This Hopkins metal lure delivered yesterday in the wind and heavy surf. I was looking at a skunk yesterday.  I was fishing great water and rough conditions and I just knew there were fish around but I was not getting them. I was fishing mostly with my bucktail jig.  It was not working. I thought to myself maybe a longer cast in these rough condi...

Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Starship. We picked up where we left off yesterday and had nice sized Porgies again with good sized Sea Bass mixed in. Limits were retained by all anglers. We also had a few Cod and Fluke today. Unfortunately none of the large Cod were in the […]

Our three day TNT trip on the Viking Star started out a little inconvenient with some windy conditions. However we concentrated our efforts on the tuna grounds and spent the entire first day convincing the picky fish to bite. The fish were very line shy but we dropped down to light leaders and hooked a […]

I've got my thumb in the jaw of another good size slot that fell for a bucktail jig with a pink Fat Cow jig strip. Fishing has been read hot in the last week for me. For me this has been the best week of the year for saltwater fishing. I fished hard the last 5 days in a row and caught staggering numbers of stripers of all sizes from schoolies up...

Capt Dave reports excellent fishing today on the Viking Starship. We started off our morning fishing some inshore spots and picked through lots of clouds of little porgies and a mix of seabass. We then worked our way offshore a bit into some deeper water where we got into some really nice fishing. There was […]

Capt Dave reports a pretty good day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. We had a lot of action all around with fish just about everywhere we dropped own. There were a lot more medium sized fish in the mix not quite throwbacks but nothing very big. SeaBass fishing was good with fish of […]

Capt Dave reports great fishing today on the Viking Starship. There was a much better Porgy bite today. We caught well despite the rough conditions. It was good Sea Bass fishing as well. Plenty of both to be had today but not much else to mention as far as edible species. The first place pool […]

Today's biggie was a brute of a fish- big head big girth and strong as an ox.  I landed a brute of a fish today. It was one of those old fashioned fish we used to catch 30 and 40 years ago.  It was at least 40 inches long with a  big head and a wide girth.  And it possessed some brute strength.   The fish took a two ounce homemade bucktail jig wit...

Capt Dave reports a great start to our first day of the Block Island Porgy and SeaBass fishing on the Viking Starship. Despite some rainy conditions we had a very good day of fishing with a steady pick all day. For our or first trip of the fall we did a lot of exploring and […]

The End of an Amazing Season   To be honest we weren’t sure what to expect on our final whale watch of the season. Although whales and dolphins remain in the area Hurricane Lee which passed far to our northeast whipped up very high seas from Friday night into Saturday and although conditions calmed for […]

Capt JR reports a much improved afternoon of catching on the Viking Star. We took a long ride and found lots of life with SeaBass and Porgies keeping anglers busy all trip. Lots of action and everyone had fish in their buskets. The first prize pool winner went to Elizabeth Lanza from Oceanside NY with […]

Capt Dave reports a pretty decent day of fishing today on the Viking Starship despite the dirty water following Hurricane Lee. We did most our fishing closer to Block Island today as we found the water was much cleaner in this area. We had a mixed pick of Porgies and SeaBass of all different sizes […]

Capt J.R. reports a little difficult morning of fishing on the Viking Star  However we found some life everywhere we went and ended the trip putting some fish in buckets. Sea bass porgies and a few fluke will make their way to the dinner tables. the first prize pool winner went to Joe Baier from […]

This slot fish one of many today took a large bucktail jig with a Fat Cow jig strip. It was the storm that wasn't. Today's surf was supposed to be dangerously high and super rough. It wasn't.  In fact by evening the ocean was flat as a pancake with a gentle northwesterly breeze. The water was clean with no sand in it along the places I fished to...

Capt J.R. reports a huge success on our first 60 Hour Tuna/Mahi trip of 2023. The night bite was pretty much nonexistent Tuna wise but we did land a nice 145 lbs. Swordfish and had a few break off. The day time chunk bite was a solid pick all day of 50-70 lb. Yellowfin with […]

If you are even thinking about fishing anywhere along the oceanfront in the next few days forget it.  I went down today to try and get in one more day of fishing and it was impossible. I saw huge hurricane driven waves in the 8 to 15 foot range coming right over the East Center and West Walls around the Harbor of Refuge in Narragansett. Keep in m...

Capt Dave reports a great day of fishing on the Viking Starship. We started off the morning fishing between Montauk and Block Island and had a good pick of very nice Porgies between large and jumbo size and a mixed pick of Seabass. After a few drifts the wind started to go against the tide […]

Capt Dave reports a pretty good day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. We did a similar route to yesterday’s trip fishing between Montauk and Block Island in the deeper water and had some pretty good action. We had a slow and steady picked of medium-large sized Porgies with a mixed sized of Seabass. […]

Another amazing 3 species trip with a sideshow of amazing weather front views.   Our streak of consecutive cetacean sightings continues. We headed out to escape the extreme heat and to find whales. On our way west we got to see spectacular cloud formations to our south. We eventually entered an area where we hit […]

Capt Dave reports excellent fishing today on the Viking Starship. We had much better fishing than we have been seeing. We tried out the deeper water closer to Block Island finding a mixed bag all day with a really great morning drift. When the tide was strong fishing was tough but all in all it […]

The Yo-Zuri Hydro Pencil has been  the hot plug in the last week The good times just keep rolling for me with big numbers of slots on just about a nightly basis.  The hottest plug of the week has been a Yo-Zuri Hydro Pencil in a white color.  This looks like a Jumpin' Minnow on steroids.  It casts great into the wind and has a swagger on the ret...

Here's a slot that was landed this afternoon on a Slug go. Fishing for slots has been very good. The water is cold the air is cold and there should not be big numbers of fish around RI waters.  But they are here and the biggest surprise of the spring is the abundant numbers of slot fish along both the oceanfront and in the Bay.  I can't remember...