Fri Oct 14
Block Island Fall Jumbo Porgies and Knothead Sea Bass Captain Dave reports an okay day of fishing today aboard the Viking Starship. We had a good start to every drift, with nice big fishing coming over the rails all day. We had porgies, sea bass and 1 keeper striped bass. Today’s pool winner was Winston Strachan of Brooklyn with a 4.2lb porgy. 2 Night Tuna Ultra Limited – Tue Oct 11 to Thurs Oct 13 Capt Jerry reports that fishing was slow, but we had a lot of mahi-mahi. We also had 1 swordfish, a few albacore, and 1 yellowfin tuna and we lost a few fish. The winner of both pools was Bill Beacher from Danbury, CT with an 80 lb yellowfin and a 20 lb mahi-mahi. We got right back out there this morning for our last tuna…
Thurs Oct 13
Night Striped Bass Charter – Viking Starship Capt Carl reports that we had a charter on the Viking Starship last night for striped bass and that is was another very rough night. We had two keepers that were 28 inches on the nose, 3 shorts and 5 bluefish. It seems the night bite is over for the year, but we will give it another shot tonight maybe, and definitely Saturday night. Block Island Fall Jumbo Porgies and Knothead Seabass Capt Dave reports okay fishing today. It was not as good as yesterday, but we had nice sized porgies and everyone had a handful of sea bass. We also had some cod and striped bass. The first place pool winner was George Reid from Bushkill, PA with a 4.8 lb porgy. The second place pool winner was Michael Li from Flushing,…
Wed Oct 12
Block Island Fall Jumbo Porgies and Knothead Seabass Capt Dave reports a decent day of fishing on the Viking Starship. We had mixed sized porgies and sea bass today. We also had a couple of bluefish. The pool winner of both pools was Mike Emmanouilidis from Union, NJ with a 4.5 lb porgy.
Tuesday Oct 11
Block Island Fall Jumbo Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a good day of fishing today. We had a nice shot of big fish first thing in the morning with a mix of both porgies and sea bass. It slowed a little bit in the afternoon, so we looked around and found another shot of mixed size porgies, sea bass, a handful of cod and 1 striped bass. Today’s first place pool winner was Mounir Mansour of College Pt with a 4lb porgy and in second place was Carlos Meneses of Bayshore with a 15lb striped bass.
Mon Oct 10
LATEST SCHEDULE UPDATE We are on schedule to sail tomorrow Tuesday, October 11th for the Block Island Fall Jumbo Porgies & Knothead Sea Bass Trip departing at 5AM. We will be sailing tomorrow Tue, Oct 11th at 8AM for a 2 Night Tuna Ultra LTD. The weather is looking great and we are looking forward to getting back out there! We still have space available. Call the office to book. We have just added Block Island Cod/Sea Bass Limited Passenger Trips on the Viking Star beginning Saturday, October 22nd. The trip will depart at 5am and return at 4pm. The fare is $125. It is limited to 45 passengers. Rod rental on boat.
Sun Oct 9
Block Island Fall Jumbo Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a good day of fishing today despite the weather. We had a nice catch of good sized sea bass and porgies until the weather turned and we had to come home early. Today’s pool winner was James B with a 3lb porgy. We are cancelled for tomorrow Mon Oct 10 due to the weather, but call the office at 631-668-5700 to make reservations for Tuesday. Half Day Mixed Bag AM Capt Jerry reports a good day of fishing aboard the Viking Star. Lots of fish were caught with nice big sea bass and smaller sized porgies. Today’s pool winner was Angelo Demetroulakous of Brooklyn with a 3lb sea bass.
Saturday Oct 8
Night Striped Bass Capt Steven Jr reports another very slow night bass fishing. With the fishing being so slow locally we ventured over to the Block Island grounds. We moved around to a couple of different areas and never found anything to work on. Hopefully fishing will improve as we get closer to the next full moon! Half Day Mixed Bag PM Capt Sarah reports a sea bass massacre this afternoon on the Viking Stariper! We caught a lot of big hungry sea bass and some huge porgies. By the end of the trip we had a boat limit of sea bass and very happy anglers. Both of the pools went to Mark Ganci from Buena, NJ with the first place sea bass at 4.8 lbs and a 6.2 lb bluefish to take the edible pool. Striped Bass – AM…
Friday October 7
Night Striped Bass Capt Dave reports a very slow night of bass fishing on the Viking Starship. We had wind against tide and did not move at the beginning of the trip. We then had a long slack and by the time it got moving it was time to come home. We caught one bluefish. Viking FiveStar Block Island Cod/ Sea Bass/ Blackfish Charter We had another excellent day on the Block Island grounds today! The cod were chewing on the first drop and we filled a deck box of nice fish in the first half hour of fishing. We made one other cod drop and had a good steady pick of cod for over an hour. By the end of the day we ended up with 61 nice cod. From there we went inshore and tried for some black…
Thursday October 6
Block Island Fall Jumbo Porgies and Knothead Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a good day of fishing today aboard the Viking Starship. Lots of fun and excitement was had by all today with lots of porgies and sea bass. We were able to move around a bit and had mixed sizes of fish. We also had a handful of nice cod. Today’s first place pool winner was Jon Chen of Queens with a JUMBO 4.4lb porgy.
Wed Oct 5
Block Island Fall Jumbo Porgies & Knothead Sea Bass Capt Dave reports okay fishing today aboard the Viking Starship. We had a bunch of smaller porgies with a few sea bass inshore early. Then we headed offshore and had big porgies in the mix, along with 12 cod and bluefish. The first place pool winner was Peter Kourkounelis from Hicksville, NY with a 2.5 lb porgy. The edible pool winner was Bryan Savell from Newark, NJ with a 15 lb bluefish. Attention Viking Tuna Fishermen and Women We still have space available on the 2 day tuna trip deporting Friday, October 7th at 1am and returning on Saturday, October 8th at 3pm. The weather looks really nice! Capt Jerry has been on the meat, seeing quality yellowfin and albacore as well as swordfish! Hurricane Matthew will have no impact on…