Fishing Reports

Capt Derek D reports that they went down to the lighthouse and found the birds so we started off jigging. We had a slow but steady pick of Bluefish and some short Bass. After the Blues went away we stayed where we were and started drifting for Porgies. We picked away at nice size Porgies and ended up with a decent catch. Overall it was a solid morning of fishing and everyone went home with plenty of fish.  

Capt Dave reports a tough day on the Viking Starship. It was slower today with the left over ground swell that shut us down a bit. We had 1 hour of really good fishing with quality size Porgies coming over the rails. We made a few more drops and it was a slow pick. We also saw some Bluefish and SeaBass – that were released unharmed! The pool winner today was Noel Henson from Brooklyn, NY with a 3 lb Porgy.

Captain Dave reports that we fished locally today right around the lighthouse. The Porgies were bigger than we have seen yet this year with most keepers being Large and Jumbo Porgies. We did not catch limits today, definitely a case of quality over quantity. We did however catch tons of Sea Bass which were released unharmed. Daryl Adams from Atlantic City, NJ was the pool winner with a 3.5 lb Porgy. Call or log onto vikingfleet.com to book your trip. We are fishing daily at 5am until noon on a limited passenger trip and the fare is $120.00 (We will NOT be sailing tomorrow, Thurs. June 11)

Capt Derek reports a good full day charter on the Viking Star. We started off the morning Porgy fishing at the lighthouse and it was a solid bite with all larger fish. Once the tide got going we went and tried Fluke fishing and only had some shorts. In the afternoon we went back to try for some more Porgies and with a very fast drift holding bottom it was tough and we only picked a couple more fish. Overall it was a decent day of fishing, definitely great to see the Scup showing up at the lighthouse and being of the larger size.

Capt Dave reports Quality over Quantity today on the Viking Starship! We started out drifting by the lighthouse and we picked away at the nicest kind of Large and Jumbo Porgies. After that slowed down we headed down the beach and anchored up finding Porgies of the biggest kind! We also had quite a few Bluefish and some Striped Bass. All of the Porgies caught today were 2 lbs and better. The first place pool winner was Keith Watson from Freeport, NY with a 3.2 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Jonathan Watson from Brooklyn, NY with a 4 lb Bluefish.

Capt Dave reports decent fishing today on the Viking Starship. We had a mix of medium to large Porgies and some Bluefish. Towards the end of the trip it turned into a slow pick with a few bigger size Porgies mixed in. The first place pool winner was Victoria Bruce from Hollis, Queens with a 2.5 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Andre Matthews from NYC with a 5 lb Bluefish.

Capt Dave reports good early fishing on the Viking Starship. We had a decent pick of medium to large variety Porgies that lasted awhile. We ran into a big load of seaweed that shut us off for awhile. Toward the end of the trip we had a slow pick of Jumbos. The first place pool winner was Emilo Martinez from Woodlawn with a 2.4 lb Scup. The edible pool winner was Gary Cooper from Manhattan with a 7 lb Bluefish.

Capt Derek reports a good morning on the Viking Star. We started off around the lighthouse to get out of the wind and had nice conditions. Fishing started off a little slow picking a couple of shorts. We made a little move and the action picked up. We were able to get some keeper Fluke and even a keeper Striped Bass. There were not as many Blues around, but we still saw a few. The pool was a tie between Viggo Negroponte from East Hampton, NY and Martin Wellen Dowd from Yorkville, NYC with 5 1/2 lb Fluke.

1/2 Day – PM Capt Derek reports that the tougher conditions in the afternoon with the wind being against the tide made it harder to fish where we did this morning. However we still managed to pick some short Fluke, a couple Seabass that were released and a couple of short Striped Bass. We were able to end the day with a couple of keeper Fluke and Bluefish. Definitely steady action and soon we will start to see more of the keeper size showing up! The pool winner was Angelo Demetroulakos from Brooklyn. Pool Winner from the 1/2 Day afternoon trip!  

Capt Dave reports a much much better day of fishing than we saw yesterday! The weather was 100 percent nicer and so was fishing. We saw more fish coming over the rails and lots of bigger fish too. The seaweed was a little thick today but we fished through it and a lot of anglers had their Porgy limit. We also caught some nice Bluefish today. Lenor Nieves from NYC was the first place pool winner with a 3lb Porgy. Milciades Rodriquez won the edible pool with a 6lb Bluefish.