InTheBite Dock Talk: To Captain a 92' Viking Sportfisher. An Interview With Captain Rob Moore

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The 2016 Viking Yachts 92' Viking is one of the largest sportfishing boats made. Listen in as 30 year veteran Captain Rob Moore discusses taking the helm of the 92' Viking Fa La Me to travel the world in search of great fishing.

[@fatsuperfly]

Those boats are amazing, the more I see the more I fall in love. I’d be a happy camper to just get on one for the night and fish, they are fantastic.

[@thudtrades1850]

I ran across a video of a shotgun start years ago, maybe the 70? Fa La Me.. From floating to absolutely leaving the fleet.. Love to see it again..

[@craigallan8667]

Comes across as such a nice person as he interviews people. Great job.

[@louisedillon2413]

I worked at Viking back in 1964 - 1966 when it took over receivership from Peterson-Viking. I worked for Bill Healey in the office. I did payroll for 75 workers and accounts receivable and payable. It was an interesting time. I lived in New Gretna back then. Are Bill and Bob well? My name was Louise Hickman back then.

[@K.Mohd16]

I have been following the Fa La Me on facebook a while now and I hope you really come down to Trinidad and Tobago... Hope to see you all in January... Great video

[@markhowell3916]

Excellent. I would hire Rob in a second. He may not be interested in a 25 footer tho.

[@scottpitman6682]

Let’s Go Fishing 🎣

[@casualonemmo-player2167]

I have some random noob questions :-) 1. The boat seems to be "1/5 room for fishing area at the back + rest is luxury resting areas": how much fish can you actually store in the back? Can you cut an entire tuna in bits and store it in the back? Is there hoses to hose away all that blood? 2. What are those massive "rods" that points high up in the air on the side of the boat? It looks like they can be "swinged outwards and have several lines working"? I thought sport fishing is manually using a proper fishing rod and "reel" in any catch. 3. Do you fish to sell it, or is it mainly just to relax, catch a few, then eat it the same day? 4. Whats all this about "fishing tournaments"? The winner is the one that catches "x kg is spesific fish" ? Seems bad for the "apparently the ocean is pretty overfished as it is, and sport fishing, which is just for "fun?" is harming the environment? 5. Do you mainly "catch it, then release it"? or is the majority of the catch eaten / sold?

[@LITTLENIMRODFISHING]

1. There is a fair amount of room to keep fish in the back of Vikings, more than Carolina style blats because they do not have fish boxen in the deck and vikings do. But, most of the fishing done b teams like this is not meat fishing, it is catch and release bill-fishing. Teams who primarily tuna fish or just meat fish in general may add more storage (for example "Over the Edge, an 80 that has a commercial style box in place of a fighting chair or rocket launcher. 2. I'm assuming you are referring to the Outriggers? They have mono attached to clips on a rope halyard with pullies. They usually have two clips on 2/3 of the lines for lighter and heavier baits (long/short) and a pulley or ring that the teaser line is run through (shortest). Lines are put in the clips and hoisted up to the top to increase the spread width (as said in the video). Many sportfish boats will also have a center rigger, which is 10-15 feet long and is mounted on the hard top (or tower if there is one). This is usually rigged with one single clip (sometimes 2). This allows an additional rod to be fished down the center if the spread, but as Capt. Rob said, they usually only fish 2 long and 2 flat (along with pitch baits) 3. I would say that 99% of programs of this caliper are not commercial vessels. These usually fish for numbers (unless in a kill tournament). Like i said in a previous question, most of the fishing (all of the tournament fishing) on boats with this type of program is all billfish and release. Not to say that they will not keep mahi and other meat fish caught as by-catch while marlin fishing and eat it. 4. 90%+ of billfish tournaments are catch and release, based off a point system (i.e: Blue Marlin=500pts Sailfish=100pts, etc.). I believe some of the Bermuda tournaments are kill, but in the D.R and in Florida, as well as many other places, they are all catch and release. 5. I think i kind of answered this in almost every previous question lol; but I would say over 90% of the fishing done in a program is catch and release. Hope this helps!

[@crustyolcoot6646]

I kinda got it’s fitted with an enclosed bridge the first fifty times it was mentioned mate. Nice boat mate.

[@gordonhopkins4658]

I have been trying to find out how many crew you will require on a boat like this? Is it just a Captain and Mate?

[@veronicatempone832]

Muy bien, capitan!

[@anthonyhill5178]

man that boat is a beautiful i wish i could afford one of those

[@littledeel]

You just have me an idea for a brand new company

[@hirmasanchez116]

Me encanta

[@Mr.Oblivian]

What size props does she have?

[@certifiedlawnpros]

Jarret H. 60"

[@montybowles4535]

do remenber theizbel in venezuela puerto fino dale

[@craigmonteforte1478]

To meet emmiuussions it’s common to lose fuel efficiency

[@johnlindgren1981]

A******