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Attention Porgy Fanatics! The scup have finally arrived in the back bays. We’ve received reports from our commercial fishing friends and they are chewing now that the water warmed up. Due to weather, tomorrow’s trip will not sail. However we are definitely sailing Friday as the forecast couldn’t be better.  Come get em while the gettin is good Please Call the office at 631-668-5700 or book online at vikingfleet.com

New Bedford Porgies and Sea Bass PM Captain Dave reports a very good afternoon of fishing in New Bedford! He says ” It’s Porgy Time!” He thinks it is the start of some really good porgy fishing! There is a new body of fish coming in, and we had them coming over the rails all afternoon! We had mostly big fish, nice porgies and a few very nice sea bass in the mix as well. The pool winner was Subbaiah Somaiah of the Bronx with a nice 3.5lb porgy. New Bedford Porgies and Sea Bass AM Captain Dave reports a slow start but ended the day with some nice porgies and sea bass.The Pool winner was Michael Smith with a 3lb Edible pool Pool winner Shkelzen Morina with a 4lb Sea Bass. Half Day Fluke AM Captain Ant reports simply…

New Bedford Porgies and Sea Bass Pm Captain Dave reports a much better afternoon trip with some mixed size  fish we had more sea bass. The pool Mr Brian Bagg from Long Island City with a 3lb Edible pool winner was Mr Atkinson from Queens,NY with a 4lb sea bass. Night Striped Bass Capt Ant Reports a slow night on the grounds although the bass have showed up. We unfortunately caught the tail end of the tide and had to sit through slack and wind against the ebb for much of the voyage. The pool winner was Mr Gavan Daly Maspeth Queens, NY Half Day Fluke AM Capt Carl reports an okay morning of fluke fishing aboard the Viking Star. There was a fast drift, but we managed to get lots of keepers on the boat! We also had 1…

Half Day  Fluke Pm Captain Ant reports Awesome Pm fluking with tons of action and plenty of keepers all around the boat. Angelo D had 6 keepers all to 3.5lbs the Albany Lacrosse boys went home with a 15lbs of fillet. Pool winner  Steve Hanford City Island, NY with a 4.75lber. New Bedford Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a slow start but as the day went on it got better and better we had a mix of a Medium and Jumbo porgies also we saw a lot more sea bass today. The pool winner and the edible pool winner was Mr Ronald Kishun from Queens, NY with a 3.4 lb porgy and a 4.5 lb sea bass Half Day AM Fluke Captain Ant reports an Awesome Awesome day on the Bullard Charter

6th Annual Hungry Man Great Trip !! Trip started off with some fluking close to home and had a slow pick of fish, but some nice quality sized fish. Jose Ruiz was on fire on the fluke grounds catching his limit plus quickly taking the fluke pool with a 8.3lber. From there we headed offshore over night and were on the grounds just after light. The deep water started off with the first tile coming over the rail @30lbs, for chris link. The rest of the day we had steady action with a mix of tiles, hake cusk and some large pollock. The second day was all about the tiles, started off with a pick of small and medium tiles on the first couple drifts then we tried a new area and found the quality. most fish were around 10lbs…

New Bedford Porgies Capt Dave reports a slow steady pick of decent sized porgies yesterday. The pool winner was Stanley Thompson of Bridgeton, NJ with a nice 3lb porgy. Here are some photos from the beginning of our porgy season in New Bedford, MA! If you are interested in fishing with us, make a reservation at www.vikingfleet.com or call our office at 631-668-5700.

3rd Annual New London Express Capt. Steven Sr reports a good trip despite the weather. We had steady 20-25 mph winds, but the fish didn’t mind! They were biting all day with drifts as good as 15-18 fish with some double headers. We had a good mix of fish- tilefish, cod, hake, pollack- all nice quality fish in the 12-18lb class. It was a great group of guys and they worked like a team the entire day! Matt Wolak, 14 years old, gave all the older guys a run for their money taking the pool with the 2 biggest fish on the boat with a 24lb and 23lb tilefish. His Father, Matt Wolak Sr, had multiple double headers- what a great Father & Son team! The first place edible pool winner was Joe Decmastro “Joe Dirt” of Rocky Hill with…

Dave Duffy’s Deep Water Adventure Capt. Carl reports a great trip on Dave Duffy’s Deep Water Adventure on the Viking Star! Day one started off very good with very steady action in the deep, catching quality golden tiles, giant “seddleback” pollack, sow hake and elusive cusk. We had a lot of fun filling up the coolers for hours! Eventually we started to do some exploring, looking for bigger tiles, and we found some, as well as more hake and cusk. By days end, coolers use full and arms were tired. Day two, we woke up to some windy conditions which lasted all day, making fishing a bit tough having to use 3-5lb lead to hold bottom, but the tiles did bite pretty well for those who put in the effort. As the day went on, the conditions got better and…

New Bedford Porgies Captain Dave reports another slow but steady pick all day today in New Bedford. It was very similar to yesterdays trip with decent size porgies. A good and promising start for the beginning of the season! Today’s pool winner was James Bostic on Englewood, NJ with a 2.5lb porgy.

New Bedford Porgies Captain Dave reports a good start to the porgy season! They had a steady pick of porgies all day and everyone had at least one bucket full of decent sized fish. Today’s pool winner was Daniel Torres of Hempstead, NY with a 3lb porgy.