Tue May 31
Montauk Jumbo Spring Porgies Captain Dave reports a slow pick all day long, however the fish that were caught were quality fish weighing in at around 4lbs. We also saw some bluefish. We did not have a pool today on the boat.
Mon May 30
New Bedford Porgies Captain Steven Jr reports a good day of fishing today aboard the Viking Star. We had mixed size fish coming up all morning. On the way home, we made our last drop of the day and everyone had a nice shot of sea bass. Montauk Jumbo Spring Porgies Captain Dave reports a lot of action on the first drop with mixed size fish. The second drop was a “Bail Job” of BIG FISH. We also had some blue fish, weak fish, and sea bass – released unharmed. The pool winner was Benjamin Hercules from Uniondale, NY with a 3 1/2 lb porgy.
Sun May 29
1/2 Day Fluke-AM Captain Carl reports excellent fishing with a lot of keepers. Every group went home with fish. The first place pool winner was Glenn Schwitter from New Milford, CT with a 6.2lb fluke. The second place pool winner was Kamal Chata from Jackson Heights, NY with a 5.7lb fluke. 1/2 Day Fluke-PM Captain Carl reports another excellent afternoon of fishing. Several locals climbed out of their caves from winter hibernation. Some of the highlights included Freddie “Motor” Shay catching 7 keeper fluke (ORL) up to 6.5lbs. Bill Swill needed a tutorial on how to use his rod, and after that somehow managed to catch a keeper fluke. The first place pool winner was long time Viking angler, Terri Coleman of Holbrook, NY with a 6.6 lb fluke. The second place pool winner was Tyler Paola from Deer Park,…
Saturday May 28
Montauk Jumbo Spring Porgies Captain Dave reports another very good day of fishing. Everyone retained their limit today, with mixed size porgies and some blues. Today’s pool winner was Jose Holguin of Monroe with a nice 3.5lb porgy. We are sold out for Sun 5/29 and Mon 5/30, we still have availability for the rest of the week so please make your reservations! AM-1/2 Day Fluke Captain Carl reports okay fishing with plenty of short action. We had a decent amount of keepers and sea bass that we had to throw back. The pool winner was Pat Degennaro from West Babylon, NY with a 4.8lb fluke. PM – 1/2 Day Fluke Captain Carl reports plenty of action and a good amount of keepers on the afternoon trip. The pool winner was Peter Francescos from Chappaqua, NY with a 4.2lb porgy….
Friday May 27
Half Day Fluke AM Captain Steven Sr reports a good first day of fluke fishing aboard the Viking Starship! It started a bit slow, but after a few drops we were on the fish! We had some nice keepers and lots of shorts throughout the rest of the morning. A special shout out to Mary Poppins, who caught a nice keeper, and her daughter, Viking Fleet’s own Christi Brown who got a nice 3.5lb fluke! Happy Birthday to our first place pool winner today, Thomas Antorino of Centerach with a 2.6lb fluke. We will be half day fishing all weekend, so make sure you come on out and join us! Montauk Jumbo Spring Porgies-Viking Fivestar Captain Dave reports crazy porgy fishing with fish all over the boat! Total bail job. The fishing was so good we got in 2 hours…
Thursday May 26
Montauk Jumbo Spring Porgies Captain Dave reports an excellent day of porgy fishing today! The bite was on with mixed size fish up to 3.5lbs. Everyone had their limit and we also had a mix of blues and some sea bass, which were all released unharmed. New Bedford Porgies Captain Anthony reports that fishing was good and everyone had their fill of jumbo sea bass and scup. We also had some nice fluke and black fish brought on board. The first place pool winner was Jess Lao-Ang from Niantic, Ct with a 4lb scup. The second place winner was Henry Johnson from New Jersey with a 5lb sea bass. George’s Bank Cod/Haddock/Halibut Hunt – Monday May23 to Wed May 25 Captain Steven Sr reports that George’s Bank was “HOLY HADDOCK”! We have been fishing there since 1978 and have never…
Wed May 25
New Bedford Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Anthony reports a good day of fishing aboard the Viking Star. Everyone had their fair share of porgies and sea bass. There were also some nice black fish in the mix as well. The pool winner was Tonia Thompson from Bridgeton, NJ with a 4lb porgy.
Tue May 24
New Bedford Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Anthony reports a slow bite of porgies and sea bass today.
Sun May 22
Far & Deep Exploring New Grounds – May 18th to May 22 Captain Steven Sr. reports the Far & Deep Trip was outstanding. We went FAR! and DEEP! Weather, fishing and our explorers were great! Day 1 – Full coolers of tile, big pollack, hake in the first four hours. We then took a little ride looking around and we had a mid-day pick, but by 4pm it was on again with big tiles, barrel’s, hake, and northern grouper with double headers and even a triple header on 2 hooks! We had full coolers again by dark. Day 2 – Exploring for LG tile was slow the first half of the day, but by 11am tiles of all sizes started coming over the rail. For three hours it was good – good. Full coolers again. The PM big fish hunt…
Sat May 21
New Bedford, MA Porgies and Sea Bass-AM Captain Anthony reports fair to good fishing with jumbo scup and sea bass all around. The first place pool winner was Denitta Dawkins from Boston, MA with a 4lb porgy. The second place pool winner was Paul Sauer from Boston, MA with a 5lb sea bass. Montauk Spring Porgies Captain Dave reports that after a bit of a slow start the fishing got very good. We ended up with a load of porgies, some weak fish, and we returned about 20 nice sized sea bass unharmed! The pool winner was Tony Yin from Douglaston, NY with a 3 1/2 lb porgy. New Bedford, MA Porgies and Sea Bass-PM Captain Anthony reports a slower pick of porgies, but they were nice market size fish. The sea bass fishing was good. The first place pool…