Sat Sept 7 – Full Moon Striped Bass
Capt JR reports an EXCELLENT night of trophy Striped Bass catching onboard the Viking Starship. It was a literal Striped Bass bonanza with big beautiful trophies bending rods up and down the entire 140 feet of the boat. Drift after drift the red hot action continued through the night. Although the fish were all way…
Sat Sept 6 – 1/2 Day Fishing PM
Capt Dave G reports a slower afternoon of fishing aboard the Viking Starlite in very breezy conditions. We did manage to catch some short Fluke and Seabass, with 1 nice size keeper Fluke in the mix. There was no pool this afternoon. Angelo M had the largest fish on the boat, a 5 lb. Fluke.
Sat Sept 6 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Knothead Sea Bass
Capt Dave reports a decent day on the Viking Starship. Fishing was very slow and rough all day due to wind and tide. We were able to catch many small sizes of Porgies and Sea Bass that we couldn’t put in the buckets and take home. However, Perseverance allowed some people to catch some good…
Sat Sep 6 – 1/2 Day Fishing AM
Capt Dave G reports a very good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Starlite. We had breezy conditions, but the fish were very hungry! In spite the tough drifts, we had lots of Fluke biting during the entire trip. We ended up with about a dozen keepers, plus some nice size Porgies and a big…
Wed Sept 3 – Whale Watching
*Last trips of the season coming up! Sat Sept 6 – SOLD OUT!, Sun Sept 7 & Mon Sept 8 SPECTACULAR TRIP – 4 species of cetaceans! A calm, crystal clear, beautiful day. We had unlimited visibility, relatively calm seas, and were able to find whales and dolphins. We passed through several hundreds of Great and Cory’s shearwaters sitting on the surface near the Lighthouse and headed ESE towards one of our well known dolphin areas and readily found a small group. While viewing a small group of Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphin (6-12), we saw a faint blow 0.2 miles ahead. This was a humpback whale, a small one with horrendous propeller scars across the remnants of it’s dorsal fin – another whale hit by a vessel. This was was spending long times down, most likely feeding on the sand eels…
Thurs Sept 4 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Knothead Sea Bass
Capt Dave reports a decent day on the Viking Starship. We started out further to the south in the deep water and drifted working on Sea Bass and Triggerfish. We had to go through a bunch of smaller fish, but everyone got a few. We finished up the trip drifting by the lighthouse picking away…
Wed Sept 3 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Knothead Sea Bass
Capt Dave reports a decent day on the Viking Starship. We started out the trip like yesterday south of the lighthouse, but with different results. The bite just wasn’t on there, so we moved further south and had a lot of Sea Bass of mixed size, Bluefish and only 1 keeper Triggerfish today. We drilled…
Mon Sept 2 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies and Knothead Seabass
Capt Dave reports a great trip on the Viking Starship. We started out offshore south of Montauk looking for Sea Bass and had excellent conditions and a lot of keepers. There were small ones to pick through, but everyone managed keepers. Triggerfish were very plentiful too, we had over 30 large ones on the boat….
Mon Sept 1 – Whale Watching
It was a beautifully crisp day as we sailed into September aboard the Viking Starship yesterday. We decided to head west after finding no whales or dolphins to the east on the previous trip. The nearshore environment has been rich with schools of bunker and scores of pelagic birds over the last few weeks, even as the effects of Hurricane Erin passing offshore have been felt elsewhere in the region. We encountered rafts of Cory’s and great shearwaters, likely resting with full bellies, from a previous feast, and enjoyed their characteristic gliding above the water as we continued out transit west. After a short while, a small pod of Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins were seen, if only for a fleeting moment. We waited and watched as they appeared one more time, before continuing on. Eventually, with no whales spotted nearshore, we…
Mon Sept 1 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies and Knothead Seabass
Captain Dave reports that the day started off slow, but quickly turned around with some excellent fishing action.We spent most of the trip near the lighthouse, where the bite really picked up. Anglers brought in a great mix of quality-sized Porgies, Sea Bass, Fluke, and a few Triggerfish to round things out. All in all, a solid day on the water with steady action and full coolers! The pool winner was Angel Montes from NJ, with a 3 lb Porgy and a 3.2 lb Seabass