Montauk

Fri July 19 – Montauk Jumbo Lighthouse Porgies & Knothead SeaBass Capt Dave reports a fantastic trip on the Viking Starship. We had good conditions at the lighthouse with nice long drifts. We mostly had large Porgies with jumbos mixed in. We had steady action with everybody getting what they needed. We then moved offshore for SeaBass and it was very good. We had mixed size SeaBass with a lot of little ones mixed in, but there were plenty of jumbos. We also had a bunch of Fluke and Mackerel. The pool winner was Mike Kwok from Secaucus, NJ with a 2 3/4 lb Porgy.

Fri July 19 – 1/2 Day Fishing AM Capt Mike reports good fishing all morning on the Viking Star. We had a lot of keeper SeaBass and a bunch of keeper Fluke. It was a beautiful morning with a lot of action! The first place pool winner was Mike Larvis from Kings Park, NY with a 4.5 lb Fluke. The edible pool winner was James Bazzini from Yonkers, NY with a Jumbo 3.9 lb SeaBass.

Capt Carl reports a good morning on the Viking Stariper. We had a nice mess of keeper Black Sea Bass. It was a slow morning for Fluke, we did have a lot of shorts, but keepers were hard to come by. All in all it was a good trip. Al Depierro from Hackensack, NJ with a 3 lb Fluke.

Capt Dave reports perfect conditions and a great day for Porgy fishing. We started off with a 2 hour drift and caught mostly large to jumbo Seabass. Once the tide started to get strong we went along the beach and found a really food Seabass spot. We then went offshore and got some more nice…

Thurs July 17-XXXL Tile by day Sword by Night Sunday July 14 to Thursday July 17 Capt. Steven Sr reports an amazing trip and states that if you had any thoughts about going you missed it. We caught Tile Fish up to 26 lbs, Hake, Pollack, Barrel up to 20 lbs, Yellow Fin Tuna up to 60 lbs, Big Eye Tuna up to 160 lbs, and to top it off Sword Fish up to 135 lbs. All in all it was a slammer trip, we had super great guys on the boat and the captain welcomes them back anytime. The pool winner for Tile fish was Louis Miller from Berne, NY. The edible pool winner was Geoff Morse from Boston, MA with a Swordfish.

Capt. Mike reports pretty steady fishing with some keeper Fluke. It started off slow but started to pick up towards the end. We caught a few keeper Seabass and some nice size keeper Flukes. The first place pool winner was Jodi Merra from Hampton Bays, NY with a 7 lb Fluke. The second place pool…

Well, it was bound to happen.  After 29 consecutive trips with whales/dolphins since July 2017, we were unable to find them today. The haze and occasional limited visibility made it difficult to spot then from a distance.  We covered 45 nautical miles in our search but no whales or dolphins. There was bait, bunker, and a few pelagic birds, even an unidentified shark, and an ocean sunfish, but no cetaceans.  We will try again on Friday 9/19/19. One plus was the cool sea surface temperatures that kept us in sweatshirts, while folks were sweltering on land. Another plus was seeing a submarine headed out to sea. Totals: 1 unidentified shark 1 ocean sunfish2 Cory’s shearwaters 11 Wilson’s storm petrels Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph.D.President, Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island http://cresli.orghttps://drartiek-cresli.smugmug.com/ Instagram: @CRESLI_IncTwitter: @CRESLI_In

Capt. Dave reports a trip with great fishing and beautiful conditions. We started off with a nice long drift which made our day. We caught tons of great size Porgies ranging from large to jumbo. After that drift we went offshore and the Seabass fishing was good everyone got their limits with nice size keepers. We caught some fish up to 5 lbs, along with some Mackerel some Fluke and some Blues . We spent the rest of our trip by the lighthouse and got a few more big Porgies. It was a great trip overall. The pool winner was Jimmy Niotis with a 3.2 lb Porgy.

Capt Mike reports a good morning on the Viking Stariper. It was slow to start with the foggy conditions, but it did pick up. We then had steady action with a bunch of keeper Fluke and SeaBass. The first place pool winner was Chris Oliver from Holmes, NY with a 3.2 lb Fluke. The second place pool winner was Gina Grasso with a 3 lb SeaBass.

Full Moon Night Striped Bass – Viking Fivestar Capt Steven Jr reports a tough night with a ton of boat traffic all night. We had to work for them, but we managed 4 Big Striped Bass and some Blues for the anglers to take home. We have one spot left on the August 15th Full Moon trip.