Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Captain Dave reports a nice day of fishing. We started off with a very strong bite, reeling up plenty of Porgies. Then we managed to find some great mix-sized Sea Bass. Congratulations to our pool winners, Al from Portland, NY, who caught a 3.6 lb Porgy and David Ball from Belmont, NY, who caught a…

Capt Dave G reports a very good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Starlite. We started off a bit slowly, but fishing improved as the morning went on. We caught fluke, sea bass, porgies, bluefish and a striped bass, and ended up with some big porgies and some blues. There was no pool this morning.

Oh, what a trip we had- 5 species of cetaceans!! Our 2025 season is getting better and better. Today’s trip initially brought us to a small group of ~20 Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins. Quickly we began to find more groups, , and ultimately a massive aggregation of 300 individuals. We stayed with them for a while and then headed further offshore and found a zone with finback whales and their characteristic 20’ tall inverted coned-shaped blows. The water column was loaded with sand eels and the surface loaded with pelagic birds. We were able to get ID photos from about 6-8 finbacks, although we could see blows in every direction for a few miles.  After a while we decided to check out the humpbacks in the same area. Celebration, Loon, and a few others to be ID’d were there. Celebration regularly…

Captain Mike Ricker reports a great Sea Bass fishing carried over from this morning. People were able to fill their buckets with Sea Bass and Porgies. We had a beautiful afternoon on the water. Congratulations to our pool winner, Peter Burke from Port Washington, NY, with a 2.8 lb Sea Bass.

Capt Dave reports a great day on the Viking Starship. We had a wonderful and lively Porgy fishing with mixed sizes and plenty of bites. Sea Bass continue to be challenging with mostly small fish. We also had a few Bluefish. The pool winner was Dennis Edwards from Great Neck, NY with a 3.6 lb…

Captain JR reports a tougher day on the mighty Viking Starlite. Today’s trip to the waters off Block Island was definitely not as rewarding as our last voyage. Just a pick of sea bass and fluke all day. We ended the day with some fish but it was a grind. The pool winner was Connor…

Captain Mike Ricker reports plenty of Sea Bass caught by our anglers this morning. We had a steady pick of Porgies and Sea Bass all morning. Regardless of the fog it was still a very nice Sunday morning on the water. Congratulations to our pool winner, Claudia Bavaro from Glen Head, NY, with a 2.8…

Capt. Mike reports that the fishing was a little slow this afternoon. We still managed to get some Porgies and Seabass in the buckets. We had good action on Fluke and had a beautiful keeper. The pool winner this afternoon was Matt Haenel from Huntington, NY with a 3.6 lb Fluke.

Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Starship. Porgy fishing is fantastic. They are mixed size with plenty of bites. Sea Bass continue to be challenging with mostly small fish. We also had a few Bluefish. The pool winner was Wendy A. from Queens, NY with a 3.3 lb Porgy.

Capt Mike reports steady fishing from the first horn on the Viking Star! It was a good bite and everyone caught multiple fish. The pool winner was Jack Lisi from Montclair, NJ with a 3 lb Sea Bass.

Wow, what a day we had on the water yesterday! Numerous reports of whales in the area had us excitedly heading out in search of some of the humpbacks we had seen on Wednesday’s trip. But to our surprise, our transit was ‘interrupted’ by the sightings of three finback whales less than halfway to our destination. The massive whales were feeding on sand eels, with one seen lunge-feeding on its side at the surface. Fin whales are extremely fast and can travel tremendous distances in a short time, so we enjoyed watching them for a bit, before they – and we – traveled on. About twelve miles offshore, we found blows belonging to two, and then four, and then five humpback whales. All types of feeding and surface displays were observed with one humpback kick-feeding at the surface, another open-mouth…

Capt JR reports an exponential improvement in today’s Block Island catching. Big knot head Sea Bass and BEAUTIFUL keeper Fluke have kept us very busy all morning. We have lots of room on tomorrow’s full day Block Island trip!!!