Montauk

Night Striped Bass Captain Carl reports that the Night Striped Bass trip saw a slow down on the local bite. They seemed to be off the feed, but we did still manage a fair amount of keepers and all at trophy sizes! Among the catch, we had a 38.2 pounder, a 39.4 pounder and Gavan Daly of Maspeth Queens took the pool with a 41.4lb trophy striped bass. We also had some beautiful weather! Thank you everyone for coming out! Half Day Fluke PM Fluke Fishing Captain Joe D reports a good evening on the fluke grounds we had lots of action and a few keeper fluke along with  some sea bass and scup in the mix. The pool winner Mr Steve Leonard from Hicksville, NY with a 2.9lb Fluke. Half Day AM Fluke Fishing Captain Joe D reports tough…

Block Island Behemoth Bass Captain Carl reports another great night catching Behemoth Bass on the Viking Starship! Every single fish was over 25lbs-40lbs! They bit steady through the thunder, lightning and rain. Once the tide changed, they developed some lockjaw, but we ended up just a few shy of a boat limit. Check out the pictures of the JUMBO MOO COW LINESIDERS! Kevin Furey of Center Moriches, NY took the pool with a 39lb 14oz bass, barely edging out his Sherwin Williams business partners 39lb 3oz bass Brian Bates. . Half Day Fluke AM Captain Stephen D reports a good day on the fluke ground plenty of action all morning long with some nice keeper fluke. Also we caught some nice market size Sea Bass and Jumbo Porgies which will be on some  ones dinner plate tonight. The Viking Fleet…

Sunset Jigging Striper Trip – Mon July 13 Captain Stephen Francis reports a good trip last night on the Viking Starship. They were met again with a strong flood tide and a mass of birds. There were a bunch of shorts and keepers. 1/2 Day – AM Captain Dave G reports a slow morning on the 1/2 day trip. There were a couple of fluke, porgies and sea bass (returned unharmed) caught. The pool winner was Peter Gibralter from Hauppauge, NY with a 3.5lb fluke. 1/2 Day – PM Captain Dave G reports a decent afternoon with a mix of fluke, porgies and sea bass – all released unharmed, for the last day until December 31st!!. They worked thru the thunderstorms and managed a decent catch. The pool winner was 14 year old Sam Warshall from Hewlett, NY with a…

Montauk Jumbo Porgies Captain Dave reports fishing started good this morning but as the day went on fishing got tough. We still manage to put a nice catch together with some keeper Fluke & Striped bass in the mix. There were a lot off Sea bass around and those caught were released unharmed. The pool winner was Mr  Jian Deng with a 3lbs Porgy. Half Day AM Capt Dave G reports a decent morning of fluke, porgies and seabass (all returned unharmed). We had the junior members of the Devin Yacht Club out on the boat and they had a great time! Half Day PM Capt Dave G reports a good afternoon on the fishing grounds despite slack tide conditions during the middle of the afternoon. We ended up with some nice Fluke along with Sea bass (all returned unharmed)…

Night Striped Bass-Starship Captain Carl reports a fair night of fishing Saturday night. We first chased some birds around, but they were diving on tiny bait with small blues under them. Once the sun went down and the tide switched over, we had steady action all night with a good amount of striped bass, as well as lots of blue fish! It was an action packed leading to bloody decks! All in all a fun night aboard the Viking Starship with great weather and fun fishing!! The first place pool winner was Andrea Stimpfl from Hauppauge, NY with a 36lb 6oz striped bass. The second place pool winner was Tony Sales from East Hampton, NY with a 34lb 6oz bass. . Montauk Jumbo Porgies Captain Dave reports good fishing today on the Viking Star. Everyone had their limit. There were…

Block Island Behemoth Night Striped Bass Captain Carl reports another fantastic night bass fishing on the Viking Starship! We fished Block for the entire ebb tide and had fish every drift to 43lbs! Once we lost the tide , we shot back to Montauk for the beginning of the flood tide and caught very well. We filled our full boat limit of GIANT MOO COW LINESIDERS!! Jay Weber from Ridge, NY took the top honors with a 43.5lb behemoth, barely edging out another 42.5 pounder! . Half Day Fluke PM Captain Joey D reports an excellent afternoon of fishing aboard the Viking Stariper! We had non stop action all afternoon- it was a great combination of wonderful weather and awesome fishing. Freddy “Motor” Shea had a nice fluke over 6lbs and Andrea from Montauk Shores had a nice keeper at…

Night Striped Bass Captain Carl reports absolutely phenomenal fishing on the Viking Starship tonight! Every single person fought and landed a moo cow tonight under the Montauk Lighthouse! We had many drifts with 8 on, 9 on, just absolute mayhem! We ended up limiting out again with all big fish and released some as well to fight another day! 30 pounders were the normal size, with the average weight class of 25-35 pounders! Montauk NY Local Barney Breslin found himself a real behemoth bass in the mix, winning the pool with a giant 47lb 8oz bass! . Half Day PM Captain Dave G reports a good afternoon on the water with nice quality fluke coming over the rails. Also porgies and sea bass were in the mix (Sea Bass was returned unharmed). The pool winner Lynn Huebner from Monroe, CT with a 6.7lbs Montauk…

Block Island Behemoth Night Striped Bass Captain Carl is happy to report that the Block Island Behemoth trip lived up to it’s name last night! There are not as many fish as there are in Montauk just yet, but every single one caught was an XXL model, with the smallest fish of the trip just shy of 30lbs. The two biggest weighed in at 47lbs and 49lbs! All the others were in the 30-40lb class. Any day now, the behemoth grounds will break wide open with them! Chris Luke took the pool once again with the 49lb striped bass. . 1/2 Day-AM Captain Stephen Francis reports good fishing at the end of the ebb tide on this mornings trip. They were getting a couple of keepers per drift, when they lost the tide they caught a few shorts. Towards the end…

Sunset Jigging Striper Trip – July 6th Captain Stephen Francis reports a slow night of jigging bass last night, but there was action at the end of the ebb with some angry blue fish! There were some scup caught while there was no tide. When the flood started there were some bass caught. The pool winner was Guy Levy from Hampton Bays, NY. 1/2 Day-AM Captain Dave G reports a nice morning on the Viking Star in foggy conditions. There was a very nice pick of fluke on the first part of the tide. The pool was a tie with winners Jordan Colflesh from Little Neck, NY and Tom Ryan from Bellmore, NY both catching 3.6 pounders! 1/2 Day-PM Captain Dave G reports a good afternoon of fluking, with a lot of action all throughout the trip. There were many…

Sunset Jigging Striper Trip Captain Stephen Francis reports a slow start to the evening since there was no tide when they got to the grounds. Without the tide they still caught a bunch of porgies and a few blue fish. About half way through the trip they started getting the flood tide and were greeted with some jumbo stripers! It was a fun and action packed trip!! 1/2 Day Fluke-AM Captain Dave G reports a nice morning of fishing on the Viking Star. They landed fluke, porgies, and sea bass (returned unharmed). The pool winner was 12 year old Zane Shgbir of Selden, NY with a 4.5lb fluke. Montauk Jumbo Porgies Captain Dave reports that porgy fishing started off good we had plenty of porgies coming over the rails. We also had fluke and blue fish in the mix. Then…