VIKING 46 BILLFISH

Long before any sport-fishing boats were ever built in other parts of the East Coast, the sweet, cedar swamp waters of southern New Jersey produced a group of notable boatbuilders well-known for the robust construction of their vessels. Today, the most prolific production builder in the industry—Viking Yacht Company—continues to develop stylish, functional and fishy boats from its facilities along the winding and historic Bass and Mullica rivers.

I had the opportunity to review Hull No. 1 of the sporty new 46 Billfish. The boat embodies everything about a sport-fisher that makes them the effective tools we all yearn to fish with, while also taking aim at