Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Minke (and fin whale and shark) Mania! We always begin our trips reminding passengers that we have no control over what we will see and no idea what we will encounter. That sentiment could not have been more true aboard yesterday’s trip. We first found a group of 60-80 Tamamend’s bottlenose dolphins a couple of…

Captain Carl reports an EXCELLENT afternoon on our 1/2 day trip! The rods were bending all trip from start to finish and our anglers kept many Big Sea Bass, Porgies, and a couple Stud Keeper Flukes to top it all off. The first place pool winner was Valerie Nichols from Stanhope, NJ with a 14…

Capt Dave reports very good fishing on the Viking Starship. The trip started out at the lighthouse with good Porgy fishing, but once the tide ran hard we hid down the beach and had steady Porgy fishing, a handful of Sea Bass, Fluke, and Bluefish. We finished the trip at the lighthouse with good Porgy…

Captain Carl reports a wonderful morning on the 1/2 day boat. The trip started a little slow with the raging current… but once that eased off the fish started biting their heads off! Big Fat Fluke, Jumbo Porgies, and Sea Bass filled our buckets on this calm beautiful day! The pool winner was Nick Cerami…

Capt Steven Sr reports FLUKES! this afternoon on the Viking Star. There was phenomenal action and tons of bites. We had 50+ short Fluke with 10 really nice keepers, along  with great Porgy and Sea Bass action. The pool winner was Craig Adams with a 5.5 lb Fluke.

Captain Steven Sr. reports an excellent day of fishing. We had a nice and cool breeze out on the water and rods would not stop bending! Congratulations to our pool winner Richard Lahes of Mineola, NY, who caught a 3.5-lb Fluke.

Capt Dave reports good fishing on the Viking Starship. The trip started out with a steady pick of decent size Porgies. We decided to try the offshore Sea bass spot and found plenty of fish with only a few keepers out there along with some nice keeper Fluke. On our way back in we stopped…

Humpback moms and calves in action! Under clear skies and cool ocean breezes, the Viking Starship headed east in search of the whales that have been in the region all summer, but have recently spread out as bait has also been on the move. We passed beautiful Block Island on calm seas before investigating a spout a few miles from the island. As we moved in the direction of the blow, a breach was observed to our right so we changed direction to investigate. The breaching continued as a calf rocketed to the surface numerous times in partial breaches, chin slaps, pectoral flipper slapping, and tail throws. Mom stayed alongside at the surface, before both dived down, leaving us waiting for more. After a couple of minutes, the calf surfaced, but without mom. The calf hung out at the surface…

Captain JR reports a fine afternoon of angling on the Viking Star. Lots of action all trip with Sea Bass, BIG Porgies, and Fluke. We found an abundance of nice keeper sized SeaBass and a couple keeper fluke along with a couple trigger fish to spice up the catching. A very nice mixed bag of…

Capt Dave reports excellent fishing on the Viking Starship. We had a hard flood tide early, but we had a great mixed bag of Porgies, Cocktail Blues and Triggerfish. When the tide eased off we went to the lighthouse and had a catch of Quality Porgies, Keeper Sea Bass, Keeper Fluke and Blues in the…

Captain Carl reports that last night’s New Moon Striped Bass Trip was a bust. We tried everywhere and everything to no avail. Hopefully the Full Moon in a couple weeks brings them back around!

Captain JR reports a nice morning onboard the Viking Star. We found a good pick of Sea Bass, Porgies, and Fluke all trip. Just a couple nice keeper Fluke came up, but lots and lots of action for everyone. The first place pool winner was Jim Lynam from Bradenton, FL with a 4.2 lb Fluke….