Wed July 11
Montauk Jumbo Lighthouse Porgies & Knothead SeaBass Capt Dave reports a slower day due to the east wind. The Porgy fishing was tough with mostly smaller fish although there was a lot of action. The SeaBass fishing was great with everyone retaining their limit. Cornell Armstrong from Teaneck, NJ had a really nice SeaBass over…
Wed July 11
1/2 Day Fishing – AM Captain Dave G reports a good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We had breezy conditions but put together a nice catch of Fluke, Sea Bass and Porgies. Galley master Kevin Klaus caught a nice 7 lb fluke. The pool winner was Caesar Trinidad of Floral Park with a…
Tues July 10
1/2 Day Fishing PM Captain Joe reports a great day of fishing aboard the Viking Star. There was lots of action all afternoon! We had lots of porgies and seabass and a handful of fluke. Today’s pool winner was Hunter Neifert from Westend, NC with a 3.5lb fluke and second place went to Jack McGillick…
Tues July 10
Montauk Jumbo Lighthouse Porgies & Knothead Seabass Captain Dave reports an excellent morning of porgy fishing aboard the Viking Starship this morning. We had lots of nice mixed size porgies and seabass fishing was decent too. One side of the boat had lots of nice sized seabass but the other side had to pick through…
Tue July 10
1/2 Day Fishing AM Capt Dave G reports a very good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We had pleasant breezy conditions and a real nice drift and as a result we caught lots of nice size sea bass, big porgies and some fluke. Everyone went home with a nice bag of filets. The…
Mon July 9
1/2 Day Fishing – PM Capt Joe reports quality fish aboard the Viking Star this afternoon. The bite was a bit picky with wind against tide, but we sat on a piece and had a lot of action. We had a bunch of beautiful SeaBass and some Fluke. The pool winner was Peter Benis from Montauk, NY with a 5 lb Fluke.
Tue July 10
Sunday July 8 3 Species of Whale, 1 Species of Dolphin, and 11 species of Pelagic and Coastal Birds! What an amazing day on the water. We had reports of whales from Saturday, but we had friends out there and said they weren’t seeing anything. With no information except our 30 year knowledge of whale feeding areas near Montauk, Captain Dave and Naturalist Dr. Artie Kopelman formulated a plan and headed to an area that has almost always has been productive. Within an hour of passing Montauk Light, we had our first minke whale. Like other minkes, this one was elusive. As we were waiting for the minke to resurface, we saw the blows from a larger whale about 1.5 nautical miles (nm) away. Off we headed to find our second species – humpback whale. The humpback breached about 1 nm ahead…
Mon July 9
Montauk Jumbo Lighthouse Porgies & Knothead Seabass Capt Dave reports a good day of porgy fishing on the Viking Starship. We loaded up on porgies around the lighthouse this morning then headed off shore to look for sea bass. We had nonstop action with lots of smalls in the mix however the keepers were all…
Mon July 9
Half Day Fishing – AM Capt Dave G reports a slower morning of fishing this morning aboard the Viking Star. We had pleasant breezy conditions but unfortunately wind against tide. Still we managed to put together a nice catch of scup with a few sea bass in the mix. The pool winner was Dominick Marrano of Brooklyn, NY with a 2.5lb porgy.
Sun July 8
1 PM Half Day Fishing Capt Joe reports another action packed afternoon of fishing. The usual suspects were caught today, loads of seabass, porgies by the dozen, and a handful of flukes. This afternoons bite was a little slower than this morning. Today there were 2 pool winners today, in 1st place was Jack…