Scales and Tales

12/15/2017

09/14/2017

Albies are in! I have room for two for an open boat fly or light tackle spin trip this Sunday. Cost is $125.00 per angler. PM for details. Launching from eastern CT.

11/29/2016

This cannot happen!! Please reach out!!

https://www.facebook.com/toby.lapinski/posts/10154698840868771

NOAA Fisheries is proposing a 30% reduction in the 2017 fluke quota, but with recreational overage penalties it could ultimately reduce angler access by 40% or more.

06/06/2016

Open boat trip on Connecticut River tomorrow morning. 0430 launch in Old Saybrook. 5-6 HOUR TRIP! 2 anglers tops. You will get LOTS of time on the rod. Light tackle live line and topwater fishing. $125 per angler, first come first serve. Leave message or email to [email protected]

06/06/2016

Busy week here for Scales and Tales!

Started the week trying our luck in the Connecticut River with good friend Matt Browne. The plan was to make bait quick and send down live bunker on the channel edges hoping to pick up some of the large bass that are beginning to drop down river. Well, as they say "the best laid plans..." Needless to say bait was scattered at best early. After an hour or two of frustrating casts at small pods of bunker we saw some intermittent topwater explosions and began casting plugs. BINGO! Large stripers on the surface. We found fish between 25-30 pounds that could not resist a Rebel Jumping Minnow. Our luck continued to turn as we found nice concentration of bait and filled the live well. Pretty instant hookups began with no fish under 40" landed with a couple lost. Success!

Transition to Friday at the Cape Cod Canal- The first breaking tides of the season. This has been circled on my calendar for a year as my first canal trip of 2016. Friday did not disappoint with fish in the 20 pound class hitting Al Gags Whip It Fish and Tsunami XD Talking Poppers. Saturday showed 5 times the anglers and 0 fish for our efforts so we said adios Cape Cod and made the trip home to get ready for what was the best part of the weekend.

I had the opportunity return to Deer Lake Boy Scout Reservation in Killingworth, CT to help my good friend Joe Bouffard and Cub Scout Pack 261 catch some fish! What a blast! Lots of smiles, some tangled lines, one hook in a finger (successfully removed lakeside) and of course FISH. These kids were a blast to fish with and made me look forward to helping my boy fish when he is old enough! The perfect ending to a great week!

05/29/2016

Wish they were bigger, but the Tsunami Glass minnows topped with Gulp! Were a deadly combo!

05/25/2016

Warm waters in the salt ponds have the cinder worms going nuts!

Who wants to fish a Rhode Island Worm Hatch this Thursday night? $350 4pm-8pm. 2 anglers. $400 for 3 anglers.

Or...Open boat $125 per person. PM me for more information.

05/20/2016

05/20/2016

WORM HATCHES ARE BEGINNING! OPEN BOAT TRIP TO NINIGRET POND IN RHODE ISLAND NEXT WEEK. 2 ANGLERS MAX. $125 EACH! SPIN OR FLY.

05/18/2016

****UPDATE- BOOKED!!******

Open Boat trips being planned now! Stay tuned!



Want to catch seabass like this AND have a chance to win cash and prices?! Message or email me for more details. I am looking for two sports to fish the Bad Daddy Fishing tournament on June 11th!

http://www.onthewater.com/black-sea-bass/