Archive: 2024

The whales are still around! We headed out on a sunny morning to seek  whales, dolphins, and other marine life. We were not disappointed! Early in the trip we encountered a an ocean sunfish (Mola mola), the largest of the boney fish.  Shortly later we found a group of 30-50 Tamanend’s’ bottlenose dolphins, including calves…

Capt JR reports a decent afternoon onboard the Viking Star. We had similar fishing to what we had this morning with good action for most the trip. Sea bass, Porgies and Fluke kept anglers busy and we definitely had a few keeper Fluke to toss in the buckets.The pool winner was Tate Ghatak from Jersey…

Capt. Dave reports a gorgeous day out on the water today with excellent conditions. We had excellent Porgy fishing this morning over by the Lighthouse with some Fluke and Blue Fish mixed in. We had plenty of fish in all sizes, and we had to pick through the smaller fish to get the nice size…

Capt. Carl reports another great afternoon of weather and fishing! It was another action packed afternoon keeping all anglers busy filling their buckets with Giant Porgies, Beautiful Black Sea Bass, and a couple nice KEEPER Flukes as well. Great fun and fresh fish for everyone! The pool winner went to Robert Rosenthal from Mount Kisco,…

Capt Dave reports a very productive day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. We started our morning off with an anchor drop off the lighthouse, Porgy fishing was excellent to start and we were able to work this area for an hour or so before making a move as the smaller fish rolled in….

Captain Carl reports beautiful weather and excellent fishing on this mornings half day trip! We had all the usual suspects of Giant Porgies, Knothead Sea Bass, and quite a few KEEPER Flukes filling our anglers buckets! The action was solid and everyone onboard is going home with fresh fish for dinner! The first prize pool…

Summer may be winding down, but the thrill of a CRESLI/Viking whale watch is certainly not! What a day we had yesterday on the Viking Starship: it began with a small group of Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins swimming close to shore. We spent a bit of time with them ensuring everyone had a good look before moving on and spotting a juvenile humpback whale in 65 feet of water approximately one mile from the beach. We knew larger adults were still in the area so we headed offshore to find them and that we did! It all began with a pectoral flipper-slapping adult in the mix of a dozen humpbacks, including at least one calf. The calf, which we have seen on previous trips, exhibited a variety of surface-active behaviors, including full and partial breaches, tail throws, inverted lob-tailing, pectoral flipper…

Capt Mike reports non-stop stop rod bending action all afternoon on the Viking Star! Black Sea Bass were certainly the stars of the trip this afternoon, with most anglers landing a couple keeper each making for a lot of Bass in the buckets. The Porgy bite did seem to settle down from this morning and we saw more throw-backs than keepers on the Fluke this afternoon. Overall, there was a lot of action and plenty of fish for everyone to go home with. The pool winner went to Joe Coppola from East Meadow, NY with a 3 lb SeaBass

Another spectacular whale watch trip on the Viking Star! While we Expecting to go offshore to find the whales that were been seen on Wednesday, Dr. Kopelman and several volunteers saw humpback whales close to shore whales from the Overlook Beach on Old Montauk Highway on their way out to see to the ship. These…

Capt Dave reports excellent Porgy fishing today on the Viking Starship. This morning the bite started off very strong as we anchored up just off the lighthouse. We picked away at a lot of fish for a couple hours, all sized small to large, but mostly on the medium to large side. The action this…