Fishing Reports

Capt. Mike Ricker reports that the afternoon started of hot with a lot of big Sea Bass and Porgy then slowed a bit when the wind picked up. We also had a few keeper fluke. Kate Deutsch of Hicksville NY won todays’s pool winner with a 3.2 lb Porgy. (None of the anglers who caught fluke joined today’s pool! )

Captain Dave reports a good day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. We caught plenty of Porgies and Sea Bass but they were slightly smaller than we have been seeing lately. Today’s pool was won by John O. of Freeport NY with a 3lb Porgy. Nick White of Hempstead NY caught a nice 4Lb…

Capt JR reports a great trip with some real beautiful fish landed on the Viking Star. In addition to the nice knot head Sea Bass we captured and some trophy Fluke were scooped up in our nets. The top 3 Fluke landed tipped the scales at 7, 8, and 9 lbs!!!! There were also several…

Capt Mike reports a good trip on the Viking Star. We had steady catching the entire trip with full bucket all around the boat.  The catch was  jumbo Porgies, Sea Bass and some nice Fluke. The pool winner was Connor McGowan from East Meadow, NY with a 3.5 lb Fluke.

Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Starship. We had the right conditions at the lighthouse to start the day and the Porgy fishing was very good. We caught half of our fish on the first drift that was an hour long. When the full moon tide started running hard we moved down…

Captain Mike reports from the Viking Star half day trip that there was a good bite early that slowed down for a bit but picked up at the end. Jumbo Porgies, Sea Bass and a few keeper fluke were the catches of the day.  Today’s pool was won by Chris Maniatis of Brooklyn NY who…

A truly HOLY S***T DAY! 3 species of cetaceans and hundreds of pelagic birds feeding on sand eels! Breaching, open-mouth feeding, flipper slapping, mom/calf pairs, associated groups – you name the humpback behavior, we saw it.  At one point, whales, pelagic birds and large striped bass were feeding together on the abundance of prey.  It might be easier to let the photos and videos speak for themselves. Our senior scientist/naturalist/educator, Dr. Artie Kopelman, was on-board, and 2 days later is still reviewing the over 700 photos and videos. They will be posted soon along with the ID’s of the whales. 14 humpbacks 2 minke whales 180 inshore bottlenose dolphins 300 Great shearwaters 75 Cory’s shearwaters 2 Sooty shearwaters

Capt Mike reports a good afternoon on the Viking Star. It started off slow with a fast current. Conditions settled down mid trip resulting in buckets full of jumbo Porgies, SeaBass and a few keeper Fluke. It was nice day on the water! The pool winner was Kenny Owens from Brockville Center, NY with a 4 lb Fluke.  

Capt Dave reports an excellent day on the Viking Starship. We started out with good conditions at the lighthouse and a good amount of Porgies. We then went to the Sea Bass grounds and had very good fishing with everyone catching their limit with some Fluke up to 8 lbs. The pool winner was Louis Tiano from PA with a 2 1/2 lb Porgy.

Capt JR reports this morning’s trip on the Viking Star brought heavy full moon tides that made conditions difficult in the more productive fishing areas. As the tide eased off we were able to capture some nice keeper Fluke, Sea Bass, jumbo Porgies, and a very large Striped Bass. Unfortunately the Striper was outside of…