Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Capt Dave reports a much improved day on the Viking Starship. We started off at Block Island and we had a good shot of Porgies and SeaBass, but the SeaBass were just keeper size. We then headed to the good deep drop SeaBass spot, but it was loaded with dogfish. Double headers!! So we moved a bit to the shallow water and had a good mix of Porgies and SeaBass. The Seabass were up to 5 lbs. There was only 1 Cod caught today. The first place pool winner was Tony Wong with a3.6 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Daniel Drachenberg with a 7 lb Bonita.

Capt Dave reports a slower day on the Viking Starship. We hit our inside spot first and it was a slow pick, so we headed offshore and it was better, but still slower than it has been. There were mostly medium size Porgies with some nice quality fish in the mix. We also had 10 keeper Cod and quite a few Bluefish. We did not have much of a dogfish problem to speak of today. The first place pool winner was Jin Hong Dong from NYC with a 3.11 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Troy Walker with a 6.8 lb Cod.

Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Starship. We started out up close to the island while the drifting conditions were good. We had a nice pick of quality size Porgies until the tide started running hard. We then went offshore and had a mix of Porgies, SeaBass, about 10 keeper Cod and a bunch of shorts on the anchor. It was a nice day of fishing and the dogfish did not bother us as much today as they have been. The winner of the first place pool and the edible pool was Danny Ko with a 3.3 lb Porgy and a 10 lb Bonita.

Capt Dave reports great SeaBass fishing on the Viking Starship. We had a light crowd today and they were all interested in going after the SeaBass, so we mostly fished offshore. We found plenty of them, but had to move around a bunch because of the dogfish. Everyone had a handful of Porgies and had their limit of Jumbo SeaBass. We only had a SeaBass pool and the winner was Rob Moore from Brentwood, NY with a monster 6.01 pounder!

Capt Dave reports a good day aboard the Viking Starship.  We anchored up high and tight to Block Island today.  We had a good steady pick of Porgies and Sea Bass, but they were smaller than we had been catching the last few days. Still we managed to get plenty of keepers and some Bluefish as well.  Everyone had plenty of fish in their coolers when we arrived back in Montauk. Glen Montrose got first place in the pool with a 2.8 pound Scup.  Jonathan Roberts won the edible pool with a 4.7 pound Bluefish.    

Capt Steven Sr. reports from the Viking Star. Such a beautiful day on the water had us steaming a little further to the East than Saturday. Lo and behold when our anglers dropped their lines in the water we had arrived at Jumbo Sea Bass city. Unfortunately many Dogfish were mixed in with the Sea Bass. The quality and size of the Sea Bass was well worth staying in that location and dealing with the Dogfish. We did manage a handful of Cod, maybe a dozen or so, but due to the density of Sea Bass and Dogfish our bait couldn’t stay on the bottom long enough for the Cod to find it first. Definitely a great day for quality jumbo Sea Bass. All of our anglers went home with their limit of Sea Bass. Jimmy Daliesso of East Rockaway,…

Captain Derek reports better conditions today on the Viking Fivestar. The Dogfish left us alone and the fishing was great. Plenty of Jumbo Knothead Sea Bass to be had for all with the largest in the 5 pound plus range. Scup for some and a Bluefish surprise that didn’t manage to bite off the line. We managed a handful of keeper Cod with just as many shorts which tells us the Cod are coming in and we can expect a good season. Everyone on board ended up with their Sea Bass limit and some beautiful big fish.    

Captain Derrick reports from the Viking Starship. We had unfavorable conditions most of the night which made for a tough drift. We read a lot of bait in the water and marked some fish. Fought but lost a large shark at the boat, landed one Striped Bass just shy of keeper sized and lost a bunch of other Bass. There was no pool tonight.  Our last trip of the season for Striped Bass is Saturday October 26th at 6PM.  We hope to finish with a load of keepers and a tightly contested pool.

Capt Dave reports a good day of fishing on the Viking Starship today.  A nice variety of fish and some surprises.  We drifted inshore today and had a steady pick of mixed size Porgies, mixed size Sea Bass, some Bluefish and the first Blackfish of the season. First place in the pool went to Nick Mavros with a jumbo Porgy of 3.6 pounds. Edible pool went to Mario Siajes with a 6.5 pound Blackfish.    

Capt Steven Sr. reports a great start to today’s trip , catching an 18lb Cod on the first drift. We continued to have a really good shot of fish, catching some nice Cod and Sea Bass on every drift. Then the dogfish showed up and continued to be a real pain on every drift for the rest of the trip. Every time we moved the dogfish showed up again making for difficult conditions. The Cod pool was won by Sam Braithwaite of Cambria Heights NY with a 10lb Cod, (the 18 pounder was not in the pool ). Jason Vitacco of Roselle NJ won had a beautiful 5lb Sea Bass to win the edible pool. Capt Steven is  sailing tomorrow at 4am and there are a limited number of spots available. The office opens at 3am for check in so…

Sat Oct 19 – Block Island Cod & SeaBass – Viking Fivestar Capt Derek reports a good day on the Viking Fivestar. We started off with a nice pick of keeper Jumbo SeaBass, but then got taken over by dogfish. We went inshore more and found some nice Seabass, but got dogged up again! We made a couple of moves and ended the day on a spot from earlier. All in all it was a good day of SeaBassing with a couple of Cod mixed in. The big SeaBass was 5.1 lbs. Just about everyone went home with their limit.

Capt Dave reports okay fishing today on the Viking Starship. We stayed inshore all day spending the day drifting close to the island to stay away from the dogfish in the deeper water. There were plenty of nice size Porgies with SeaBass mixed in. Everyone had a couple of SeaBass, so we didn’t have to go and search for them. There were also a lot of Bluefish caught today. The first place pool winner was Khaled Mohammed from Staten Island, NY with a 3.8 lb Jumbo Porgy! The edible pool winner was 11 year old Brian Keith from Oceanside, NY with a 14 lb Bluefish!! Way to go Brian!