Mon Sept 24
Half Day Fishing (Sunday Sept 23) A slow and then steady pick of porgies and seabass this afternoon. When we got back out the conditions were still tough with north east wind, we went around the point and had a slow pick of mostly short seabass and some porgies. When the tide slacked off we went east and found a good pile of jumbo porgies to round off the trip. Everyone went home with some fillets.
Sun Sept 23
PM Half Day Fishing Trip Capt. Derrick reports a great trip with tons of fish, and big porgies. The pool winner was 10 year old Ryleigh Hernandez From Huntington, NY with a 4.1 lb porgy.
Sun Sept 23
Block Island Porgy and Sea bass Trip Capt. Dave reports an excellent trip with lots of porgies. It was a little slow on the sea bass. Was a lot of fish to be caught but had to pick through them to get the good ones. The first place pool winner was Victor Suero Bronx, NY with a 3lb porgy. The second place pool winner was Santo Green from Bronx, NY with a 15lb striped bass.
Sun Sept 23
AM Half Day Fishing Trip Capt. Derrick reports improved fishing from yesterday although the conditions were still very tough with east wind. We managed a bunch of mixed size porgies and seabass. We also had about a dozen short fluke. The pool winner was Bridget Eagan from Patchogue NY with a 4.4 lb seabass.
Sat Sept 22
Night Striped Bass Fishing Trip Capt Carl reports a slow night on the Bass boat tonight. We had some action in the beginning of the trip with a couple Bass being landed, but as the tide eased off against the North wind, the bite stopped for us after the first hour. William Bailey of Montauk, NY took first place in the pool with a 22 pounder, and Billy Stanzione from Bohemia, NY took second with a 15 pound striped bass.
Sat Sept 21
Block Island Jumbo Porgies &Knothead SeaBass Capt Dave reports a decent day of fishing on the Viking Starship. Even though we had tough conditions we had a lot of mixed size Porgies on the first drop and in the deeper water. The SeaBass fishing was tough today, but everyone managed a couple. The first place pool winners were Herbert Brown from Engelwood, NJ and George Franceskos from Hampton Bays, NY.
Sat Sept 21
1/2 Day Fishing – AM Capt Derrick reports windy and tough conditions today with wind against tide. We fished around the point out of the wind and managed only a few seabass, a couple porgies and some short fluke. We also snagged a small thresher shark which was safely released!
Fri Sept 21
Block Island Jumbo Porgies & Knothead SeaBass Capt Dave reports a tougher day than it has been on the Viking Starship. There were a lot of smaller fish on the first drop, so we moved around and found a slow pick of decent size quality fish. We ended the day with a deep drop and had a mix of everything. All in all it was a pretty okay day. We also had about a dozen Cod. The first place pool winner was Thomas McDougald from Laurel, MD with a 3 lb Porgy. The second place pool winner was Jason Adkins from Virginia Beach, VA with a 13 lb Cod.
Thurs Sept 21
Block Island Jumbo Porgies & Knothead SeaBass Capt Dave reports a very good day on the Viking Starship. It did start out slow with the windy conditions, but when we moved to the deeper water we had a nice mix of BIG Porgies and SeaBass. We also had 10 keeper Cod. The pool winner was Alberto Rivera from Brooklyn, NY with a 3.7lb Scup.
Thurs Sept 20
1/2 Day Fishing – AM Capt Dave G reports a very slow morning on the Viking Star. No pool to report.