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Fri Jan 20

Block Island & Outer Bank Cod – Viking Starship Capt Stephen Denaro reports a decent day of fishing. We started off the day with instant action! From the 1st to the 6th drift fishing went from a steady pick to great action as the sun came up, but shortly after the fish stopped biting. We went looking around checking over 10 different spots with little life in on each one. Just about everyone left with some fresh cod fillets with high hook having 8! Everybody on board enjoyed a beautiful day on the water!! We are sold out for Saturday’s trip, but we have plenty of space for Sunday. The first place pool winner was Dick Kessel from Amityville, NY with a 14 lb cod. The second place pool winner was Peter Rizzo from Merrick, NY with a 12 lb…

Thur Jan 19

Block Island & Outer Banks Cod – Viking Starship COD WoW Time!!!! Capt Stephen Denaro reports the best cod fishing we have seen all year! We were done fishing by 10am with every cooler on the boat overflowing!!! It was a beautiful day with perfect drift conditions…. Anglers saw constant action with 75% of the hook ups being double headers!!! All and all an amazing morning on cod fishing! Call and make your reservations for this weekend!!!!! The pool winner was David Park with a 14.2 lb cod. Early Report Block Island & Outer Banks Cod – Viking Starship Capt Steven Denaro called in to report that we “Broke Them Up” this morning and they are on their way in! Full report to follow!! Call the office to make a reservation for the weekend or book online.

Mon Jan 16

Block Island and Outer Banks Cod – Viking Fivestar Capt Steven Jr reports a great day of cod fishing today with a good group of guys put together with captain Jeff of the Voyager! Things started off slow early in the day but by mid morning we found a nice pile of fish to work on. We had lock and load fishing for a little over an hour that filled the boxes up quick with quality cod. The rest of the day we picked a couple more here and there. By the end of the day we had over 100 nice cod fish for the guys to take home! Block Island and Outer Banks Cod – Viking Starship Capt Dave reports that the trip started off with a challenging morning looking for a nice shot of cod. As we moved…

Sun Jan 15

Block Island and Outer Banks Cod – Viking Fivestar Capt Steven Jr reports a tough grind on the cod grounds. We covered a lot of spots for a couple fish here and there. We never got a steady bite going, but we did find a little pick at he end of the day in overtime. High hook had 6 keepers. Block Island and Outer Banks Cod – Viking Starship Capt Dave reports an alright day of fishing aboard the Viking Starship.  There was a slow pick in the morning but eventually we found a spot with plenty action with a lot of shorts mixed in.  We finished the day with close to 100 keeper cod fish on the boat.  Today’s first place pool winner was Michael Simpkins of Brooklyn, NY with a 14lb cod.  The second place pool winner was…

Sat Jan 14

Block Island and Outer Banks Cod – Viking Starship Capt Carl reports a pretty good day of Cod fishing aboard the Viking Starship! The weather was excellent for drifting. We didn’t have any bites in the dark, but once the sun came up we started picking away at Cod catching 6-8 per drift for a little while and then that bite died. So, we did what Vikings do and went exploring and ended up pillaging nice fat healthy green gaffer cods! Some drifts saw 20-25 keepers and some double headers! The Cod were hungrily eating our fresh shucked clams and those who worked the jigs caught well also! All in all we made a good day of fishing with most anglers going home with 4-5 cod each so everyone had some nice bags of filet to take home. We also…

Fri Jan 13

Block Island and Outer Banks Cod – Viking Starship Capt Dave reports a pretty good day despite the rough and windy conditions. We stayed close to Block Island and drilled it out. It was quiet until the sun came up, then we had a slow pick of some nice sized cod.  Harold Bussey from Brooklyn, NY was the pool winner with a 26.2 lb cod. He was also high hook with the pool fish being one of 9 keepers! Honorable mention go’s to Mavros with 8 keepers! The weather is looking good and we have availability on tomorrow’s trip that departs at 3am.

Mon Jan 9

Viking Fivestar – Block Island and Outer Banks Cod Capt Steven Jr reports another tough grind on the cod for the Brooklyn boys. The morning was quiet before we found a few fish to work on. By the end of the day everyone had a little pile of fish to go home with but still slower then we have been seeing.

Sat Jan 7

Block Island and Outer Banks Cod – Viking Starship Capt Dave reports a very slow day of fishing on the Viking Starship. The poor weather conditions lead to poor fishing, the fish just didn’t want to bite today! Today’s pool winner was David Ruesch of Caldwell, NJ. Block Island and Outer Banks Cod – Viking Fivestar Capt Steven Jr reports a much slower day then what we have been seeing lately. We had a pick early on in the day and then things got quiet as the weather got worse. We still managed a handful of fish out of it for the day. High hook had 6 fish most other guys had 2-3.

Mon Jan 2

Block Island and Outer Banks Cod – Viking Fivestar Capt Steven Jr reports we didn’t start off the new year will the slammer fishing we had before Christmas, but we still put a good trip together by the end of the day. We had good action early in the morning and after 9 am we only found a few more cod here and there for the rest of the day. Everyone went home with a good pile of fish! The high hook guys had 7-10 fish and everyone else had 3-6 keepers. We’re hoping it was just the easterly wind that made things a little slower but only time will tell. “You got to be there all of the time to catch them some of the time”! And we plan on sailing everyday the weather allows us so we will…

Wed Dec 28

Block Island Jumbo Porgies & Knothead Sea Bass – Mixed Bag- Viking Starship Capt Carl reports another picky day on the Viking Starship. We caught some cod in the morning and then bounced around looking at some different areas and each one would produce a couple more cod and just very few sea bass. At the end of the day we found a couple more handfuls of sea bass and a few more cod, but nothing super. Thurman Bryant from Brooklyn, NY took the pool with a 12 pound Cod. Block Island Cod & Sea Bass-Viking Star Capt Stephen Denaro reports picky fishing. We had quality cod with plenty of sea bass. The Cod Pool Winner was Tony Renda from Massapequa, NY with a  16 1/2 pound fish. The Sea Bass Pool Winner was Paul Ma from Brooklyn, NY  with…