Montauk

We started out just where we left off, still finding cetaceans on every trip – ~70 short-beaked common dolphins.   What a gorgeous day to be on the water. While it took sometime before we found interesting animals, we did indeed find all kinds of critters. A small basking shark was our first aquatic vertebrate…

Captain Joe reports from the Viking Star that today’s anglers were challenged by strong currents due to the new moon that lasted the entire trip.  Viking Fleet’s anglers did prevail and caught Fluke, Sea Bass and some Porgy. It was a close pool today and the winner Jim brought home the prize with a 6 pound fluke.

Capt Dave reports another good day on the Viking Starship. We started off with an anchor drop by the lighthouse where we spent 2 straight hours catching mixed size Porgies, along with a few SeaBass. We then went east to find the SeaBass and found Jumbos, but you had to work thru the little ones to get to them. We also had two Codfish. The pool winner was Jiang from Brooklyn. NY with a 4 lb Scup.

1/2 Day Fishing AM Capt Mike reports good action on the Viking Star. The morning started out slow, but picked up and there was a lot of action with everyone catching by the end. We had keeper Fluke, SeaBass and some Mackerel. The pool winner was Christian Tanno from Astoria, Queens with a 4.5 lb Fluke.  

Capt. Mike reports a good day of fishing with lots of good sized Fluke and keeper Seabass.  We started of catching mainly Seabass but as the trip progressed we caught a lot more Fluke. There were some beautiful keeper Fluke which added on to the great trip. The pool winner was Deirdre Sweeney from Pelham,…

Capt Mike reports a lot of action on the Viking Star. We had a bunch of keeper Fluke and SeaBass along with a ton of thowbacks. The pool winner was Ilene from Manhattan with a 4 lb Fluke.    

Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Starship. The quality of fish improved today with bigger Porgies and Seabass up to 5 lbs. You had to work at it and most anglers had their limits. The pool winner was Elroy Tonge from Bronx, NY with a 3 2/3 lb Scup.

Capt Steven Jr reports a tough trip overall. On day one we started off at the point and caught a couple Striped Bass before heading to Block Island. The Fluke fishing around Block was very slow. We only had a couple of keepers, but did manage a nice handful of SeaBass. The second day we…

Capt Dave G reports a very good afternoon of fishing aboard the Viking Star. The rods started bending as soon as we got to the fishing grounds. There were Fluke, Sea Bass and Porgies all around the boat. We ended up with a pile of keeper Fluke and large Sea Bass. The pool winner was Aiden from West Palm, FL with a 4 lb Fluke.

Capt Dave reports good fishing on the Viking Starship today. We started out at the lighthouse on a tough Porgy drift with the tide running hard. We got out of there right away and headed offshore for SeaBass and we did pretty well. We had to pick through the small ones, but everyone got their keepers. We then headed east of the lighthouse and anchored for Porgies where we found mixed size fish and made a day of it. There were also some Mackerel. The pool winner was Isaiah Flores from Brooklyn, NY with a 3 1/2 lb Scup.