Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Capt Dave reports an excellent day on the Viking Starship. We anchored by the lighthouse because of the wind and tide and had a nice pick of Porgies with Sea Bass mixed in. Then we went looking for the larger Sea Bass off to the east in the deeper water. There was decent fishing there with Sea Bass in the 2 to 3 lb range and a few Fluke up to 5 lbs. The pool winner was Payero from Queens with a 2 1/2 lb Porgy.

Capt JR reports that we had a very enjoyable morning onboard the Viking Star. There was loads of action all around the boat throughout the entire trip. Rods were bent over with Sea Bass, Porgies, and some very nice Fluke. Everyone getting a nice bag of meat to take home for dinner. Today’s pool was…

Capt JR reports this afternoon’s weather was perfect to drift some deep rock piles and target some big Sea Bass and big Fluke. Loads of action all trip with everyone getting delicious Fluke and Sea Bass  for dinner.

Capt Steven Jr reports that the season so far has been steady, but the past few trips have seen a consistent improvement in Tuna fishing and the Tile fishing remains strong. On our last trip we had the boat limit of quality Yellow Fin, 4 Big Eyes, a bunch of Mahi and a load of…

Capt Dave reports a good trip on the Viking Starship. We had breezy conditions that kept us anchored up most of the day. It was a steady pick of mixed size Porgies by the lighthouse. We went looking for Sea Bass in the rock piles later in the trip. There were smaller Sea Bass with some larger ones in the mix, along with some Porgies. We also had some Fluke up to 6 lbs. The pool winner was David Ball from Valley Stream, NY with a 2 1/2 lb Porgy. Tomorrow’s trip is cancelled due to weather.

It keeps getting better!! We left the dock under exceptional conditions, cool comfortable weather, little wind, and unlimited visibility.  Within 5 nautical miles we found a massive group of several hundred inshore bottlenose dolphins. We stayed with them for a while and continued on our way. It took another hour before we saw whales breaching about 4 nautical miles ahead, once we got there we found 7 humpback whales, including some from our last trip. All seven were essentially moving as one, diving together, travelling together, feeding  near the bottom and returning to the surface together.  We know that humpbacks will cooperatively feed and often see that at the surface. Could they have been cooperatively feeding at depth? We’d like to think so. 7 Humpback whales 200+ Inshore bottlenose dolphins 36 Great Shearwaters 7 Cory’s Shearwaters 20 Wilson’s Storm Petrels

Capt JR reports that we had some very windy conditions this morning on the Viking Star. Despite the difficult conditions we landed some nice Fluke, some beauty Sea Bass, and a few Scup to make the trip. The first place pool winner was Tyler Settanni from Bellmore, NY with a 5.8 lb Fluke. The edible…

Capt. JR reports that this afternoon on the Viking Star we found loads of big beautiful sea bass. Non stop action all around the boat. Everyone easily had their limit. In addition to the bountiful Sea Bass, some very nice Keeper fluke came up to sweeten the catch. First place in the pool was won…

Capt. JR reports a lot of action on this morning’s trip. Many of  the fish caught  were slightly under the legal size limit and had to go back but the action was non stop. We managed to put together a decent catch of Fluke, Sea Bass and Porgies and even a couple of Trigger fish…

Capt. Mike Ricker reports that the afternoon started of hot with a lot of big Sea Bass and Porgy then slowed a bit when the wind picked up. We also had a few keeper fluke. Kate Deutsch of Hicksville NY won todays’s pool winner with a 3.2 lb Porgy. (None of the anglers who caught fluke joined today’s pool! )

Captain Dave reports a good day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. We caught plenty of Porgies and Sea Bass but they were slightly smaller than we have been seeing lately. Today’s pool was won by John O. of Freeport NY with a 3lb Porgy. Nick White of Hempstead NY caught a nice 4Lb…

Capt JR reports a great trip with some real beautiful fish landed on the Viking Star. In addition to the nice knot head Sea Bass we captured and some trophy Fluke were scooped up in our nets. The top 3 Fluke landed tipped the scales at 7, 8, and 9 lbs!!!! There were also several…