Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Capt JR reports a great trip on the Viking Star . It was a productive morning on the Blackfish grounds with most anglers catching keepers. Those who were more Blackfish savvy definitely had a good morning with several catching their limit. The Blackfishing has been getting steadily better every trip. We also picked a few…

Capt Dave reports really good fishing on the Viking Starship. We started out in the deep water and had a nice catch of SeaBass. We had to pick through the small fish, but there were plenty of good sized ones. After that we headed to the shallow water and had a mix of Porgies, SeaBass, Cod and Bluefish. There were about a 1/2 dozen Cod up to 17 pounds. The first place pool winner was George Frangeskos from East Quague, NY with a 3.5 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Mario from New Rochelle, NY with a 17 lb Cod.

Capt JR reports a good day on the Viking Star. SeaBass fishing was fantastic! The Blackfish bite was much improved from Saturday’s trip. Some people retained their limits. We also had a couple of Cod throughout the day.

Capt Dave reports great fishing on the Viking Starship. We started out early at a SeaBass drop and loaded up. Then we went off to the east and caught plenty of Large to Jumbo Porgies. We also had Cod that ranged from 8 to 20 pounds. The 20 pounder was not in the pool! We didn’t have a lot of Cod, but what we did have were quality fish. The first place pool winner was Idiriz Likovac with a 2.9 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Peter Wong from Brooklyn, NY with a 15 lb Cod. Tomorrow’s trip is cancelled due to windy conditions expected.

Capt Dave reports a decent day on the Viking Starship. Conditions were rough with the large groundswell, but all in all not bad fishing. The day started out with a slow steady pick of Porgies with some SeaBass mixed in. We moved out to the deep and found a decent catch of SeaBass, then ended the day with another shot of Porgies. There weren’t a lot of Cod today and those we did have were not in the pool. The first place pool winner was Margarito Garcia from Flushing, NY with a 3.5 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Ronald Grant from Bronx, NY with a 4 1/2 lb SeaBass. Tomorrow’s trip is cancelled due to weather.

Capt Dave reports good fishing today on the Viking Starship. The bite was a little off from the past few days, but was still a strong and steady pick. Porgies were mostly large sized and the Sea Bass were a good size, and were plentiful at every drop. There were about 10 decent sized Cod…

Capt JR reports a good day on the Viking Star. We had great SeaBass fishing, but when we moved to the Blackfish grounds it was a bit picky.

Capt Dave reports excellent fishing on the Viking Starship. We had mostly Large Porgies with some Jumbos mixed in. There were plenty of SeaBass with most being keeper size. The Porgies were thick, so once they slowed down we got the SeaBass on the boat. We also had Cod 8 to 15 lbs and some Bluefish. The first place pool winner was Chen Chao from Brooklyn,  NY with a 2.8 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Jin Dong from Brooklyn, NY with a 15 lb Cod.

Capt Dave reports great fishing on the Viking Starship. There was a mix of Porgies and some SeaBass early. We moved around and it was a Porgy “bail job”! Off in the deeper water we found the bigger SeaBass and some mixed size Porgies. There were also about 10 Cod and a bunch of Bluefish. The pool winner was Angelito Flores from Manhattan, NY with a 3.5 lb Porgy.

Capt Dave reports a decent day on the Viking Starship. We had some rough conditions, but we had a decent mixed bag of Porgies and SeaBass. The Porgies were mostly Larges and there were plenty of SeaBass with some real Jumbos up to 5 lbs. There was also a handful of Cod and some Bluefish. The pool winner was Lev Morris from Malibu, CA with a 2 1/2lb Porgy.

Capt JR reports an excellent morning of harvesting jumbo Knothead Sea Bass onboard the Viking Star. There were giant Sea Bass coming up all around the boat with some very nice sized Cod fish in the mix. After catching their limit of Sea Bass, they moved onto the Black fish grounds and it started off…

Capt Dave reports excellent fishing today on the Viking Starship. There were a whole new body of fish that funneled in around the Block Island, fishing was steady and the pick was great. Porgies were mostly on the larger size and there were plenty of Sea Bass coming around the boat. They had their limit of keeper Sea Bass with a handful of Cod on the boat and a few Bluefish. Overall, fishing was great, there wasn’t much travel necessary to get on the fish, leaving lots of time to fish. The first place pool winner went to Nelson Hernandez from Bayshore, NY with a 2.6 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner went to Creton Hamilton from the Bronx, NY with a 3.7 lb Sea Bass.