Viking Fleet Fishing Report

Capt Dave reports a decent day on the Viking Starship. We had very good fishing on the morning tide that lasted longer than yesterday. There were plenty of Porgy and Sea Bass keepers. Once the tide started to flood we headed offshore of Block Island. It was a slower pick out there, but the there…

Captain JR reports a great 60 hour Tuna and Mahi trip onboard the Viking Star. We had lots of Yellowfin Tuna caught trolling, chunking, jigging, and on surface poppers throughout the voyage. They were mixed sizes, with some fish in the 60-80 pound class. We spent a good portion of the daylight hours hopping around…

Another successful trip with 4 different humpback whales spotted! We’ve also added 1 more trip 9/19/26 (10AM-4PM) Another wonderful nearshore trip on the Viking Star. We stayed relatively close to the shoreline to view juvenile humpback whales feeding on Atlantic Menhaden (AKA bunker). Juvenile humpbacks are those that are under 12 meters (39.37 feet) in length. The arrival of bunker this summer was delayed and the volume of bunker reduced due to overharvesting further south and west. Bunker (Brevoortia tyrannus) is an oily fish that swims in large schools along the US Atlantic and Gulf coasts and is such an important prey species that it is often referred to as the “most important fish in the sea. It had been severely overharvested in the past and once the harvest was constrained (circa 2011), it recovered. This led to a large…