Montauk

Captain Dave reports an excellent day of Porgy and Sea Bass fishing! We started off by the Lighthouse where the Porgies would not stop biting. Later, we headed towards Block Island where we caught plenty of nice-sized Sea Bass. The conditions were EXCELLENT today! Congratulations to our Porgy pool winner, Joel Rodriguez, who caught a…

Captain Mike Ricker reports that our fishermen at their rods bending from the very beginning of our trip this morning! We had a very nice Porgy and Sea Bass bite. Later, we managed some KEEPER Flukes. Congratulations to our pool winner, Dr. Lichana from New York, NY, who caught a 3.2 lb Fluke!

Capt. Mike reports that fishing was steady from the start. We had very good Porgy and Seabass action all afternoon. We did get a few Fluke on a couple drifts to add to the buckets. Beautiful day on the water! The pool winner was Tammy LaBarea from Melville, NY, with a 6.2 lb Fluke.

Capt Dave reports another great day of fishing on the Viking Starship. Porgy fishing was excellent with mixed sizes from small to large. We also had some Sea Bass and Fluke. We spent the whole trip right by the lighthouse. The first place pool winner was James H. from NJ with a 3.2 lb Porgy….

Capt Mike reports a nice morning on the Viking Star. We had rods bending from the get go! It was a steady pick entire trip. Good Porgy and Sea Bass bite this morning. We did manage a couple keeper Fluke right at the end of trip. The pool winner was Jack Gallagher from Cold Spring…

Captain JR reports an EXCELLENT start to Saturday morning’s Full Day Block Island trip! Lots of big beautiful Knot Head Sea Bass and some beautiful Fluke to start the day! We have lots of room on tomorrow’s Full Day Block Island trip and the weather looks perfect! Fluke Pool Winner was Tony Sa from North…

Captain Mike Ricker reports a great and challenging afternoon aboard the Viking Starlite. Despite pretty tough wind and tide, we were able to get some nice Porgies and Sea Bass in the buckets. Fishing picked up at the end of the trip, and it turned into a nice afternoon on the water!

Captain Mike Ricker reports a fun morning full of fishing. Our rods never stopped bending; we put plenty of jumbo Porgies and Sea Bass in our buckets. Although it was a bit windy, we still managed to reel up plenty of fish. We had a great morning. Congratulations to our pool winner, Frank Costa, from…

Capt Dave reports great fishing on the Viking Starship. We had excellent conditions the whole trip so we stayed right by the lighthouse for the trip. The Porgies were biting the whole trip and they were mixed size today with some small fish mixed in. There were also some Sea Bass, Fluke and Bluefish in…

Perseid meteors, whales, dolphins, basking shark and more! We left Sunday evening to begin our 36 hour trip to the Great South Channel. With enough bunks for 40 people below deck, many decide to sleep out under the stars and meteors. Morning brought us an exquisite sunrise. We had reports of where some whales had been seen by our colleague, Dr. Jooke Robbins, Director of the Humpback Whale Studies Program at Center for Coatsal Studies (https://coastalstudies.org/). This was our 26th offshore multiday trip, and the 25th to the GSC. Interestingly, most of our trips involved starting at almost exactly where Dr. Robbins suggested.  The trip was phenomenal, with 30 or more humpback whales, as well as a basking shark. Dr. Artie Kopelman, CRESLI’s president and senior naturalist had his hands full – almost 2800 high resolution photos are being reviewed. So…