Above is a 15+ lb. bluefish taken on September 24, 2008 in skinny water deploying a Pete Viviano tied yak hair bunker imitation, this was an epic battle on a 10 wt. fly rod! It is game on for gator blues in the shallows right now!
I caught this fat cow along with several others over 40 inches this past Wednesday, September 17, 2008! Game on for the fall run!!
My Son, CJ Elser, with a personal best 50+ pound striper taken at 7 p.m. July 17, 2008.
Heather Elser above with a 40+ pound striper taken the day after her brother landed the 50 pounder! She did land a bigger fish but I had to hold it up for her!
Captain Elser landed this fat Cow which took a small tube trolled close to shore tipped with a Gulp Imitation Sandworm! Did not want to kill the fish and did not get a weight - it will be fun guessing though as this fish was released to fight another day!
I caught this beauty on a bubblegum colored tube at noon late June 2008!
Some gator blues taken on a steamy saturday afternoon off of Greenwich, CT. Live lining bunker and chunks did the trick!
Rick with a nice 20lb. bass from a May 2008 trip!
I had the pleasure of taking master fly tier Peter Viviano, Jr. out for a day on the Housy in March 2008 and once again his herring patterns nuked bass up to keeper size. 400-600 grain sinking lines did the trick as well!
I caught this fat 27 inch bass on a deceiver on November 28, 2007 off of Stratford. Striper fishing lasted well into December!
How about this double-header in Milford, CT. The clients had many bass to 40 inches and blues to 14 lbs. up top on light tackle as well as trolling tubes in shallow water - get in and join the mayhem!
Heather with a 31 lb. 42 inch striper taken near Stratford, CT
2007 will go down in history as one of the best years ever for the ever so tasty and feisty Bonito!
Mitch with a fat 10 lb. blue taken on 8 lb. test spinning gear off of the Norwalk Islands.
Dan caught this 20 lb. Bass at mid-day in Stratford..
10 year old Robert with his first keeper striper but he warmed up with lots of porgies early on! August 2007 fishing the Norwalk Islands.
Above - Jimmy with a fine fall striper taken on the rips off of Norwalk. We caught over 40 bass and 20 blues in a 4 hour trip using diamond and crippled herring jigs. Dropper flies also produced exciting doubles with blues and bass together! The bass averaged around 22-25" and the largest was 37". What a day at 70 degress on November 1st.
This 39" - 20+ lb. Striper took a fresh bunker chunk at a favorite spot near Norwalk. We caught several more between 20" - 27" plus some blues in a 4 hour trip.
"The STUDENT becomes the TEACHER"
Joe Gianettino - above - with a nice Salmon River Steelhead taken from under the wings of his Master Tutor John Cardinale. Joe is no longer the student :-) Good times had by all - too many laughs!
