10.15. 2020 No Albies, at least there is TOG

 Covered a lot of miles from Norwalk to Middleground and bag again.  Saw some birds clustered up a couple of times, but could not confirm that they were not just bluefish.  Spent a lot of time blackfishing at middleground and near islands.  Got some keepers.  Once again the 1-2' chop made it difficult to spot anything at all.   

10.13.2020 Albies Caught Locally and TOG OPENER!

FINALLY ALBIES HAVE ARRIVED.  Last week there was a calm day  (which has been very few are far between this fall) which allowed a few local anglers to connect with an albie in our local waters of western long island sound.

I had high hopes on Sunday, but the weather disappointed me again.  I was met with 2' seas in the morning and through the rest of the day on Sunday which made locating albies extremely difficult, however one of my close friends caught one.

Due to the high winds we switched to Tog fishing.  We were rewarded with many Tog, with only a few keepers.  

10.06.2020 Sporadic Reports of Albies-Few Quality Fish Caught @ Tightlined Slam

 Here it is 1 week in to October and still no steady reports of albies.  This has been the least productive year for me, in general.  The lack of albies is just icing on the cake.  There has been a HUGE influx in the amount of albies in the last week in RI, Montauk, and Eastern CT.  They just need to start coming west, WAY West.

The closest reports of albies have still been at least 10miles EAST of Norwalk.

There have been sporadic small striped bass blitzes locally, but nothing great.

This weekend I fished the 3rd annual Tight Lined Slam tournament out of Wilson Cove Marina, in Rowayton.  It is a great time, and for a great cause.  All proceeds go to the Saltwater Guides Association.  This tournament attracts top anglers from the area fighting for bragging rights and some cash prizes.

There were very few fish caught.  NO ALBIES WERE CAUGHT AT ALL.  The biggest striped bass was 32".  My teammate earned 2nd place for biggest bass at 27.5".  The weather was bad for the majority of the weekend. which made fishing even tougher than it already was.  There were a lot of boats out chasing bluefish blitzes like they were albies.  There was a lot of running and gunning with few fish to show for it.  

I hope the fishing goes up from here, because it cannot get much worse.

Be sure to check out my friend; Captain Mike Platt who runs Light Bite Charters out of Norwalk.