Montauk

Capt Mike reports a slower day on the Viking Star. The New Moon tide caused a fast drift, so it was tough. We did have some nice keeper size Fluke. The pool winner was Ali Gay from Brooklyn, NY with a 6 lb Fluke.

Capt Carl reports a much slower afternoon on the Viking Stariper. We did not have much luck with Fluke, but we did have more action with SeaBass and Porgies. The pool winner was Sean Kim from Ridgewood, NJ with a 5 lb SeaBass.

Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Starship. The tide was running hard at the lighthouse early, so we went down the beach. The fishing was okay with some little fish mixed in. When the conditions turned we went back to the lighthouse where is was good-good. We then went offshore to SeaBass where is was picky. Due to the conditions the rocks were grabbing the sinkers, but everybody managed to get their limit. The first place pool winner was Gio from NJ with a 3.11 lb Scup. The edible pool winner was Steve Johnson from Bronx, NY with a 4 lb SeaBass.

Captain Carl reports from the Viking Stariper a great day on the 1/2 day boat. We escaped the hot temperatures on land and found some cool air. Fishing started off a bit slow, but once the tide turned fishing became red hot. Lots of nice Sea Bass, Porgies and a few keeper Fluke to round out the catch. First place in the pool went to Frank Nuchereno of Dallas, Texas with a 5 pound Fluke.Second place went to Kim Thury of Northport, NY with a 4 pound Sea Bass.

Captain Mike reports from the Viking Stariper a much improved trip this afternoon. Great fishing accompanied by a great breeze and cooler temps. Not many keeper Fluke but plenty of large and Jumbo Porgies and loads of large quality Sea Bass. Bent rods tired some of our customers out before we headed back to port. Mates were kept busy cleaning fish well after we came in. Another great day on the water. Pool winner was Louis DiMeglio of Ashburn VA with a 20 inch 5 pound Fluke.

Captain Mike reports from the Viking Stariper a challenging morning fishing. Anglers got a few keeper Sea Bass and Fluke. It was a beautiful morning on the water. Everyone enjoyed escaping the heat.

Captain Dave reports another good day of fishing on the Viking Starship. It took a little while to find the Jumbo and large Porgies we’ve been catching recently. After loading up on Porgies we headed a little more offshore to see what else was biting. It seemed like we had to go through a million short Sea Bass before getting some quality keepers. Anglers brough home a few Fluke as well. The pool winner today was James Kim of Queens NY with a 3.4 pound Scup. Second place went to Wilkins Mendoza of New York City NY with a 4.2 pound Fluke.

Capt Carl reports an OK afternoon on the half day boat. The wind kicked up and with the tide it made for a very fast drift making catching fish a little tougher, but we still managed some keeper fluke, sea bass, and scup for everyone. The first place pool winner was Terrence Hines form Lindenhurst, NY with a 4 lb Fluke. The second place pool winner was Isabella Lloyd from Albrightvilla, PA with a 3.6 lb Fluke.

Captain Dave on the Viking Starship reports another excellent day of fishing. We started our trip doing a few drifts near Montauk Lighthouse and soon had our limit of Porgies. We moved a little East and soon had lots of rod bending action bringing aboard lots of Sea Bass. Anglers had to pick through a lot of shorts, but the keepers were quality. Anglers also got some keeper Fluke. First place in the pool today went to Joseph Andres with a 3.4 pound Scup. Second place went to Victor Rijo with a 5 pound Sea Bass. The mates were kept busy cleaning fish well into the afternoon and smiling customers left with full coolers of fish.

Bottlenose dolphins to start with humpback to end We had a long trip today with a sold out boat. We escaped the heat right away as we turned east at the jetty. We found 2 small groups of Bottlenose dolphins and a small ocean sunfish just west of the lighthouse.  We searched nearshore and offshore, didn’t find much else until we began to head back toward Montauk. At 6:30 we saw something flash off in the distance and the blow of a humpback about 2 miles ahead of us. It was doing inverted lob-tailing, partial breaching, tails throws, etc. and as we got closer a small fishing boat ran super-fast right to the whale, stopped way too close. The whale reacted by diving and tail-throwing once – then took off to the southwest, with 5-6 minute down times and just…