Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Capt JR reports that the fishing this morning wasn’t the lock and load variety that we had the last few days. However, we had a decent pick of fish all trip, and caught some very nice SeaBass all around the boat. The today’s pool winner was birthday girl Ava Vargas, from Minneola, Florida with a…

7 Hammerhead sharks, too many balloons, a tail throwing/slapping humpback, and bottlenose dolphins We headed out to look for whales and once again to escape from the heat. The visibility was 4 miles at first, but continued to open up as we headed south for a while, then east and after 2 hours from the…

Capt Steven Sr reports a field day on the Viking Starlite. There was non-stop action from when the lines hit the water until the end of the trip. This group of kids and dad’s had a great time catching SeaBass, Sea Robins, Mackerel and Sand Sharks. They went home with plenty of fillets for their…

Capt JR reports a great trip this afternoon with lots of beautiful Sea Bass flying into the Viking Star. The buckets were very happy looking. We were also very pleased to see several large sized Fluke being scooped into the nets. The pool winner was Robert Caffiero from Fresh Meadows, NY with a 5 lb…

Capt JR reports good action on the Viking Star. We had nice sized Fluke and SeaBass with some Porgies in the mix. The first place pool winner was Paul Iannuccilli from West Islip, NY with a 5.25 lb Fluke. The edible pool winner was Tayfun Yazici from Brooklyn, NY with a 4.75 lb SeaBass.  

Capt Dave reports a repeat of yesterday’s excellent fishing on the Viking Starship. Total bail job at the lighthouse with mixed size Porgies. Once we finished up there we went off to the east to the SeaBass grounds. We picked through some small Seabass and Porgies, but everyone had no problem retaining their limit. The first place pool winner was Jose Rosado from Riverhead, NY with a 2 1/2 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Vinroy Jarrett from Bronx, NY with a 4 lb SeaBass.

Capt Steven Jr reports that we finally got offshore after losing the last few trip to weather and had an excellent trip off to the deep. On the pelagic side we ended up with 26 Yellow Fin, 2 Bluefin, 2 Albacore, a pile of big Mahi and a nice Big Eye weighing in at 200.5…

Capt JR reports an excellent trip onboard the Viking Star this afternoon. From start to finish we had non-stop action with Jumbo Knot Head SeaBass coming over the rails. Anglers also captured some nice keeper Fluke amidst the stellar SeaBass fishing! Everyone had beautiful buckets of fish and lots of meat. Today’s 1st place pool…

Capt Dave reports a fantastic day on the Viking Starship. It was a BAIL JOB at the lighthouse with bigger Porgies in the mix today. We were done at the lighthouse early so we spent more time fishing offshore for SeaBass. We had to pick through smaller fish today, but the keepers were up to 4 1/2 lbs. The first place pool winner was Seegobin Roopnarine from Queens, NY with a 2 3/4 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Danny Ko from NYC with a 4 1/2 lb SeaBass.

Capt JR reports we had a good pick of all species on the Viking Star this morning. We had lots of big giant Porgies with some really nice Sea Bass and a few nice keeper Fluke in the mix as well. Everyone had a nice bucket of fish. Pool winner was Alex Donnenfeld from East…

We had an action packed trip this afternoon on the Viking Star. Lots of Jumbo Sea Bass coming over the rail for nonstop action. We also boated a few KEEPER Fluke and some Jumbo oven stuffer sized Porgies. There was not a pool this afternoon.  

Capt Dave G reports a good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Starlite 3/4 Day Bottom Fishing Special. We started the trip in dense fog with a very slow drift and picked at a few fish. Then the drift picked up and we saw a big improvement. The Sea Bass were hungry, and the boat…