Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Tues Oct 15 – Block Island Jumbo Porgies and Knothead Sea Bass

Captain Dave reports a fair to good day fishing on the Viking Starship. We started drifting inshore of Block Island with almost perfect conditions- long slow drift in an easy tide. We had a steady pick, but no Jumbo Porgies today. Things got rough with the wind against the tide and we moved offshore. As…

Mon Oct 14- Block Island Jumbo Porgies and Knothead Sea Bass

Fishing Reports • Montauk

Captain Dave reports a mixed day of fishing today aboard the Viking Starship. After getting to Block Island, we decided to stay inshore to avoid the voracious Dogfish that made the Porgy catching difficult yesterday. We had a slow but steady pick of medium to large Porgy. Initially we had to pick through a lot…

Mon Oct 14- 1/2 Day Fishing AM

Fishing Reports • Montauk

Capt Dave G reports a very good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We had nice conditions and caught a load of Porgies and nice sized Sea Bass. It was a great ending to a great Half Day Season. Capt Dave, First Mate Steve and the rest of the Viking Crew thank all our…

Sun Oct 13 – Full Moon Striped Bass Fishing

Fishing Reports • Montauk

Capt Carl reports an improvement on our Full Moon Night Bass Trip, on the Viking Starship though it was a slow night overall. We caught a few keeper Striped Bass early on in the trip, but eventually they stopped biting. We tried looking around in a bunch of different areas, including Block Island, but only…

Sun Oct 13 – 1/2 Day Fishing PM

Fishing Reports • Montauk

Capt Dave G reports a good afternoon of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We had beautiful conditions for the afternoon and the fish were biting. We ended up with a nice catch of Porgies and some jumbo Sea Bass. The pool winner was Vinnie Librizzo of Commack NY with a 4.25 pound Sea Bass. Congratulations…

Sun Oct 13 – Block Island Jumbo Porgies and Knothead Sea Bass

Fishing Reports • Montauk

Captain Dave reports a challenging but ultimately rewarding day on the Viking Starship. We did manage some Porgies but every time we got onto the Porgy bite we were bedeviled by the Dogfish and had to move. The Dogfish were the major problem today. Anglers did pick up some nice Sea Bass, but the best…

Sun Oct 13 – 1/2 Day Fishing AM

Fishing Reports • Montauk

Capt Dave G reports a good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We had breezy conditions and the bite started a bit on the slow side. Then the fish started to bite. We ended up with a nice catch of Porgies along with some nice Sea Bass and a couple Bluefish. The pool winner…

Sat Oct 12 – Striped Bass Fishing

Fishing Reports • Montauk

Capt Carl reports a tough go on the Night boat tonight. After the last 3 days of 50+ knots of wind and 15 ft swells, the water was very dirty close to home where we started and we had no bites. We ventured off closer to Block Island and we did have some action and…

Sat Oct 12 – 1/2 Day Fishing PM

Fishing Reports • Montauk

Capt Dave G reports that fishing was okay on the Viking Star this afternoon on our first trip out since the big storm. It was pretty breezy when we started fishing, but the wind laid down a bit as the afternoon went on. We ended up catching a bunch of Porgies and also some nice…

Tue Oct 8 – Block Island Fall Jumbo Porgies & Knothead SeaBass

Fishing Reports • Montauk

Capt Dave reports very good fishing on the Viking Starship. Inshore by Block Island was great with mostly Large and Jumbo Porgies and some SeaBass mixed in. Once everyone had their fill of Porgies we went offshore to find the SeaBass. It was a good steady pick of very nice size SeaBass along with some…