and came in with blues up to 12 pounds. Bruce LeFoure and two friends fished Southport, where we chunked up a ni more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Mark Greenberg and some business associates from DeutscheBank had a great afternoon with large blues caught on live bunker in Wilson Cove. Then we found smaller bluefish off of Green's Ledge Light--with everyone bringing in blues using light tackle a more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Carl Correnti of Fairfield brought along three colleagues last week. We fished Wilson Cove and brought in school bass, using Creek Chubs. We then caught a large bass on live bunker, but it was lost on its way to the boat. There wasn't any surface more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Dan Donica, a recent transplant from Oklahoma to West Norwalk, sailed with us for his first fishing trip in these parts. He brought along his mother, whom he wanted to show Long Island Sound, and the two of them had a wonderful day catching striped more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound -   Peter Ackerman of White Plains had a good day early in the week, using light tackle and Creek Chub lures to bring in bluefish up to 13-1/2 pounds. John Tatti of Congers NY brought some clients to Norwalk for a fishing trip. They caught small bl more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Gene Holland of Bronxville NY had a tough day fishing in the heavy rains on Thursday, but using a fly rod he managed to bring in a few stripers around the Norwalk Islands. One of our regulars, Virginia Kamsky of Wilson Point brought along her six-y more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Bob Hertzl and his son, Greg--who just moved from Westport to Danbury, had a great time blindcasting large bluefish off of Copp's; all of the fish were in the 8-9 pound class. Mike Cohen of New York City, spending the summer in Westport, took his w more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands

Report for Long Island Sound - Ed Stout of Texas, visiting his daughter in Darien, hooked up with another buddy, and they both fished for the first time on Long Island Sound. In Middle Passage we found a nice school of blues, and they brought in a dozen on Crippled Herring lures. more...
Capt. Sal Tardella - Norwalk Islands