Montauk

1/2 Day Fishing – PM Capt Jerry reports a good afternoon on the Viking Star. We had a light crowd and decent action with Porgies and SeaBass. There was not a pool.

Montauk Jumbo Porgies & Knothead SeaBass Capt Dave reports an excellent Porgy bite today on the Viking Starship. Everyone had their share of Porgies, but after the blow the SeaBass were a off the bite. Everyone managed a couple and the were quality fish. The first place pool winner was Floyd Smith from Freeport, NY with a 4.1 lb Scup. The edible pool winner was Austin Romero from Brooklyn, NY with a 5.9 lb SeaBass.

Commercial Trip Sun Oct 7 – Wed Oct 10 – Viking Fivestar Capt Steven Jr reports a fantastic tuna trip on the Viking Fivestar. They had 1700lbs of various species! A great way to end the Viking Fivestar’s 2018 tuna season, with an awesome commercial trip. Remember, there is one more offshore trip on the Viking Star Oct 22 and there are plenty of fish around so come get your last shot offshore with us!  

Wed Oct 10th & Thurs Oct 11th – Porgy & SeaBass Charter – Viking Star Capt Jerry reports that the annual two day charter group from Maryland had two great trips. It was good to see Quentin and crew again and the fishing did not disappoint! The SeaBass and Porgy fishing was phenomenal!!

Block Island Jumbo Porgies & Knothead SeaBass Capt Dave reports phenomenal SeaBass fishing on the Viking Starship. We had a light crowd and tried out some new spots where we found BIG Seabass and plenty of Porgies to go around. We also had a couple of Cod and Blues. The pool winner was Henry Logan from Brooklyn, NY with a 3 + lb Porgy. We are cancelled for Friday morning, but we will be sailing all weekend.

Weekend Weather Update! Attention Viking Anglers! We will be cancelling ALL TRIPS tomorrow, Friday Oct, 12th due to weather. The weather for this weekend looks just fine! Hurricane Michael will be long gone by Saturday morning so all trips will be a GO! We will be sailing on the 140ft Viking Starship for Jumbo Block Island Porgies and Knothead Sea Bass. Fishing has been nothing short of SPECTACULAR! Come and fill your cooler! This trip leaves DAILY at 5AM and returns at 3PM. Fare is $110. We will also continue to sail on the 104ft Viking Star Saturdays and Sundays for Half Day Mixed Bag Bottom Fishing. We have 2 trips… 8AM-Noon and 1PM-5PM. Fishing has been very exciting on these trip as well, as we are seeing a mix of Porgies, Sea Bass, Striped Bass, Bluefish, False Albacore, and…

Block Island Jumbo Porgies & Knothead SeaBass Capt Dave reports a slow pick on the Viking Starship. The fish were a bit off the bite today, so we had to try a few spots. We would get a nice shot on each spot, but it would die out after about an hour. We did have mostly large Porgies and fewer than usual SeaBass. Towards the end of the trip we tried a wreck and found quality SeaBass and a few Cod. All in all it was a good trip, we just had to work harder at it today. The first place pool winner was Mark Cho from Manhattan with a 4.2 lb Scup. The edible pool winner was Vaughn Cook from North Babylon, NY with a 9.7 lb Cod.

Block Island Fall – Jumbo Porgies and Knothead Sea Bass Captain Dave reports another day of excellent fishing aboard The Viking Starship. The morning started a little slow, so we headed offshore anchored up, and fishing got great. We had our limits of jumbo porgies, plenty of nice sized Sea Bass, and a handful of…

Capt Jerry reports that our last tuna trip was a successful one! We saw our best night bite of the whole season! During the day we trolled up a bunch of nice Mahi Mahi. Then that night we had a lot of bites and landed a bunch of albacore and lost just as many, so we had plenty of bites. We also caught more Mahi at night, released 2 swordfish, and lost a giant swordfish after a 2 hour battle. It was very promising, and we have room on our last trip, which is a 4 day full moon Big Eye and Swordfish Special departing on Monday Oct 22. Jump on for your last shot offshore! On another note, Capt Steven Jr and Steven Sr went out on the Fivestar for a commercial trip and caught a bunch of big…

Night Striped Bass Saturday Oct 6 Sorry for the late report but Captain Jerry turned right around and went Tuna fishing so we had to wait for the report. Bass fishing was FANTASTIC and we landed 40 keepers. We are very excited to get back out there this weekend. First place pool winner was Frank Lyons from East Islip, NY and second place pool winner was Pete Ancesty from Smithtown, NY. We are sailing on Friday and Saturday at 6pm until Midnight. The fare is $90 which includes live eels. Call our office @ 631 668 5700 or log onto vikingfleet.com to make a reservation.