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Local Cod Captain Steven Sr reports an excellent day on the cod grounds. The big boys are here! We had a few guys at their limit, but today size mattered with quite a few fish over 18lbs. Doug Heath of Red Bank, NJ took the pool with a 26lb cod and also had another one that was over 20lbs. Mike Kastrati of Flushing, NY took second place with a 23lb cod. Check out the pictures- they tell the story! We are sailing tomorrow Saturday Feb 8th with two boats so come on down! There will be plenty of room for everyone. Also, we will definitely be sailing on Sunday Feb 9th as the weather looks great and the fishing is on! Hope to see you all out soon!

Local Cod Captain Steven Jr reports an excellent day on the cod grounds today! We had lots of quality cod today, with 25 fish over 15lbs and a few fish over the 20lb mark. Things started off slow in the dark with only a couple cod coming up before the sun. By mid morning we had good steady fishing with a few good shots of 20-30 fish per drift coming up. Later in the day, the fish seemed to scatter and we had a pick of a couple cod per drift. By the end of the day we put a good catch of quality cod together for everyone on board. The average angler ended up with 3-5 cod and high hook guys had 6-8 cod. Michael Fronda of Brooklyn took first place with a nice 27lb cod and in second…

Local Cod Captain Carl is happy to report a nice day of winter cod fishing! Winds were light and variable all day, seas were calm, temperature was warm (for February) and fishing was decent too. We had a few short cod and some ling come up in the dark, then once the sun came up we saw a couple of steady drifts with some keeper cods and more ling. We picked away for a little bit but then things went slow, so we searched around some different areas and found a shot of cod here and a shot of cod there. In the afternoon the bite picked up quite a bit for a little while and we saw some nicer size cod as well as quite a few pollack. Jigs and bait both produced today and as always, some fishermen…

Update!! The Viking Captains took an exploratory crew trip yesterday January 30 to look for cod. The report was good, some decent cod action some ling and plenty of cunners too. The Viking Starship is definitely making the trip for Local Cod tomorrow, Sat Feb 1st, departing the Viking Dock at 3am. We anticipate a good day of fishing based on yesterdays trip, so do check back to get the report. Tickets are available at the office starting at 2am at the office.

Block Island Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports another good day of fishing today. Everyone filled their coolers today with plenty of porgies, sea bass and cod, all mixed in sizes. Today’s first place pool winner was Matthew Padavatton of Queens with a 3.5lb porgy and in second place was Mak of Philadelphia with a 12lb cod. Unfortunately, due to weather, tomorrows trip for BI Porgies and Sea Bass has been CANCELLED. Make sure you check with the website or call the office tomorrow to see if we will sail on Monday.

Block Island Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a bit of a tough day today with the weather conditions. We still managed a decent catch, mostly smaller fish today, but mixed in size. We had porgies, sea bass and some cod in the mix. Today’s first place pool winner was Said Kim of NY with a nice big 4lb porgy and in second place was Peter Johnson with a 13lb cod.

Block Island Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave and Captain Anthony both report a great day of fishing. It was a porgy and sea bass massacre! We had a hot start with knothead sea bass and nice size porgies. It slowed down with the tide change, so we made a move and found JUMBO of both chewing their heads off piled 25 feet off the bottom. We also had some cod, blues and ling in the mix. Aboard the Viking Star, the first place pool winner was Desmond Forsythe of Brooklyn with a 3.5lb porgy and in second place was Steve Zestanakis of Bayside with a 5.25lb sea bass. Aboard the Viking Starship, the first place pool winner was Artemio Pineiro from the Bronx with a 3lb porgy, and in second place was Mark Jemenez of Manhattan with an 18lb…

Block Island Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a good day of fishing today. Despite the cold weather, the sea bass bite was on! Everyone had their limit of sea bass today. We had to go looking for the porgies today, the bite was a little slow. We also had about 8 keeper cod up to about 15lbs. Today’s pool winner was Virginie Salpetrier of the Bronx with a 3.5lb porgy.

Block Island Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a tough day of fishing today. It was very cold and windy with some snow this morning, not to mention the dogs were out bothering us today. The porgies bit okay, but we had quite a few nice sea bass. We also had some cod in the mix. Today’s pool winner was Joe Lee Sang of Brooklyn with a 3.75 lb porgy.

Block Island Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports an okay day of fishing today. We had a very windy start this morning, so with the rough seas and some dogfish that were around, it was a tough day. But we did managed a nice catch of porgies, sea bass, cod and some blues. Today’s pool winner was Konstantnos Kynalis of Powells Cove, NY with a big 4lb porgy.