Sea Bass

Capt Ant Apologizes for the delayed report but here we go on the bass front: Fridays Pm Jig Trip was Excellent. We had a pick of bass and big blues off the radar to start when that died we moved around to the light and had 3 killer drifts with bass, scup and blues. John Minton took the pool with a 19lber Matt Stanton took 2nd with a 16lber. Night Striped Bass Captain Ant reports an absolute slammer trip last night.  It was absolutely the best night trip of the year when it comes to catching fish.  From the start to the finish we bailed both bass and blues although the bass bite was concentrated into a 2 hour window, which was enough for most to land a linesider.  At about 10p the wind turned northwest and held up our…

Night Striped Bass Capt Ant reports a bluefish Bonanza on the bass boat and they were BIG. We had most of the flood and could not get through the blues. We picked a few bass at the rip but it died with the tide once we got ebb we found a pile and weeded through more blues and put some bass on the boat. Pool winner John Allen from Hackettstown, NJ with a 17lbs Second place Jason Fox from Verona, NY with a 15lber 2 Night Tuna Capt Carl reports a great 2 night tuna trip on the Viking Star! After a long blow of weather, we finally were able to get out. We got out the first night and about a half hour of vein. On anchor Jay Ziggy hooked up, battled, and won against an estimated 230 lb…

Block Island Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a bit of a slower day today due to the east winds. It started out with some smaller sized fish than what we have been getting, so we moved to find the bigger ones. And we found them, but it was quality over quantity today. What we managed to get was a nicer sized. We only had a few sea bass today and also about a dozen keeper cod up to 15lbs. Today’s first place pool winner was Randy from Jersey City with a 4lb porgy and in second was Benjamin Barajas of Queens with a 15lb cod.

Block Island Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports an okay day of fishing today aboard the Viking Starship. We had a good pick of mixed sized porgies, as well as a couple stripers in the mix. We went looking for the sea bass in the afternoon  and we found mostly medium sizes but we did have a few nice ones. Today’s first place pool winner was Bill Wong of Manhattan with a 3lb porgy and in second place was Donald Moy with a 9lb striped bass.

Block Island Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports an okay day of fishing today. The morning started out good with some porgies, but when the conditions got a bit worse, the bite dropped out. We moved to try and find some sea bass, and we did, but they were much smaller than we have been seeing. We also had some bluefish in the mix. Today’s first place winner was JC McLeod of Brooklyn with a 3lb porgy, and in second place was Jeff Greenbaum of NY with a 12lb bluefish.

Block Island Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a very good day of fishing today. It was very good fishing for porgies today and was okay for the sea bass. We saw a bit smaller size sea bass today but there were plenty of them. Today’s pool winner was Dimas A Sorto of Brentwood with a 3.5lb porgy.

Block Island Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a good day of fishing today. It was a bit rough out today, but we still managed to get some really nice sized porgies and a ton of sea bass. Everyone had their limit of sea bass. All in all it was a good day.

Night Striped Bass Capt Ant reports an okay night of bassing.The bite was “softer” than Friday night meaning the fish were there but they were biting less aggressively  tons of swings  and misses but plenty of fish landed as well for those that let them eat. Most fish were in the high teens low 20’s even jesus of the elbow swiped at a few, only landing one.The pool winner Paul with a 28lber Second place Tie Kira Gary from West Islip, NY Eric Cruz Bronx, NY with a 24lbs .Tonight we will be sailing at 5pm sharp Block Island Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a good day of fishing today aboard the Viking Starship. There was plenty of action with more medium sized fish. Today’s first place pool winner was Omar Piohardo of Elizabeth NJ with a 3.75lb…

Night Striped Bass Capt Ant reports a good night of bassing although the beast from the east (wind) came on again and made for unorthodox drifting we saw larger fish tonight with most in the 20’s. James  Connors from St James, NY found a moocow with a 32lber Second Place went to Scott Coates from Massapequa, NY with a 24lb. Striped Bass and Blues Jigging PM Captain Ant reports a solid jigging trip Friday pulling Montauk’s fall bounty out of the Atlantic bass, blues, scup, sea bass and a beautiful bonito made for an excellent excursion. Mike Matthews took the bass pool. Block Island Porgies and Sea Bass Captain Dave reports an okay day of fishing today. It was slow but steady all day, with many medium sized porgies and some really nice sized sea bass. Today’s first place winner…

Viking FiveStar Tuna We returned yesterday late afternoon from another good trip offshore. The first night was slow with mostly shark bites throughout the night. We landed 1 nice yellow fin in the early morning. The next day on troll we picked up a few albacore and couple mahi. The second night was what made the trip- The first half of the night we battled with more sharks and lost a couple fish close to the boat. In the early morning they started to chew. We had them eating the chum on the surface swimming around the boat and started throwing bait to them. For an hour and a half it was lock and load fishing. All the fish were good sized in the 60-80 lb range. After that it slowed up for us and we started to troll our…