Montauk

Capt JR reports a slightly tougher afternoon onboard the Viking Star. Early in the trip we found lots of life, but the size was definitely smaller than we had on our morning excursion. However, we forged on and found some improvement locating  better size Sea Bass, Fluke, and Porgies to throw in the buckets. Definitely…

Another successful trip with 5 species of cetaceans and a loggerhead sea turtle! A rich diversity of marine mammals and sea turtles were seen during today’s trip on the Viking Starship. The capacity crowd got to see things that many had never seen before. We headed to the same area where we’ve been seeing whales and…

Capt Dave reports good fishing on the Viking Starship. The early morning by the lighthouse was very good with the flood tide. We made a few different drops and we found fish on all of them. When the ebb tide turned on dirty water came in and it got picky. We had plenty of Porgies,…

Captain JR reports a breezy, but beautiful morning onboard the Viking Star. We found decent action with Seabass, Porgies, Fluke, and some Blues keeping us busy. The fish catching remained steady throughout the trip. It was a nice morning to get out and catch a few fish for dinner! The pool winner was George Williams…

Capt Dave G reports a better trip this afternoon than this morning. We still had breezy conditions, but less than earlier. We managed to catch some porgies, sea bass and fluke, but not many keepers. Fishing should improve in the next day or 2 as conditions improve.    

Capt. Dave reports a tough morning with rough conditions. We still managed to get a decent catch today. We stayed over by the lighthouse all day where we got mixed sized Porgies, some nice sized Seabass, and and handful of Fluke as well. The pool winner was Eric with a 3 lb Porgy.

Capt. Dave G reports a tough morning due to the rough conditions. We still managed to get a few bites, and a squid then headed home.

A beautiful day on the water rich with whale and dolphin sightings! Yesterday was our first Saturday excursion of the year and what a precedent it set! We exchanged the sweltering heat on land for cool ocean breezes under clear, blue skies and excellent visibility. Although we planned to travel ten or more miles to find cetaceans, the whales had other plans, stopping us only a few miles out to investigate a flipper-slapping juvenile humpback. This individual lay belly-up at the surface slapping both flippers at the surface, a form of communication with other humpbacks. We watched the activity until the whale began short, consistent two-minute dives, likely feeding on the rich schools of bunker nearby. A brief shark sighting was made and the whale surprised us with an inverted lobtailing, just as, a second humpback, not surprisingly, was observed…

Continuously breaching humpback whale and so much more! This summer of exceptional trips continues. Have you ever watched a young humpback whale breach for 20 minutes at 15 to 20 second intervals continuously? That happened to us. We saw this well from 5+ miles away and watched and counted as a breach over and over again until it got close.  It continued to breach and chin slap repeatedly at 15-20 second intervals for a while. Use the link below to see slow-motion videos and photos. We saw Loon, Strikeout, and 4 humpback whales that haven’t been seen before or named. The whales were feeding at/around the sea floor (most likely on sand eels). We had the pleasure of spending 3 hopurs amongst a very active group of whales.  It was tiring, after coming back from our successful offshore trip, just…

Captain Mike Ricker reports a challenging afternoon aboard the Viking Star. Weather conditions limited fishing location options, but our anglers put on a brave face and roughed it out with some really big knot head Sea Bass and jumbo Porgies in the buckets. Several nice fluke added too. Congratulations to our pool winner, Jessica Claflin from…