Fishing Reports

Fri April 29-Sun May 1 Deep Deep Hake/Tile Exploratory Trip Capt Steven Sr. reports that despite “Mother Nature” we pushed on regardless with 20-25mph winds. We were excited to see on the first drift that fish were biting and rods were bending! We worked the area all day with excellent results. We had tile, hake, pollack and barrel fish. Cousin, Don Briand was high hook! On Day 2 the weather subsided and we headed to deep water. It was extremely good with catches of hake and tile. There were at least a dozen hake over 20lbs. The first place Tile pool winner was Paul Ryan from Middletown, NY with a 25.7 lb fish. The first place Hake pool was a tie with Roy Bess from NYC and Paul Ryan! They were 24.1 lbs. The first place Edible pool winner was…

Fri April 22 to Sun April 24 – 2 Day Wreck Trip Captain Steven Jr reports a good trip with a nice mix of wreck dwellers. Day one we spent on the deeper water wrecks and had a mix of pollock, tiles, hake, wreck fish and barrel fish. Unfortunately we had tons of the XL sea bass, that we had to throw back, on every wreck we went to. The second day we moved inshore to the cod wrecks and had good action on every drop, but we had a lot of smaller fish. Ron Armet put together a nice catch with a dozen cod, 10 pollock, plus a couple of tile and hake. Also, Tyler Quaresimo filled his cooler up with 15 cod, a dozen pollock, a couple tile, wreck fish and a nice barrel fish. The tile pool…

Local Cod-Viking Star Captain Steven Jr reports very tough fishing today! They managed to grind out a few fish at the end of the day. The first place pool winner was Volodykryk Khovio from Philadelphia, PA with an 8.1lb cod. The second place pool winner was Scott Self from Union, NJ with an 8lb cod.

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Local Cod Captain Dave reports a very, very difficult day aboard the Viking Star. Today’s first place pool winner was Rafael Ramirez of Manhattan and in second place was Andrew Silberman of Port Washington.

Local Cod Captain Dave reports a bit of a slower day today than we have been having aboard the Viking Star. We didn’t do as well as we have been doing, but we still managed a decent catch with some nice fish in the mix. Today’s first place pool winner was Mark McGowan of Northport with a 17.5lb cod and in second place was Janusz Wawrzlnczwn from PA with a 14.4lb cod. Unfortunately we are cancelled for tomorrows trip due to weather, but keep an eye on our website for when we are sailing next!

Local Cod Captain Dave reports a very good day today fishing aboard the Viking Star. We had lots of action all day with all cod and just a few pollack. It was an excellent day of cod fishing! Today’s first place winner was Daniel Staniszewski of Lindenhurst with a nice 20lb cod and in second place was Paul Kerisli of Fresh Meadows with a 19lb cod. Unfortunately we are cancelled for tomorrow because of the weather, but keep an eye on our website for when we will sail next.

Local Cod Capt Carl reports absolutely phenomenal cod fishing today on the Viking Star! We had a capacity crowd out to enjoy the nice weather, and from our first drop to our last, we had drop and stick hit the bottom and you gottem cod! Double headers were a normal occurrence of keepers and it was just epic! All market size perfect cod with gaffers all around! We filled every cooler on the boat and some! The crew started cutting fish early, and all the way back to the dock, and then Capt Carl joined in for 2 more hours of filleting. It was just one of those days our anglers will remember forever! Bajram Lleshi from Staten Island, NY found a bigger cod in the mix and won the pool with a 18 pounder… While Joe Volpe of Port…

Capt Steven Sr and Capt Steven Jr had a busman’s holiday on the Freetime yesterday and had a fantastic morning cod fishing! They were in by 11am with a boat limit of fish. The cod were biting on jigs and bait. It is looking like our next opportunity to fish on the Viking Star will be Wednesday, so please make make a reservation online at www.vikingfleet.com or call 631-668-5700.

Local Cod Captain Steven Jr. reports a PHENOMENAL day aboard the Viking Star today. It was by far the best day we have had all year! We had great non stop action all day with double headers coming up left and right. We ended up with our boat limit and headed in early. Today’s first place pool winner was Carlos Gonzalez of FL with a nice 18.5lb cod and in second place were the Feldman Brothers of Freeport both with 18.2lb cods. We are trying to sail next on Monday March 28th and Tuesday March 29th. Please make your reservations over the phone 631-668-5700 today until 5pm or you can book online today and tomorrow. The office will be closed tomorrow for the Easter holiday, but you can still book online.