Montauk

Captain Dave on the Viking Starship reports a little tougher drifting conditions today with stronger winds and the tide running fast. Fishing on the anchor was good. A lot of action for all anglers. The size of both Porgies and Sea Bass were a little smaller today than earlier in the week. Anglers brought in 3 nice keeper Fluke and a couple of Bluefish to round out this trip.Young George Amin of Pennsylvania won the pool with a 3 pound Scup.  

Captain Dave on the Viking Star reports a great day for all the anglers on the morning trip. Rods were bent all morning. Over 75 shorts were returned unharmed and anglers brought home 12 Sea Bass 6 Fluke and 1 Striped Bass. Ratko Turcinovic was the pool winner with a 5 1/2 pound Fluke. +3  

Captain Phil reports from the Viking Starship thunderstorms just ravaged the bite beginning about 8:30 PM.  Storms were of short duration but intense and it was hours before the bite returned. A beautiful sunset was enjoyed by all on board.  Some Striped Bass shorts were released unharmed and two Striped Bass keepers and a couple of Bluefish were landed by anglers.

Viking PM 1/2 Day Trip Capt. Joe reports a good afternoon of fishing today. The amount of keepers was steady and Fluking was good. Our Seabass fishing was okay, but we got a few keepers. The 1st place pool winner was Brendan Mahan from West Isle, NY with a 3.67 lb Fluke. The 2nd place…

Schedule Update: We have added 2 trips to the Offshore Schedule for Split Charters on the Viking Fivestar. We are looking forward to Tuna Season starting soon and rolling into September. We have been getting some great reports! Book online at vikingfleet.com or call the office at 631-668-5700. Added 9/9 – 9/12 3 Day TNT – $1100 – Viking Fivestar These trips focus on deep dropping for Tilefish and other deep-water bottom dwellers by day, and chunking for Tuna at night. If the conditions are not favorable for bottom fishing, we will troll or chunk for Tuna, Mahi, and other large pelagic species. Trips: 7/12-7/15, 8/2-8/5, 9/9-9/12 Departs: 7 pm Returns: 7 pm Capacity: 10 Added 9/20 – 9/22 48 Hour Fivestar Tuna – $960 – Viking Fivestar All Tuna trips typically troll by day and chunk by night. Sometimes…

Capt Dave reports good fishing on the Viking Starship. There was good Porgy action by the point while we were anchored, but it was a bit thin on SeaBass. We searched for SeaBass and found some Jumbos mixed in with smaller ones. It wasn’t our usual catch, but everyone had some. The first place pool winner was Gregory rodriguez from Woodhaven, Queens with a 4 lb Scup. The edible pool winner was Beris Nembhard with a 5 lb SeaBass.

Mark Kaminski Charter Captain Steven Sr reports an outstanding deep water trip this past week with the Mark Kaminski group. After a long steam, on Day 1 we had great conditions and fishing was good good from the first drop of the morning. We caught lots of tile, hake, pollack, cusks, barrels and our first…

Capt Mike reports a good morning on the Viking Star. It was a slow start since we started between tides, but it picked up and we put a catch together. We had action with shorts and caught keeper Fluke, a bunch of SeaBass and a Striped Bass. The first place pool winner was Jack White from Asbury Park, NJ with a 4.5 lb Fluke. The edible pool winner was Annie Holcombe from Bronxville, NY with a 15 lb Striped Bass.

 Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Star. We started out with good conditions at the lighthouse with mixed size Porgies. We then moved off to the east for SeaBass and found a lot of smaller fish, but we picked thru them and got what we needed. There were a couple of quality keeper Fluke caught again today. The pool winner was Fred Nichols from Hempstead, NY with a 3 1/4 lb Scup. The edible pool winner was Noel Enson from Brooklyn, NY with a 5 lb SeaBass. Tomorrow we will start sailing daily for Montauk Jumbo Lighthouse Porgies & Knothead SeaBass on the 140 foot Jumbo Viking Starship!

Capt Mike reports steady action on the Viking Stariper. It was a slow start, but it picked up and remained steady until the end. We had keeper Fluke along with some shorts and a bunch of keeper SeaBass. The pool winner was 8 year old Eli Schechter from Montauk, NY with a 5 1/2 lb Fluke.