Montauk

A Big Minke Day Today’s Viking Fleet/CRESLI Whale watch started off with a dramatic fog bank that sweep over our boat as we were leaving the Montauk area.  The thick fog soon fell away and we progressed through calm seas and sunny blue skies for the rest of the day. After reaching a point about 12 miles from Montauk point we encountered the first of the Minke whales.  They were apparently feeding on the thick schools of small fish below us.  The adults and children aboard got many looks at these small baleen whales as they spent time around the boat.  We continued along at a leisurely pace and stopped several times as we encountered several small groups that day, for a total of 12 whales seen. Many small seabirds, Wilson’s Storm Petrels, where dipping into the seas around us…

Night Striped Bass Bill Brennan of East Northport won pool with 43lb Striped Bass Full Report to Follow!

Captain Joe reports from the the Viking Star that anglers continued catching good amounts of fish this afternoon. In fact the keepers were even larger than this mornings keepers. A nice variety of Fluke, Sea Bass and Porgy were all in the mix. this afternoon. Martin Wellin Dowd of Yorkville Manhatten was the pool winner this afternoon with an 8.1 pound Fluke. Honorable mention goes to local angler Uncle Bill Flagge who did not participate in the pool but brought in a 9.11 pound Fluke.  

Capt Dave reports excellent fishing on the Viking Starship. We started out drifting by the lighthouse where a new body of Sea Run Porgies moved in that were very nice quality jumbos. There were also SeaBass mixed in. The tide started running fast, so we moved around and had some steady spots and others were picky. There was also some Codfish. The first place pool winner was Shu Hui Cheng from Brooklyn, NY with a 4 1/2 lb Scup. The edible pool winner was Christian from Brooklyn, NY with a 5 lb SeaBass.

Capt Dave G reports a good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star. The rods were bending all morning and we caught lots of fluke sea bass and porgies. There are still a lot of shorts in the mix. We ended up with a few nice keeper fluke some beautiful sea bass and everybody caught some fish. The 1st place Fluke pool winner was Caroilyn Sura from Wechesler New Jersey. The second place Fluke Pool winner was Caelin Smith from New York, New York.

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,…