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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…

Friday May 20

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!

Thursday May 19

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.

Mon May 16

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,…

Sun May 15

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.

Sat May 14

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.

Thursday May 12

New Bedford Porgies Captain Steven Jr reports another solid day of fishing up in New Bedford today. The quality of fish keeps improving and everyone went home with a nice pile of porgies! Today’s pool winner was Carl Kleinberg of Riverdale with a 3.7lb porgy.

Wednesday May 11

New Bedford Porgies Captain Steven Jr reports that fishing continues to improve each day! Today we only had to make one drop and most of everyone had their limit or was close to it. The quality of fish is improving too with a bunch of jumbos coming up today. Drew Thompson from New Jersey won the pool with a 3.8 lb porgy!