Sat July 6 – 1/2 Day Fishing AM
Capt Mike reports a pretty slow morning of fishing on the Viking Star. We had a few keeper Fluke and Porgies in the buckets, but the weather seemed to have slowed down the action on this mornings trip. The pool winner this morning went to Emil Kayser from NYC, NY with a 4 lb SeaBass.
Fri July 5 – Whale Watching
The third whale watch of our 2024 season was as successful and amazing as the first two! We headed out in search of two whales reported to be feeding right off the lighthouse. Blows and splashes could be seen before I even finished talking about the historic landmark. Between six to eight humpbacks could be seen feeding and diving on the abundant sand eels (sand lance) in the area. We spent most of our time watching two whales kick feed, throwing their massive bodies sideways, kicking at the bait in the water and coming up immediately after with large, gaping open mouths, as they filter out the fish through their dense mats of baleen. There were about six whales in the immediate vicinity, in all directions, so it took time to eventually encounter all of them. CRESLI can identify individual…
Wed July 3 – Whale Watching
Another spectacular multispecies trip (humpbacks, minkes, finbacks, and Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins We left the dock under excellent conditions (unlimited visibility and 2′ seas). Early on, just around Montauk Lighthouse we found ~300 Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins, always a good way to start. Further out, we encountered a small and lethargic humpback whale. We stayed with it…
Fri July 5 – New Moon Striped Bass
Capt J.R. reports a very good night of fishing on the Viking Starship. We started our trip jigging for Stripers and we certainly had loads of Bass on jigs, then the bite continued on into the eel portion of the night. We had all sized Striped Bass from shorts, slot sized fish, and some real…
Fri July 5 – 1/2 Day Fishing PM
Capt Mike reports a slower afternoon of fishing today on the Viking Starlite. We did have some nice Porgies and SeaBass in the mix this afternoon and only a couple keeper Fluke, however the size of both Fluke were very nice. The first prize pool winner went to Elizabeth Solomon from New York, NY with…
Fri July 5 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Knothead Sea Bass
Capt Dave reports a decent day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. We started our morning off down the beach and fishing for a solid hour and a half with a lot of Porgy action of all sizes. As the tide started to come in we moved our way to the east to an…
Fri July 5 – 1/2 Day Fishing AM
Capt Mike reports an excellent trip this morning on the Viking Starlite. We had a true mixed bag trip with nice big Fluke, SeaBass and Porgies in the buckets. Once again we had a nice addition to our trip with whales and dolphins breeching left and right. Overall it was a very fun morning! The…
Thurs July 4 – 1/2 Day Fishing PM
Capt Steven Sr. reports another action filled trip this afternoon on the Viking Star. Despite more difficult conditions with wind against tide, we had a nice mixed bag of fish! We saw a lot more Fluke this afternoon this morning with a lot of keepers and throwbacks. We also had a ton of Porgy and…
Thurs July 4 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Knothead Sea Bass
Capt Dave reports a pretty good day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. We started off down the beach to get out of the tide and had a lot of action down there with a lot of mixed size Porgies. After a couple drifts everyone seemed to have a bucket of decent stuff after…
Thurs July 4 – 1/2 Day Fishing AM
Capt Steven Sr. reports lots of action this morning on the Viking Star. The Porgies were certainly biting today, with lots of rods bending all around the boat. We had some decent Fluke action with quite a bit of shorts and a few keepers in the mix, along with some nice SeaBass. We ended our…