Sunday's trip was with another newcomer...Steven Umlauf of Greenwich and his young son, Steven Jr. Although there was a lot of afternoon boat traffic, we managed a nice catch of schoolie stripers and a mess of porgies up to 15". Bad weather kept us on dry land Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday we sailed with Dr. Larry Fliegelman of Weston, Andy Kail of Westport and Jeff Kahn of Ridgewood NJ. We started out working around the Norwalk Islands, where we picked up some shoolie stripers on sandworms. When we moved eastward toward Westport, we found a school of large bluefish working the surface. Using poppers, they caught nine--weighing 6-9 pounds--and took home five for the dinner table. Friday's weather was picture perfect. In the morning we had aboard Mitch Kreuch of Darien and his friends, Chris Karl of Darien and Lee Brown of Bedford NY. We began blind-casting around the Norwalk Islands and the trio plugged up blues 5-6 pounds, after which we moved to Cockenoe, where we found the blues on the surface--providing non-stop action for everyone. The afternoon trip was with Shel Wappler of Norwalk and two of his young children, Ivy and Will. The family had a great time, catching blues on the surface in the middle of the Sound. It was a first-time-ever experience for the kids, reeling in bluefish 5-9 pounds.