Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Capt Dave reports a mixed bag of conditions and fish today on the Viking Starship. We started the day with a good drift and a mix of good sized Porgies and keeper Sea Bass. Wind against tide and deteriorating conditions had us anchored up off the south end of Block Island. We had a steady pick of smaller Porgies and a few keeper Sea Bass. Conditions improved and we were able to get back to one of our favorite spots where we anchored up and and finished the day with some larger Porgies, quality Sea Bass, a few Trigger fish and some Bluefish. Pool winners today were the father/son team of Julio and Rafaek Genao of Washington Heights NYC. First place was a 2.5 pound Porgy and edible pool was a 4.4 pound Knothead Sea Bass. Tomorrow’s trip is CANCELLED…

Capt Dave reports a slower day of fishing on the Viking Starship. We stayed closer to the island today because of the weather, but the bite wasn’t satisfactory there. We had a slow pick of medium size Porgies with some Sea Bass mixed in. We decided to move a little and we caught some nice size Porgies and Sea Bass. The pool winner was Joe Moreck from East Setauket, NY with a 2.7 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Chase Yarde from Brooklyn, NY with a 3.1 lb Sea Bass.

Capt JR reports an okay day on the Viking Star. The week of east wind had an affect on the fishing this afternoon. However, we did manage to catch some nice Sea Bass with a few Fluke and Porgies mixed in. We even had a couple trigger fish as well. The first place pool winner was George Valenzuela from Medford, NY with a 4.3 lb Fluke. The second place pool winner was Marcus Spruill from Danbury, CT with a 3 lb Fluke.

Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Starship. We hid from the wind up close to the island for the day. It was a slow steady pick of nice size Porgies and SeaBass with plenty of keepers. The first place pool winner was Jason Adkins from Montclair, NJ with a 2.5 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Omar Newell from Orange, NJ with a 3 lb Trigger Fish.

Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Starship. We spent the day drifting by Block Island up tight in the shallow. It was a good pick of large to jumbo Porgies, plenty of SeaBass and a couple of Bluefish. We had a couple of really good drifts and a few fast drifts. The first place pool winner was Henderson Blades from Brooklyn, NY with a 3 lb. The edible pool winner Benny Niranjan with an 8 lb Bluefish.

Captain Dave reports a good day of fishing in the early part of the day, we stayed close to the island and fishing was good.  We had plenty of Sea Bass and Porgies, a lot of little ones in the mix but we had plenty of keepers too. We headed offshore later in the day and found plenty of bigger fish, mostly Porgies but pretty much every angler had their limit on both Sea Bass and Porgies today. The pool was won by Anthony Parent of New York City witn a 3.5 lb Porgy. The edible pool was caught by Ray Jorge of the Bronx who landed himself a 5lb Trigger fish. We are sailing daily at 5am on our Block Island Jumbo Porgy and Sea Bass Trips. Reservations are a MUST. Please call  631 668 5700 or log onto…

Sunday September 13, 2020 Humpbacks, dolphins, and shearwaters! Oh my! Our last 2020 trip continued our perfect season (100% success). Once again, our first humpback was a very small and elusive one, surfacing for a single blow and submerging for 9-11 minutes. We saw it fluke, but were never able to get photos of this whale. We headed on our way and encountered about 100 inshore bottlenose dolphins. Heading further east, we found our next whale, a juvenile humpback we’d seen back on 7/25/2020. We met up with another group of about 45 inshore bottlenose dolphins before coming across another humpback, one we’d originally seen on 7/31/2019, and again on 9/2/2020. The prey items in the water column were often very dense and either extended throughout the water, or hung to the bottom.  We saw more shearwaters than we’d seen in a…

Capt Dave reports a pretty good day on the Viking Starship. It was not as good as yesterday with the ground swell on and the rough conditions. The Porgies and SeaBass were a bit smaller today and we had to contend with the Blue fish harassing us, but all in all we had a good catch. The pool winner who would like to remain anonymous caught a 22″ – 4 lb Porgy.

Capt Dave reports fantastic fishing on the first day of the Block Island Fall Jumbo Porgies & Knothead SeaBass trip on the Viking Starship! We spent the day checking things out. Fishing was excellent from the beach to 90 ft out. There were more Porgies than anything else in close. Out in the deep we had big SeaBass, Porgies, Fluke, Bluefish and a few keeper Cod. They were good quality fat and healthy fish with nice color. The pool winner was John Banegas from Mastic Beach, NY with a 3.3 lb fish.

Capt JR reports a good afternoon on the Viking Star. We had a decent pick of Sea Bass and Porgies. Definitely an improvement over the last two days. We ended up with a few keeper Fluke too. First place in this afternoon’s pool went to Bruce Stafford of Sag Harbor, NY with a 6.5 Fluke. 1/2 Day Fishing with the Viking Fleet is now only available Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Reservations are required so please give us a call 631-668-5700 or book online at vikingfleet.com  

Capt Dave reports a “Bail Job” just off the beach this morning on the Viking Starship. Anglers were bringing medium to large Porgies over the rail 2 at a time. It wasn’t long before everyone had their limit. We headed South to find some quality Sea Bass, but the pickings were slim. We fished around and picked up some keeper Sea Bass and also some nice Triggerfish and Blowfish. First place in the pool today went to Santos Cruz of Roosevelt, NY with a 2 1/2 lb Porgy. Edible pool went to Ricardo Villalobo of Uniondale, NY with a 4 lb Triggerfish. Tomorrow the Viking Starship is headed to Block Island to begin our daily Block Island Fall Jumbo Porgies & Knothead Sea Bass trips. 

Capt Dave G reports Mission Accomplished