Viking Fleet Fishing Report

Capt Dave reports a slowish start to Block Island fishing on the Viking Starship. We started out inshore close to the island and drifted. There were a decent amount of Porgies along with a few keeper Sea Bass, but most were shorts. Offshore we had mostly medium Porgies and short Sea Bass. A lot of…

*We have added a trip for Sunday, Sept 20 since the sightings are still great! Departs at 10AM and returns at 4PM. Book online at vikingfleet.com or give us a call at 631-668-5700 This trip was a wet but successful one! Rain was falling as we left the dock and continued throughout most of the…

Close to shore and lots of humpbacks! Our trip on the Viking Star left Montauk on a perfect day with calm seas, blue skies and a light breeze.  We had just rounded Montauk Point when we spotted a pod of Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins, about 15-20 individuals.  Our vessel stopped, as we watched them, when several dolphins came up to and around our bow, swam away and then came back again. Tamanend’s have not usually been making these close approaches, and the passengers really enjoyed the encounter. Proceeding along the south shore eastward, we started passing huge schools of menhaden at the surface.  These fish, in their huge “bait balls”, were a mass of flashing silver scales, and are an important part of the marine food chain.  Sure enough, in a few minutes, we saw our first humpback whales eating them. …