The Yo-Zuri Hydro Pencil has been a hot producer in the last two evenings. In the beginning of the week jigs ruled the places I was fishing. Big bucktail jigs small bucks off a float and NLBN paddle tails all were red hot. But that place where jigs ruled suddenly went dry for me so I moved to a new location. I found fish and lots of them in my n...

Capt Dave reports a half-way decent day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. We struggled a little bit with the weather today not being able to fish in most of the spots we wanted to but we did still get into some calmer areas that had good action. We saw some nice sized Porgies […]

Captain JR reports a successful TNT trip on the Viking Star. Despite the approaching weather we were able to squeeze in two days and a night out at the eastern canyons. The tile fishing wasn’t as hot and heavy as our last trip but still had a decent pick of tiles and other assorted bottom […]

The float and jig has been my best lure to use  this week. It has hooked big numbers of stripers from slots to over slots. The bait has arrived the stripers are on their tails and the surf is up! What could be better? Add to that some rough white water surf and you have the recipe for outstanding fishing. This has been a banner week for me with...

Capt Dave reports good fishing on the Viking Starship. We began the trip up close to Block Island and had a good mixed bag of quality Porgies and mixed size Sea Bass. When the tide stopped running hard we headed to the west side of the island and it was a bail job of really […]

Capt Dave reports a decent day on the Viking Starship. We explored close to the beach today and had very good fishing. There was real quality with big Porgies and Sea Bass. It was a tie for the pool today with 2 3/4 lb Porgies between Safet Kavaceic and Staton Mighty from Brooklyn. We will […]

Striper fishing lit up yesterday. Lots of bait has moved in and stripers of all sizes are on them.  Fall fishing has really taken a turn for the better.  Yesterday I found big schools of bait along the oceanfront moving about a quarter of a mile off shore.  A fall run was underway as big flocks of birds were diving and fish were breaking for bait....

Capt Dave reports a pretty decent day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. We headed to the east right off the bat this morning and had some issues with the tide. That strong full moon tide was running hard and seemed to bring back in the small SeaBass as we had to pick through […]

This trip was a gift. The weather was warm like a summer’s day but with Labor Day two weeks behind us it felt better than usual. The mood on board was sweet and grateful. We found dolphins (Tamanend’s bottlenose) early and then spent time with two juvenile humpback whales within a few miles from shore. […]

Captain Carl reports another slower night on the Bass boat. We caught and released a couple GIANT Striped Bass in the 30-50 lb range and a few Blues showing definite signs of the Fall Run beginning. We are gonna give it another go tonight! The pool winner went to Doug Keller from Southampton NY.

Captain JR reports a much improved afternoon onboard the Viking Star. The change of tide turned the fluke bite on and we boated some beauties. We also had sea bass and porgies biting all trip keeping everyone busy at the rail. The first prize pool winner went to Eric Garcia from West Milford NY with […]

Capt Steven Sr. reports some nice action today on the Viking Starlite. Despite tough conditions with the wind off of Block Island the bites were plentiful. We saw a lot of small SeaBass and short Fluke but did find a good amount keeper SeaBass in the mix with only a couple Fluke to bring home. […]

Capt Dave reports another good day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. We decided to start off in a similar area as yesterday so we set offshore to the east. With windier conditions today we decided to drop anchor for our pick. The bite remained steady today on the SeaBass seeing some really large […]

Capt JR reports some action this morning on the Viking Star. With breezy conditions this morning we did not have the most favorable fishing. However we did see some action with decent size Seabass and Porgies. We bent rods on some small Fluke as well but unfortunately had no keepers. The pool winner went to […]

Captain JR reports a slight improvement in the local bass action. We had a few very nice stripers that were unfortunately much too big to keep. Also a few nice blues to bend the rods. Definitely not a slammer trip but a positive sign for the rapidly approaching fall run.

Here's one taken from the kayak last evening. There has been a big uptick in activity the last few days.  Fishing is improving.  Just maybe a fall run is underway.  We'll see if it continues. Here's what's been happening in the last few days: *Out in the kayak in the Bay I've landed 16 fish a combination of stripers and blues.  I saw a lot of bait...

Another trifecta trip (humpback whales minke whales and Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins!   On this somber day in the back of our minds were the friends schoolmates neighbors first responders and the endless  work of volunteers clearing those hallowed grounds at the World Trade Center the Pentagon and Shanksville PA. On this day as a way […]

Captain JR reports a tougher trip onboard the Viking Star. We put some serious miles under the keel as we cased some water way down to the south end of our string…. However we only found a few yellow fin we loaded up on Mahi during our journey down there. We bailed out of the […]

I'm back in the kayak and it was a great move. Found the bait and found the fish. Landed good numbers of stripers and blues.

Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Starship. We started out anchored east of the point and found large Porgies with Sea Bass mixed in. Once the tide ran hard we headed further east and had very good fishing but smaller Porgies. Anglers were pulling in double and triple headers. We got a […]

Here's a slot fish coming ashore with my Albie Snax in its mouth. The striper fishing has taken a dramatic turn for the better for me in June. The sandeel arrival has brought big numbers of stripers to the oceanfront.  The whole month has been productive but the climax was a couple of days ago when I hit one of the biggest blitzes I have ever se...