Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Capt Mike reports a good afternoon on the Viking Star. Once again we started the trip fighting the wind. We settled into a steady pick for the duration of the trip. There were a lot of Porgies and Sea Bass going in the buckets. The Fluke bite cooled a bit, but there was a doormat…

Capt JR reports a decent trip on the Viking Starlite. We had a really fast current, so the Fluke fishing was tough, but we did manage some keepers. Sea Bass fishing was excellent as usual. The Fluke pool winner was Elijah Burton from Bronx, NY with a 3.1 pounder. The Sea Bass pool winner was…

Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Starship despite the rough conditions. We started out anchored by the lighthouse and Porgy fishing was very good. There are also still some keeper Fluke being caught at the lighthouse. There was a lot of action on the Sea Bass grounds. Unfortunately there are still a million little ones, but there were nice size keepers. The pool winner was James Hom from Manhattan, NY with a 2 lb Porgy.

Capt Mike reports a good trip on the Viking Star. The morning started off with some tough wind and tide conditions. The group of families onboard today stuck with it and were rewarded late in the trip with what turned out to be a very nice mixed bad morning! We had a nice keeper Fluke…

The whales are still around! We headed out on a sunny morning to seek  whales, dolphins, and other marine life. We were not disappointed! Early in the trip we encountered a an ocean sunfish (Mola mola), the largest of the boney fish.  Shortly later we found a group of 30-50 Tamanend’s’ bottlenose dolphins, including calves…

Capt JR reports a decent afternoon onboard the Viking Star. We had similar fishing to what we had this morning with good action for most the trip. Sea bass, Porgies and Fluke kept anglers busy and we definitely had a few keeper Fluke to toss in the buckets.The pool winner was Tate Ghatak from Jersey…

Capt. Dave reports a gorgeous day out on the water today with excellent conditions. We had excellent Porgy fishing this morning over by the Lighthouse with some Fluke and Blue Fish mixed in. We had plenty of fish in all sizes, and we had to pick through the smaller fish to get the nice size…

Capt. Carl reports another great afternoon of weather and fishing! It was another action packed afternoon keeping all anglers busy filling their buckets with Giant Porgies, Beautiful Black Sea Bass, and a couple nice KEEPER Flukes as well. Great fun and fresh fish for everyone! The pool winner went to Robert Rosenthal from Mount Kisco,…

Capt Dave reports a very productive day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. We started our morning off with an anchor drop off the lighthouse, Porgy fishing was excellent to start and we were able to work this area for an hour or so before making a move as the smaller fish rolled in….

Captain Carl reports beautiful weather and excellent fishing on this mornings half day trip! We had all the usual suspects of Giant Porgies, Knothead Sea Bass, and quite a few KEEPER Flukes filling our anglers buckets! The action was solid and everyone onboard is going home with fresh fish for dinner! The first prize pool…

Summer may be winding down, but the thrill of a CRESLI/Viking whale watch is certainly not! What a day we had yesterday on the Viking Starship: it began with a small group of Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins swimming close to shore. We spent a bit of time with them ensuring everyone had a good look before moving on and spotting a juvenile humpback whale in 65 feet of water approximately one mile from the beach. We knew larger adults were still in the area so we headed offshore to find them and that we did! It all began with a pectoral flipper-slapping adult in the mix of a dozen humpbacks, including at least one calf. The calf, which we have seen on previous trips, exhibited a variety of surface-active behaviors, including full and partial breaches, tail throws, inverted lob-tailing, pectoral flipper…

Capt Mike reports non-stop stop rod bending action all afternoon on the Viking Star! Black Sea Bass were certainly the stars of the trip this afternoon, with most anglers landing a couple keeper each making for a lot of Bass in the buckets. The Porgy bite did seem to settle down from this morning and we saw more throw-backs than keepers on the Fluke this afternoon. Overall, there was a lot of action and plenty of fish for everyone to go home with. The pool winner went to Joe Coppola from East Meadow, NY with a 3 lb SeaBass