Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Captain Phil reports a great day of fishing aboard the Viking Stariper. Flat calm and couldn’t get any better, lots of action and the poles were bent all day. Two keepers aboard the ship, and a whole lot of shorts released. The pool winner was Wendy Sandale of Selden, NY with her first ever 4.5 lb Fluke.

Capt Phil reports a ton of action on the Viking Stariper. Again it was a nice day out there and the Fluke were biting, but is was pretty much all shorts and a few keepers. The pool winner was Meital Fried from Brooklyn, NY with a 2 lb Fluke.

Montauk Spring Jumbo Porgies Capt Dave reports a tougher than usual day on the Viking Starship. We tried out the close spot to start, but the bite was slow. We took the long ride and had a slow pick with some Jumbos in the mix. We also had some Bluefish. The first place winner was Patrick Smith from Roselle, NJ with a 4 1/4 lb Scup. The edible pool winner was Nolan Maiks from Valley Stream, Long Island with a 3 lb Bluefish. Capt Dave is hopeful we will be fishing by the lighthouse soon!

1/2 Day Fishing – AM Capt Phil reports a lot of action on the Viking Stariper. Unfortunately the action was mostly with shorts. We did manage one keeper Fluke.

1/2 Day Fishing – AM Capt Phil reports a slow afternoon on the Viking Stariper. We had a couple of short Fluke in the mix. There were a bunch of beautiful throwback SeaBass and some Bluefish. The pool winner was Angelo Demetroulakos from Brooklyn with a 3 lb Bluefish.

Night Striped Bass Capt Phil reports a slow trip on the Viking Starship. There was action early on the jigs with only short Striped Bass and Bluefish. We then had slack tide which made the rest of the night quiet.

Montauk Spring Jumbo Porgies Capt Dave reports a decent day on the Viking Starship. We tried the closer spot to start out, but is was slow. So we took the long ride and found a slow pick of good size Porgies. We also had a few Weakfish, a couple of keeper Fluke and a lot of Sea Robbins. The first place pool winner was Jose from Hempstead with a Jumbo 4 Lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Angel from Manhattan, NY with a 3 lb Fluke. We will be sailing Sunday and Monday at 4am on the 140′ Viking Starship. On Tuesday May 28th we will begin sailing at 5am.

1/2 Day Fishing – AM Capt Steven Jr reports a good morning on the Viking Stariper. We had action throughout the trip. We had some nice size keeper Fluke along with a couple of throwback SeaBass. 1st Place Pool – 6.7 lb Fluke – Chris Maniatis, Brooklyn, NY 2nd Place Pool – 6.3 lb  Fluke – Carriann Valerin, Garden City, NY 3rd Place Pool – 6 lb Fluke – Ava Sparacio, Simsbury, CT

Capt Dave reports an okay day on the Viking Starship. On our first drop we had action with smaller sized Scup than we have been seeing. The the wind picked up and the bite really slowed down, so we moved on and found a lot of Bluefish, a bunch of throwback SeaBass and some short Striped Bass. The pool winner was Peter Schneider from NJ with a 2 lb Porgy.

1/2 Day – AM Capt Carl reports tough fishing on the Viking Stariper this morning. There was a stiff wind and a fast drift. We had 1 keeper Fluke, a short Fluke, Bluefish and throwback SeaBass. The first place pool winner was John Lanser from New Rochelle, NY with a 6.5 lb Blue Fish. Honorable Mention goes to Kobi with a 6 lb Fluke.

Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Stariper. The bite took some time to get started today with the breezy conditions. About 9am it started to get nicer and the fishing picked up for the small crowd onboard. We had slightly smaller fish today with some Jumbos mixed in. We also had a bunch of Blues and some Weakfish. We didn’t have a pool today.

Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Stariper. We stayed close today and had a good bite when we got there. The tide slacked off for awhile a we had a slow pick, after it picked up we ended up putting a decent catch together. We also had some fluke, Weakfish and some throwback SeaBass. The pool winner was Umberto from Queens, NY with a 3 1/4 lb Porgy.