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Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Montauk

Wed July 15 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Knothead SeaBass

Capt Dave reports an excellent day of fishing on the Viking Starship. We had excellent Porgy fishing at the Lighthouse, and decided to go offshore for a little. Offshore we caught a lot of nice size Seabass. We had to pick through some little ones but we found beautiful keepers. It was a great day…

Wed July 15- 1/2 Day Fishing AM

Capt JR reports another action packed morning on the Viking Star. Early in the trip anglers boated some real nice quality Sea Bass. Action continued throughout the trip with multitudes of Porgies and some Fluke. Fishing was so good we finished up a little early today. A great day all around. The pool winner was Rahel Johnson from Ronkonkoma, NY with a 3 lb Seabass.

Tue July 14 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Knothead SeaBass

Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Starship. Fishing was EXCELLENT under the lighthouse with Large Porgies. To the east we had a mix of medium Porgies & SeaBass. The offshore SeaBass drop was not as productive as usual. We only had a handful of SeaBass there and some medium Porgies. The pool winner was Butch from Alabama with a 2.5 lb Porgy.

Tue July 14 – 1/2 Day Fishing PM

Capt JR reports that we had another productive trip with action from beginning to end on the Viking Star. Anglers were very busy reeling in Porgies and Sea Bass with some Fluke in the mix. The afternoon trip today had some real JUMBO Sea Bass that really sweetened the catch. The first place pool winner was Cece Nealon-Shapiro from Denver, CO with a 5.15 lb Fluke. The edible pool winner was Teddy Ertel from NY with a 3.25 lb SeaBass.

Tues July 14- 1/2 Day Fishing AM

Capt JR reports a lot of great action this morning on the Viking Star. Quality Sea Bass and Porgies were biting all trip. We also saw an increase in the Fluke coming over the rail. The first place pool winner was Sana Trokel from Sag Harbor, NY with a 4.75lb Fluke. The edible pool winner was Kayla Cowell from Medford, NY, with a 3.9 lb SeaBass.

Mon July 13 – 1/2 Day PM

Capt JR reports excellent fishing this afternoon on the Viking Star. We had loads of Porgies and some quality Sea Bass coming over the rail. There were some real lunker SeaBass hauled in this afternoon. Non stop action the whole trip. The pool winner was Richard Der Aris from Dix Hills, NY with a 5.4 lb SeaBass.

Mon July 13 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Knothead SeaBass

Capt Dave reports excellent fishing today on the Viking Starship. We started out drifting by the lighthouse and the Porgy fishing was good with the ebb tide. We then went offshore and had SPECTACULAR SeaBass fishing. There were a lot that just measured short, but all anglers had no problem of retaining their limit of SeaBass up to 4 lbs. The pool winner was Sia Cheng from NYC with a 2.7 lb Porgy.

Sun July 12 – 1/2 Day Fishing PM

Capt JR reports excellent fishing this afternoon with non stop action on the Viking Star. There were many Porgies and some nice Sea Bass mixed in. We had our first Trigger Fish of the summer too. Full buckets!! The first place pool winner was Andrew Campanelli from Merrick, NY with a 5 lb Trigger Fish. The edible pool winner was Jamie Campanelli from Merrick, NY with a 4 lb SeaBass.  

Sun July 12- Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Knothead Sea Bass

Capt Dave reports an excellent day on the Viking Starship. We started out near the lighthouse and had a good pick of Porgies and Sea Bass with a few Bluefish mixed in. We decided to go a little further off-shore as we were looking for some quality Sea Bass. We found some excellent Sea Bass, but had to fight off the hungry Porgies. The first place pool winner was Fox Hillman from Englewood, NJ with a 3 lb Porgy.

Sun July 12- 1/2 Day Fishing AM

Capt JR Gibson reports tough conditions early in the trip on the Viking Star, but as the seas relaxed the fishing improved dramatically. Anglers landed some jumbo Porgies and Sea Bass. At times the Fluking was also Productive. Lots of action. Today’s pool winner was Bob Cuffiero from Fresh Meadows, NY with a 4.75 lb Fluke.