Montauk

Captain JR Gibson reports that we had a good trip this morning with Sea Bass and Porgies being the predominant catch. They were coming over the rail at a steady pace. We also Captured a beautiful trophy fluke about 5 lbs. Today’s pool winner is Dan Smith from West Islip with a 7.5 lbs fluke.

Capt JR reports that last night’s Magic Hour yielded an abundance of Porgies with some real nice Sea Bass on the jigs. We also had a few Stripers and Blues as well. Action was consistent throughout the trip.

Capt Dave reports another very productive day fishing on the Viking Starship. We started the morning anchoring up, where the anglers were kept busy with a steady pick of medium-sized Scup. We decided to do a couple of drifts farther offshore to pick up some Sea Bass. We picked through some smaller fish but there were a lot of quality 3-4 pound Sea Bass to be had. Towards the end of the trip we decided to do another drift near the lighthouse where we had a steady pick of large and jumbo Porgies. A great way to end the trip. First prize in the pool today went to Wilfredo Nunez with a 3 lb  Porgy and the edible pool went to Delroy Ewing with a 4 lb Sea Bass.

Capt JR reports an okay day on the Viking Star. It wasn’t our best trip, or our worst trip. Everyone went home with some meat. We caught some Sea Bass and Porgies and had some keeper Fluke in the mix too. 5 Year old Brady Donohue from St. James, NY won the pool with a 5 lb Fluke. His brother Kevin caught some Jumbo Porgies too.  

4 humpback whales and massive schools of Atlantic menhaden (bunker). Great way to start the season! The Viking Fleet and CRESLI began our 24th consecutive season of whale watching trips just where we left off, i.e., finding whales. We had reports of whales that morning (seen from shore by our naturalist, Dr. Artie Kopelman, and heard in the fog aboard the Viking Starship that morning by the intrepid Viking Fleet mate, Joey Ferguson). We also had reports of dolphins west of town. Out we headed and within a short while we were past Montauk Light looking for cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises). Shortly thereafter a fog bank rolled in and we continued on and listened for blows. Eventually the fog lifted and we found ourselves in the midst of many massive schools of bunker. Here we encountered feeding humpback whales. Two…

The Tuna bite is on!!!! Capt Steven Jr reports a slammer TNT trip with 20 nice Yellows, 12 Albacore, 6 quality Big Eyes, and a good shot of Tiles, some big Barrel fish and a mix of some other bottom dwellers. We also got a nice 150lb Sword at night. The Yellow Fin were 50-70lbs and the Big Eyes weighed in at 245, 225, 195, 180, and 2 were around 130 lbs. The biggest Tile was 25 lbs and a few Barrel fish weighed in at 25 lbs as well. Over all a great trip with everyone going home with a load of fish. Looks like we are in for another great year of Tuna fishing!! We have a 48hr Tuna trip going out Friday and we have openings!!!! Get in on the hot bite while you can. We have…

Captain JR reports good action all morning on the Viking Star with plenty of quality Sea Bass and Porgies coming over the rail. Anglers boated some really nice Sea Bass. First place in the pool went to Laura Diaz of Copaigue NY with a 4.75 Knothead Sea Bass. Second place in the pool went to Tim S. of Babylon, NY with a 4.5 pound Sea Bass.    

Capt Dave G reports a good afternoon of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We caught plenty of Sea Bass and Porgies. We also had a 9 lb fluke to go along with the 8 lb fluke from this morning. The pool winner was Rigo Atiencia of Easthampton NY with a 9lb Fluke!

Capt Steven Sr reports an excellent day of fishing on the Viking Starlite. We caught a full boat limit of Porgies, Seabass, and Trigger fish. Everyone went home happy. The pool winner was Robert Groppe from Brooklyn, NY, with a 2.9 lb Seabass.

Capt Dave reports excellent fishing all day on the Viking Starship. We started off down the beach and we got a nice pick of large to medium size Porgies. We decided to go offshore and we caught plenty of Seabass and Porgies. We finished off the day at the Lighthouse where we caught jumbo Porgies. The first pool winner was Kishan Odjeet from Queens, NY, with a 3.6 lb Porgy. The second pool winner was Clifford Forrester from Brooklyn, NY, with a 4 lb Seabass.