Fishing Reports

Captain Mike Ricker reports an afternoon of great fishing. The great bite continued from this morning with nice-sized sea bass and fluke. Despite the later pick up in the wind, the crew caught loads of great fish. Our pool winner today was Bob Jimerez from Middletown, NY, with a 4.5-pound fluke.

Captain Mike reports an amazing day of fishing. The weather was fantastic, with clear skies and little wind. There was a steady pickup of nice-sized porgies and sea bass. There was also a tremendous and consistent fluke bite throughout the trip. Today’s pool winner was Matt Wolfe from Commack, NY, with a 6.5-pound fluke.

Capt J.R. reports that we once again had to hide from the strong winds all afternoon on the Viking Star. However we did still manage a couple Porgies and SeaBass, as well as some short Fluke. We did have some action, just not much to keep. Overall we had some fish in the buckets despite the unfavorable weather, just not great fishing. The pool winner this afternoon went Alani Bougard from Bainbridge Island, WA with a Porgy.

Capt Dave reports a very good day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. We started the morning anchored up off the lighthouse and had a really nice shot of large and jumbo sized Porgies for over an hour. When the strong tide started ripping we worked our way offshore, pretty much straight south to…

Capt JR reports that we hid from the strong winds all afternoon but found a few Porgies, Fluke, and Sea Bass to bend the rods. Not our best trip, but a good time was had by all. A few fish in the buckets regardless of the unfavorable weather. The pool winner was Harry Egan from Kilkenny, Ireland with a 2 lb Porgy.

Another trip, another multispecies day  Well, we keep on finding them.  The visibility was exceptional and once we got within 5 nautical miles of  the whale grounds, we saw blows, breaches, and other activity easily.  The whales, dolphins, and pelagic birds were out there, just as they have been now for weeks.  Some feeding near the surface, others at depth, and others giving us views of breaches, flipper slapping, and associated groupings.  While we didn’t observe cooperative feeding, we did encounter  associated pairs, duos, trios, and quadruples, sometimes all at once around us.  The whales were so spread out that we weren’t able to get to all, but there’s always the next trip! The cooler sea surface temperatures and winds helped to cool us throughout our time out there. Heading home brought us back to warmer waters, and with the…

Capt Dave reports a good trip on the Viking Starship. Porgy fishing was excellent by the lighthouse. We started out on the anchor and had mostly nice size fish. We also did some drifting. There were some Sea Bass, but they were on the smaller size. Sea Bass fishing was lively by Block Island. There…

Captain JR reports an action packed morning onboard the Viking Star. Rods were bent all trip with anglers battling giant porgies and sea bass. We did find some fluke but they were all fairly small. However, everyone definitely ended up with very nice bags of meat! The pool winner was Ella McGuirk from Woodburg, CT…

Capt Carl reports a GREAT afternoon on the Viking Starlite. In addition to lots of Black Sea Bass and Porgies in the buckets, we had some really nice JUMBO KEEPER Flukes as well! The first prize pool winner went to Bill Lippold from Orchard Park, NY with a 7.5 lb Fluke. The second prize pool…

Capt Dave reports a good day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. First thing this morning, fishing was excellent with a great shot of Porgies for about 30-45 minutes and the tide switched and the bite dropped out. We started to work our way to the east to escape the tide and had ok action. We then got into our SeaBass grounds and picked through a bunch of small fish, we definitely had less keepers to throwbacks today, but managed a few nice ones. We later made our way back to finish off our trip drifting off the lighthouse for a little over an hour and had fantastic fishing with mostly medium to large fish, no real jumbo Porgies today. The first prize pool winner went to Mr. Lee from Manhattan, NY with a 2.2 lb Porgy. We will…