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.
