Archive: Oct 2014

Evening Live Eel Trip Captain Ant reports another kick-bass voyage! We didn’t limit, but were only 13 shy for a sold out boat. The blues started slow but once the moon rose the bite was on. Tough drifting conditions meant nothing once they started feeding. Again mixed sizes but Anthony Kerimian took the pool with a 38 pounder and the lovely Lindsay Rapeport took 2nd with a 35 pounder. Lindsay had 3 bass and 1 blue. Steven Bento had 3, Martin Wellen Dowd had 3, Pual Ryan hacked as usual but still managed a bass. Thankfully, after two trips of watching others bail, Marc Summers landed a 15 pounder on the 2nd to last drift! Outstanding work by the A Team on the deck last night. Unfortunately we are sold out tonight. 2 Day Tuna Capt Carl reports another good…

Night Bass Revco Charter Capt Ant and crew wish to thank the guys at Revco in Southhampton for electrifying the Starship last night. We once again limited out for the third night in a row with the pool fish going 38, 35, 34lbs respectively. Flat out sick fishing and well deserved for some of the nicest people around. Thanks again guys from all of us at the Viking Fleet!!!!   Block Island Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports an okay day of fishing aboard the Viking Starship today. We had a decent catch of porgies and sea bass along with 3 keeper cod, a couple blues and a striped bass. Today’s first place pool winner was Donald Moy of NYC with a 4lb porgy and in second place was Gregor MeChaber of NYC with a 12lb bluefish.

Evening Live Eel Trip Capt. Ant reports insanity on the mighty Starship.  Full boat limit, with mixed sizes from 16 inches to 38lbs caught by Chris cool hand Luke who tallied 11 for the night.  Frank Stoutenberg came back and whacked them again.  Newly married Sam Kelly was allowed out and whacked 5.  Surfcaster Alex Kassian had 6.  Once it turned on it just would not turn off, crazy night.  Doug Seay had his limit and then some.  All who caught more only retained the legal amount. . Block Island Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a slower day today due to the full moon conditions, but we had some really nice nice quality fish today. We didn’t have a lot, but everything coming over the rails were BIG BIG porgies and sea bass. We also had about a…

Evening Full Moon Madness Captain Ant reports:  Striper shortage???…My Bass there’s a striper shortage.  In about 90 minutes of fishing time the mighty Starship had amassed our Legal limit of beautiful Linesiders.  Sizes were mixed from 28″ to 44lbs and everything in between.  Just an amazing Full Moon Moo Cow Madness voyage.  George Jehn had 7 to 30lbs, Frank Stoutenberg had 6 and a 2nd place pool at 36lbs. (orl) Alex Kassian Limited out.  Bobbo and Bobbo Jr limited out.  But it was the one lone lovely lady, a Starship sharpie, Doreen who battled the fish of the night.  At the height of the tide Doreen nailed a 44.7 Blood Moon Behemoth.  Great job Doreen!!!! Who knows what tonight will bring, but we are departing promptly at 6pm!!!!!!!! SCHEDULE UPDATE! We will definitely be sailing tonight Wednesday Oct 8th on…

Wednesday October 8th  Cancelled Trips Due to the Weather Block Island  Jumbo Porgies and Sea Bass is Cancelled also Day time Full Moon Moo Cow Eel /Jig Morning and Evening Trips is CANCELLED! Block Island Jumbo Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a great day on the porgies and sea bass grounds we had a nice mix of both porgies and sea bass and we also had some blue fish.The pool winner was Mr Danny Ko from Queens, NY with a 3.5lb porgy.

Block Island Jumbo Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a great day of fishing today aboard the Viking Starship. We had lots of action today with both porgies and sea bass. We had a couple bluefish and also one blackfish. Today’s first place pool winner was Rob Batt of Brooklyn with a nice 3.5 lb porgy and in second place was Henry Isherwood with a HUGE 26″ 6lb sea bass!

Striper Slam Sundays Special Trip Capt Ant reports an ok nite bass trip considering we got stuck with slack right in the middle of the trip. But before we did John Hackett from Jackson, NJ fought and landed a BEHEMOTH 42lb Trophy. We also had a 33lber and a 28lber caught by Jose Ruiz. We picked a few more of the smaller variety at the start of the EBB but never got moving. Honorable mention to Alex ”Bow Man” Kassian who landed a tuna on jig. Alex also dropped a monster bass. Half day Bass and Blues Jigging Capt Ant reports a solid Pm Jigging trip with once again nailing a Montauk Grand Slam- Bass , blues and inshore tuna. A long with some of the oceans biggest porgys. Timothy Mcguire from East Hampton, Ny  took the pool with a…

Evening Live Eel Trip Saturday Nite Eel trip, despite the evil conditions, turned out to be awesome!!   Bass love the suds and boy did we do a number on them. Again blues in the mix but more moo cows than choppers. John Cataldo, a bass assassin regular took the pool with a 30lber. He also had 3 orl. Half Day Bass and Blues AM On Saturday mornings jig trip we got our butts kicked, caught blues again and short bass but eventually had to evacuate. Tom Choi from E moriches took the pool. Block Island Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a good day of porgy fishing today despite the rough conditions. We were able to hide away on calmer grounds and it worked out very well. We were able to pick away at some nice porgies and sea…

Behemoth Bass Hunt Friday Behemoth Bass limited load. Well we had an excellent “fishing” trip. Rods were bending all night with big blues dominating the catch. We had wind against tide and never really got up to speed for a solid bass frenzy but we managed to land an okay amount. Anthony DePaolo from Selden took 1st and Eddie Kwok from Baldwin took 2nd place in the Striper pool. Sunrise Live Eel Trip The Sunrise Live Eel trip was on the slower side mostly due to horrendous drifting conditions. We actually hardly used the eels as jigs produced bites which were blues blues blues. Ken Shanahan from Lakeland Fl took the pool. Block Island Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a bit of a slower day  today on the fishing grounds. We still managed to put together a nice…

Block Island Jumbo  Porgies and Sea Bass Capt Dave reports windy conditions so a slower start on this morning bite. But we did manage some very nice  porgies and sea bass in the mix. The pool winner Steve Guerra with a 3lb porgy 3 Day Tuna Limited Capt Carl reports another great solid trip for our 3 Day Tuna Trip! The first night we were out was tough fishing with about 150 other boats in the area and during the first half of the day. We caught a couple Mahi Mahi then in the afternoon we started chunking again and started catching big yellow fin all afternoon and into the night and they bit all night long straight into the next morning!We also had a swordfish right to the boat but  it split the hook right before it was in…