Archive: Aug 2014

Sunset Striper Slam Capt Ant reports a great night considering the electrical storms surrounding us. We picked at scup and sea bass on the jig and switched to eels when the tide turned. We had a great first drift 1 keeper bass and about 30 blues and a 6lb fluke. Then lightening to the north seemed to shut things down a bit. No more bass and a pick of whoppa choppas!!  No sun seen so that was a downer but a great crowd who fished hard made for a wonderful evening. Pool was won by Ethan Abraham with a 22.5lb Striper and second to Christopher Lagana with a 12lb gorilla blue Half Day Fluke PM Captain Carl reports an excellent afternoon on the half day boat! Flukes, sea bass, scup and even a bunch of bluefish bent the rods all…

Night Striped Bass Jig & Eel Combo  Capt. Ant reports very solid to excellent Bassing on the two trips last night.  We had quantity and quality and the Behemothland came alive again…add another 40lber to the list!!!!!  6p Local Bass Express – Action was non-stop on every drift once we got tide.  It was steady,1-3 a drift with a decent number of blues in the mix as well.  Although we had a number of first timers, they mastered the process pretty quickly and we were able to maximize the catch.  Check out the video on Facebook….it certainly tells the story.  Rodrigo Silva took the pool with a 36lb Moocow and Brendan Johnson came in second with his own 30lb Moo. Full Day Fluke and Sea Bass Captain Carl reports a decent day on the full day fluke boat. We picked…

Half Day Fluke AM One of Viking Fleet’s favorite regulars Angelo Demetroulakos won the pool yesterday! Block Island Behemoth Capt. Ant reports an excellent Bass trip last night overall.  We started the night out at the local grounds and had a fantastic start.  26 keepers in 6 drifts to 35lbs.  We then moved to the Behemoth grounds and for the first time this year were denied.  Still a bit of a heave on to the east and that might have effected the bite.  They certainly were there, in fact more piles of bass than I’ve seen in a few weeks.  Just no bite.  We’d pass through a school and catch 1 when every rod should have been doubled over.  We picked a few more over the night to round out the catch.  Frank Guinesss Stoutenberg was high hook with 4…

Jig &Eel Combo Capt. Ant reports a fantastic night locally considering the conditions.  We had a stiff northwest wind against a screaming flood tide, add to it the swell of Cristobal and drifting squarely was a challenge to say the least.  Even with that they finally bit after a month hibernation. The sizes were mixed as we had a couple throwbacks up to a 42lb rock slob.  Average was about 20bs.  Bluefish were a bit of a nuisance at the start but once the tide got roaring it was 99% Moo Cow Linesiders and 3-4 a drift up until we left.  John Bye from Wantaugh took the pool with the 42lber and Mike Scarzelli took 2nd with a 36lber. Half Day Fluke AM Captain Ant reports an excellent morning trip with quality fluke and jumbo sea bass and biscuits in…

Half Day Fluke PM Captain Anthony D reports a good afternoon bite there was steady action all afternoon with a good number of nice keeper fluke sea bass and some scup mixed in. Again the sea conditions were not exactly favorable although our viking anglers toughed it out at the rails and put a nice catch together. The pool winner Isaac Schultz from White Plains,NY with a nice fat 5.2 fluke. Montauk Local Porgies and Jumbo Sea Bass Captain Dave reports Due to strong winds it caused  fast drifting but we still manage to get a mix of Jumbo Porgies and sea bass we also manage to get 1 keeper striped bass. The pool winner was Mr Keun Au with a 4.4lbs Second place went to Carl Mcpherson, from Queens Village with a  11lbs Striped Bass Half Day Fluke Am…

Half Day Fluke Pm Captain Anthony D reports the afternoon fishing was excellent again with bent rods all around the boat and full pairs of some nice sea bass and scup. The afternoon produced some better quality fish with less shorts than the morning. The pool winner was Jaylin Yee  from Flushing, NY with a 7lbs 9oz Montauk Local Porgies and Jumbo Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a Great Day on the porgies and sea bass ground lots of action with some market size porgies up to 4lbs and Jumbo Sea Bass and some blue fish in the mix.The pool was a tie between Osman from Staten Island and Michael Smith from Queens, Ny with a 3.5lb porgy. Half Day Fluke Am Captain Anthony D reports An Excellent morning on the water all anglers had non stop action with plenty…

Heart Of Darkness New Moon Ultra Ltd  Capt Ant reports the Heart of Darkness New Moon Special was absolutely as predicted, for the most part.  Once we got over the bar with the tide the bite was on….the catch, well that was another story.  Don’t get me wrong it, it was a stellar night and many had their limits, like Kiss of Death John who had 3, Don Mitchell who had a hot hand late, Jesus of the Elbow also had 3 (orl).  However we lost at least twice what we caught.  At one point we had 7 on a drift and broke all off.  Big fish, yes, improper tackle, yes, fighting tuna technique, yes, trying to catch rocks, you know it.  Frustrating, oh by all means:):)  That being said I believe every passenger had at least one and about…

Sunset Striper Slam Capt Ant reports an Awesome Sunset Striper Slam. We had everything on the jigs last night bass, blues black sea bass and Big Porgies The Pool winner Marc Gonzalez From Massapequa, NY with a 28.5lb Striped Bass Half Day Fluke AM & PM We started the morning off with some nice sea bass. We found some porgies in the mix too. Then the fluke bite turned on with lots of shorts and some nice keepers mixed in. Everyone went home with some dinner. The morning first place pool winner was George Signorelli of Ronkonkoma with a 6.5lb fluke. In the afternoon there was plenty of action on the fluke grounds. We still have lots of shorts mixed in with some nice quality keepers. We also had plenty of sea bass. This afternoons pool winner was the lovely…

Half Day Fluke Pm Captain Steven Sr reports a great afternoon on the fluke grounds lots of action we had some nice keeper fluke along with some Jumbo sea bass and scup in the mix. Pool Winner Jordan Schumann 15yrs Flemington, NJ 9.5lb Second Place Ryan Meltzer from Queens, NY with a 4.13lb sea bass Montauk Local Porgies and  Jumbo Sea Bass Captain Dave reports due to the strong winds early in the morning fishing started out slow as the day went on and the condition improved so did the fishing. The pool winner Alfred Davis with a 3.34 Edible pool winner Santana Juan , Bronx with a 4.5 sea bass

Block Island Behemoth Capt Ant reports another very good trip to Behemothland.  We had extremely difficult drifting conditions and while we didn’t catch our first fish until 4 hours into the trip, the bite finally turned on and delivered many moo cows and one Behemoth at 40.9lbs caught by Justin Alicea from Sleepy Hollow.  Christos aka Fester took second with a 39lber and father in law Angelo D added a 31.  The King of the night was Jose Splash Ruiz with 4 keepers to 35lbs.  I guess that makes Paul Ryan the Queen with 3 to 36lbs.  Each retained their limit.  Don Mitchell was able to nail a high 30’s Moo Cow even with a bad wrist.   Looking forward to Midnight Madness as timing should be perfect for the feeding frenzy. Half Day Fluke PM First & Second Place…