Fishing Reports

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…

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.

New Bedford Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Anthony reports a slow bite of porgies and sea bass today.

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…

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…

New Bedford Porgies Captain Anthony reports a bit of a slow day today. It was a tough go, but we still managed some fish. Today’s pool winner was Isaiah Corbin of NYC with a 3lb porgy. We will be sailing tomorrow at 5am and in the afternoon at 1pm- tomorrow is the first day for Sea Bass so make sure you get there early to get your tickets!

New Bedford Porgies Captain Anthony reports a bit of a slower day today, but they picked away all day and found some nice quality fish. Today’s pool winner was Jose Martinez of the Bronx with a nice 3.5lb porgy.

Dave Duffy Charter – May 12th to May 15th Captain Steven Sr. reports – What a trip! It could not have worked out any better. We had an awesome group of guys with more laughing and joking than a lot of trips. John & Johnny were quite the characters. Day 1 – We had picture perfect weather. It was a 10! We had rods bending from the first drift at 8am until the last at 8pm. We had a mix of stuff. Tile, Hake, Cusk, Pollock, Cod, Rosie’s, Barrel’s and some mystery fish also! Day 2 – We put all efforts into LG and XXL fish and we did pull it off with some really nice fish up to 48.8lbs. We had 10 fish over the 25lb mark, 5 over 30lbs, 2 over 40lbs. Theo Zmach had a 38.7lb Tile,…

Montauk Spring Porgies – Viking FiveStar Captain Dave reports decent early fishing despite the windy conditions. We had mixed sized porgies up to 3lbs. Everyone went home happy with full coolers! We are looking forward to getting out there daily mid-week.

NB Porgies AM – Viking Star Captain Steven Jr. reports a tougher bite this morning compared to the last few days, but by the end of the trip everyone ended up with a nice mess of quality sized fish! Kevin Robin from the Bronx took the pool with a 3.7lb porgy.