Viking Starship - Montauk
May 17-20, 1999
(516)668-5700
When it comes to fishing Mother Nature has her way everytime. She can be a blessing or a curse. You need a captain who can roll with the punches and be able to have a change of plans in his back pocket. Steve the captain of the Viking has a list of options a mile long. I've seen him many times turn what was going to be a black Friday trip into a hauling trip. We went to the canyon off of New England for some tile and "pigs", "slobs", "chubba-wubbas"...translation...COD.
The new weather front had the fish on a feeding frenzy before we got there and they had lock jaw by the time we arrived. What to do, what to do. Off to the shoals for cod and that's what we did...COD, COD, COD.
Let's put it this way, straight up...we have cod fillets until next Christmas...thank you very much. Everybody went home happy. They were too busy catching fish to complain about tile fish. We threw back a ton of fish that were shorts. There's no reason to keep a cod fish that you need a magnifying glass to fillet.
Steve has a great set up now with his new mates. A curtious, clean and polite crew. Listen if I had to mate fore some of you boy wonders, I'd probably gaff a few of you...nothing personal! Oh, by the way, the only way to write about something, a teacher once told me, is to do it yourself. So I stuck my foot in mouth and am going to be a mate on the Viking for a trip...so that I can write about it. OH JOY! I pray for the customers...you better tip real well...I know where you sleep at night...just kidding!
We had a great trip...people were laughing and telling stories...and Lynn kept us stuffed with her home cooking. Numbers...do you guys really need a number of fish...COOLER+FISH+2 DAYS+STEVE=Cod until next Christmas! Thanks Steve and all you lovable mates for a great trip as always.
Tips: Pink and red jelly worms, Culprits (Brand) will do. Also, long purple worms did a hammer job.
P.S I have a reward out for this "codnapper". Description: Four legs, blond hair, always hangs out in the galley, dark sunglasses, suspicious looking. Wanted Dead or Alive.