Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

George’s Bank Haddock/Cod – Nantucket Fluke – Sun July 21st to Tue July 23 Capt Steven Sr reports a very good trip on the Viking Star to George’s Bank and Nantucket for Cod, Haddock and Fluke. We started Day One on George’s Bank with wind against tide and poor drifting conditions. We picked away with small Cod and Haddock, and had to fight our way through the dogfish, and there were lots of them! Later in the morning as the tide turned, the drifting conditions improved and we caught plenty of Cod and Haddock. The guys who worked diamond jigs did the best, avoiding the dogfish and filling their coolers with plenty of market size Cod, Haddock and even a few Pollock. The guys who stayed with the bait had a lot more dogfish than keepers. On Day Two we…

Capt Mike reports a rough afternoon on the Viking Stariper. The fishing was slow and we had leftover wind from the morning storm. Towards the end the fishing picked up and had a couple of keeper Fluke and a bunch of SeaBass. The pool winner was Paul James Logie with a 2 lb Fluke.

Tue July 23 – Montauk Jumbo Porgies & SeaBass Capt Dave reports excellent fishing on the Viking Starship. We had nice conditions to start this morning and we had a good mix of Porgies and SeaBass. We stayed at the lighthouse and everyone had their limits with sizes ranging from large to jumbo. We called it quits when a squall came through and everyone was happy to head back in. The pool winner was Elric Jarvis from Bronx, NY with a 3.7 lb Scup.

48 hr Tuna Trip – Viking Fivestar – 7/19-7/21 Capt Steven Jr reports another great trip offshore this weekend. We had steady action on the Yellow Fin all day, never going more then 45 minutes with out getting fish on. We ended up with our boat limit of 30 yellows from 35-75lbs and released over a dozen other fish and found a stud Big Eye that weighed in at 241lbs!! Fishing offshore remains hot and we are hoping to have a great year. Give the office a call or check the website for all trip info and bookings!

Captain Mike reports on the Viking Stariper a slower start to this afternoon’s trip. Captain Mike says the drift was almost non-existent to start the trip, but the action really picked up as the day went on . Large Quality Sea Bass and doormat sized Fluke were brought aboard with a good amount of Porgies as well. Pool winner this afternoon was John Becak from Islip Terrace with a 24″ Fluke weighing in at 5 pounds. A close second was our morning pool winner Angelica Eckhoff from Commack NY with a 23″ 4 pound Fluke.

Captain Mike on the Viking Stariper reports a great day on the water. The weather was perfect especially after the warm weekend. The anglers caught a multitude of fish. Sea Bass, Scup and Fluke were all in the keeper category. The mates were kept busy cleaning fish wishing they had a few minutes to take more photos! The pool winner today was Angelica Eckoff of Commack NY with a 20″ 3 pound Fluke.

Captain Dave reports from the Viking Starship a great trip was had by all today. We went off near the Montauk Lighthouse and quickly caught our limit of large and Jumbo Porgies. With plenty of time left in the trip; we decided to try something a little different. We went a little farther off-shore to the East than usual and all the anglers really enjoyed the constant action and variety of fish brought onboard. Sea Bass was a mixture of shorts and keepers. About a half dozen of the Fluke were keepers with the largest being 5-6 pounds. In addition to Fluke, Scup and Sea Bass anglers on this morning’s trip also caught Ling, Mackerel and a Cod!  

Sun July 21 Humpback action! Once again we headed out to find whales, and as soon as we got past Montauk Lighthouse and onto the Atlantic Ocean, we were out of the heat! Sea surface temperatures were in the upper 60’s, a welcome relief. We headed west towards where humpbacks had been for the past few days and in a short while found one. This 40’ (-13 m) whale, probably weighed 45,000 lbs (-20 metric tons), and was logging (resting at the surface) just as it had done one week earlier. We spent some time with this whale be heading further west. At the Napeague Stretch, we headed offshore for a few miles, then began heading eastward. We saw a whale a few miles ahead, got up to it; it was the same whale we’d seen logging. Not logging now!…

Capt Phil on the Viking Stariper reports a good day for Sea Bass and Fluke. We caught tons of Porgies some Sea Robins and a couple of Skate. It was a gorgeous day out on the water, and almost everyone went home with fish. The pool winner was Kathleen M Foley Power from West Palm Beach, FL with a 4.5 lb Fluke. pictures to follow.  

Capt. Dave reports good fishing this morning on the Viking Starship. We went out by the lighthouse got some good size Porgies, then we decided to go out East closer to Block Island where we found a lot of little Porgies and Seabass that we had to pick through to find the nice ones. Overall …

Capt. Phil reports on the Viking Star a nice day of fishing this morning. The mates were kept busy helping the customers with the fish they caught. We had lots of action leaving everyone with coolers full of fish. The 1st pool winner was Christine Tristram from Freeport NY, with a 6.5 lb Fluke. The…

Capt. Phil on the Viking Starship reports slow fishing but still lots of action. We didn’t start catching much until after dark when we used live eels. We then caught some nice size Striped Bass and several Blues mixed in. The pool winner to follow .