Montauk

Capt JR reports an excellent trip this afternoon aboard the Viking Star. There was nonstop action all trip with Jumbo Seabass coming over the rail all around the boat. In addition to the delicious knot head Seabass we also had a few Porgies and some beautiful keeper Fluke in the mix. The first place pool…

Capt Dave reports a spectacular morning with excellent conditions for Porgy fishing. We started off by the lighthouse where we caught tons of medium to large size Porgies. Once everyone got their share of Porgies we decided to off to the east for some Seabass. We caught plenty of Seabass weighing up to 4 lbs….

Capt Dave reports excellent fishing aboard the Viking Starlite. There were smaller Porgies in the mix today at the lighthouse. We tried out a new spot offshore for SeaBass and had a quick catch of limits around the boat. Also in the catch was a 35″ Striped Bass, some keeper Fluke and Bluefish. There was…

Capt JR reports a very successful trip on the Viking Star this morning. We drifted some deep water rock piles for some jumbo Knothead SeaBass and big Porgies. There were bent rods from start to finish.  The pool winner was Kyle Yam from Grand Rapids, MI, with a 4.5 lb SeaBass.

We left Montauk today with unlimited visibility and headed to where we had seen whales on Saturday.  As soon as we passed Montauk Point, we looked for dolphins and continued heading southeast.  Our first blows were from a whale seen on Saturday.  This poor whale is identifiable because of a massive set of propeller scars on its right side and its dorsal fin was mostly gone.  This is a young whale that had been seen in the NY harbor area and catalogued as NYC0224 by our colleagues at Gotham Whale. It was last seen around NYC on 6/25. We stayed with this whale for a while and headed to a second whale in the area. We ultimately met and photographed 4 humpbacks on this trip.  They were busy feeding and looking for food, often times coming up right next to…

Capt Dave reports that fishing today was AS GOOD AS IT GETS! We stared the day off at the lighthouse and fishing was the best that you could imagine. All keepers were a nice size and Porgies were flying over the rails. We headed to the east to target the Sea Bass and were rewarded…

Captian JR reports that they had a great trip this afternoon on the Viking Star. We worked some deep water holes for lots of big delicious Sea Bass, with a good showing of jumbo Porgies too. There were also a fair amount of Fluke in the mix during the trip. Today’s pool winner went to…

Capt Dave reports a very action packed trip in great conditions. We started out by the Lighthouse and fished there for a while, the bite was good and we caught lots of large to jumbo Porgies. We caught a handful of Seabass and decided to head down the beach away from the tide. Wee caught plenty of Seabass and a good amount of keeper fluke ranging from 3-5 lbs. We also got a few Bluefish. All in all we had great fishing. The pool winner was Genethon Comia from Elmhurst, NY with a 3.5 lb Porgy.

Capt JR reports that the fishing was a bit off this morning due to the tropical storm on Friday. However, we did manage to capture some really nice Sea Bass, Porgies, and a few keeper Fluke. There was decent action all trip. The pool winner was Gordon Seaman from West Milford, NJ with a 4.75…

An Awesome Day of Whales and Dolphins We left Montauk today with overcast skies, heading southeast to where we had previously seen whales.  As soon as we passed Montauk Point, we had reports of dolphins close inshore, south of the point.  We headed over and soon came upon a pod of about 10 bottlenose dolphins. After some time with these dolphins, we continued southeast.  We had only traveled about 4 miles before we started to see “blows”.  We came up to a group of 6 humpback whales. They remained in this one area actively feeding.  We got some great looks at both the mature and a younger, small humpback (who once swam under the boat and surfaced only 30 feet away). The whales were making short dives to feed on the abundant bands of fish at the bottom and then on…