Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Capt JR reports excellent fishing this afternoon with non stop action on the Viking Star. There were many Porgies and some nice Sea Bass mixed in. We had our first Trigger Fish of the summer too. Full buckets!! The first place pool winner was Andrew Campanelli from Merrick, NY with a 5 lb Trigger Fish. The edible pool winner was Jamie Campanelli from Merrick, NY with a 4 lb SeaBass.  

Capt Dave reports an excellent day on the Viking Starship. We started out near the lighthouse and had a good pick of Porgies and Sea Bass with a few Bluefish mixed in. We decided to go a little further off-shore as we were looking for some quality Sea Bass. We found some excellent Sea Bass, but had to fight off the hungry Porgies. The first place pool winner was Fox Hillman from Englewood, NJ with a 3 lb Porgy.

Capt JR Gibson reports tough conditions early in the trip on the Viking Star, but as the seas relaxed the fishing improved dramatically. Anglers landed some jumbo Porgies and Sea Bass. At times the Fluking was also Productive. Lots of action. Today’s pool winner was Bob Cuffiero from Fresh Meadows, NY with a 4.75 lb Fluke.

Capt Dave reports an okay evening on the Viking Star for our first jigging trip. We started out down the beach since it was rough at the lighthouse with wind against tide. We anchored and picked away at a mixed bag of Porgies and SeaBass.  

Capt Dave G reports a very good afternoon of fishing aboard the Viking Star. After a slow morning, we had fish coming over the rails all afternoon! We ended up with a great catch of big Fluke, big Sea Bass, big Porgies and a couple Bluefish. The first place pool winner was 9 year old Alexander Mo from Watermill, NY with a 7.5 lb Fluke. The second place pool winner was 12 year old Arthur Franciosa Jr. from Purchase, NY with a 7.25 lb Fluke.

Capt Dave reports a good day despite leftover conditions from the tropical storm on the Viking Starship. We headed straight to where we found them yesterday, but there were a ton of dogfish and the water was dirty. So we headed not to far offshore and found a nice mixed bag of Big Porgies and SeaBass. We then went a bit further and found Nice Big SeaBass and some more Jumbo Porgies. You had to pick through the small SeaBass though. There were also Mackerel everywhere and a Blowfish. It started off slow, but we put it together by the end. The first place pool winner was Alexander Castillo from Liberty, NY with a 3.41 Jumbo Scup. The edible pool winner was Santos Diaz from Philadelphia, PA.

Capt Dave G reports a slow morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We still had quite a bit of wind left over from yesterday’s storm which made for difficult drifting conditions. Still we ended up with a catch of Sea Bass and Porgies. The pool winner was Angelo Demetroulakous from Brooklyn NY, with a 6.9 lb Fluke.

Capt Dave reports another great day on the Viking Starship. We started out drifting at the lighthouse finding quality Porgies. When the tide changed we had a lot of small SeaBass, but everyone was able to pick through them a get a couple keepers. We headed down the beach after that and it was another Porgy Bail Job! It was a tie for first place with 2 1/2 lb Porgies for Juan and Al from Queens. The edible pool winner was Alvin from Virginia with a 3 lb SeaBass.

Capt Dave reports a great day on the Viking Starship. It was a total bail job on the Porgies. They were so thick it was hard to get to the SeaBass, but by the end it did ease up and we were able to get through to some Jumbos. The pool winner was Alberto Rivera from Bronx, NY with a 3.21 lb Porgy.

Capt Dave G reports a very good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We had plenty of nice Sea Bass and more keeper Fluke than we have been seeing. There were also nice size Scup in the mix. The first place pool winner was Liz from Queens who had a Viking trifecta of a nice keeper 4 1/2 lb Fluke, a Jumbo Sea Bass and an extra large Porgy! The second place pool winner was Jim from Northport, NY with a 3 1/2 lb Fluke.

Wed July 8- Half Day Fishing PM Trip Capt. Chris A. reports from this afternoon’s trip on the Viking Star that a good afternoon was had by all with lots of action and pails to go around… although we only had a few keeper fluke, lots of fish hit the filet table with monster Seabass and some porgies to round out the catch.The pool fish was caught by Tommy Keener of Baldwin NY with a 4lb 5oz Fluke

Capt. Dave reports a very good day of Fishing. Porgy fishing was very strong today, the fish were smaller than we have been seeing for the most part but there were Jumbos mixed in. We than spent a good hour Sea Bass fishing at the end of the day and everyone had their Sea Bass limit also . Donald Hyde of the Bronx NY won today’s only pool with a 3.6 Lb Porgy.