Mon July 3 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Sea Bass
Capt Dave reports a good day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. We started off the morning offshore looking for SeaBass trying to avoid that raging full moon tide. We did find ourselves a nice selection of SeaBass with a few keepers and some throwbacks. We also managed to get some large sized Porgies in the mix in that deeper water. When conditions improved we worked our way back to the Lighthouse for some Porgy fishing and the fishing was excellent. We had plenty of Porgies, a couple Fluke, and some Blues. The first place pool winner went to S. Sneider from Bayshore, NY with a 3 lb Porgy.
Mon July 3- 1/2 Day Fishing AM
Capt J.R. reports a much better morning of fishing today on the Viking Star. We had a nicer selection Fluke, Porgies, and SeaBass today, however we did still struggle with flooding of that full moon tide. We did manage to boat many keeper Fluke and SeaBass today fishing off the Lighthouse along with some Blue…
Sun July 2 – Whale Watching
2 species of dolphins and tons of pelagic birds! Our first 2023 whale watch was on a windy and bouncy day. We had reports of whales and dolphins in the area. Shortly after passing Montauk Light we found our first group of about 60 bottlenose dolphins, stayed with them for a while. We headed further…
Sun July 2- 1/2 Day Fishing PM
Capt Mike reports a difficult afternoon of fishing today on the Viking Star. High winds made for a tough afternoon. We did manage to boat a few nice SeaBass, Porgy, and a very large Fluke, despite the poor conditions. There was no pool on the boat this afternoon. We will definitely be sailing again tomorrow (Monday, July 3rd) on both the AM and PM 1/2 Day fishing trips either from 8am-12pm or 1pm-5pm.
Sun July 2- Full Day Block Island Fluke
Captain Carl reports a bit of a tough day on our Full Day Block Island Fluke and Sea Bass trip. We started off with the Full Moon Flood tide and wind together drifting at 2.2 kts. Once that started to settle down, we started picking away with 2-3 keepers per drift. Then, we broke the…
Sun July 2 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Sea Bass
Capt Dave reports an off day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. The full moon flood tide was running hard today and made for more difficult fishing. When the conditions righted themselves we found ourselves in a nice pile of large Porgies. The SeaBass seemed to be on the smaller size today, with not as many keepers as throws. We also had a handful of Blue fish on the boat today and released a 40 lb Striped Bass as it was over slot limit. The pool winner went unnamed today, but won the pool with a 3.1 lb Porgy. We are definitely sailing again tomorrow (Monday, July 3rd) on our 5 am Montauk Lighthouse Porgies & SeaBass.
Sun July 2- 1/2 Day Fishing AM
Capt Mike reports a tougher morning fishing on the Viking Star. Fishing was slower than it’s been lately, still managed to find some keeper SeaBass and Fluke, but had to pick our way through a lot of short stuff. We did however find some nice Porgies. Overall, it was a slow morning. The pool winner for this mornings trip was Jim Koches from South Carolina with a 3 1/2 lb Fluke.
Sat July 1- Full Moon Striped Bass
Capt J.R. reports a good trip last night on the Viking Star. Lots of action all around the boat. Both the jigs and the eels were producing stripers and blues right from the start. The blue fish were a little heavier than usual but we landed a good amount of keeper bass and some throwbacks….
Sat July 1 – 1/2 Day Fishing PM
Capt Mike reports a decent afternoon on the Viking Star. It started off pretty slow picking away at Porgies and Sea Bass and the occasional short Fluke. The last hour of fishing picked up with nice Jumbo Porgies, Big Sea Bass and several keeper Fluke.
Sat July 1 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Sea Bass
Capt Dave reports fantastic fishing on the Viking Starship. We started out at the lighthouse and had large and jumbo Porgies with a bunch of Bluefish mixed in. After that we went offshore for the Sea Bass. It was a lot of picking through little ones to get to the keepers, but pretty much everyone had their limit. There were also some Porgies mixed in out there. About a 1/2 dozen keeper Fluke were caught as well.