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Photo’s from today’s Happy Hour Cruise

Some photos from today’s Eco & Lighthouse Tour

Whale Watching Sun July 2 – 8 Fin Whales – 1 Minke Whale – 1 Blue Shark – 46 Great Shearwaters – 80 Cory’s Shearwaters – 25 Sooty Shearwaters – 120 Wilson’s Storm Petrels – 1 Ocean Sunfish – 4 Manx Shearwaters – 1 South Polar Skua – 1 Black Tern Wow! What a way to start the season! Things started slowly, with little action until we saw the Ocean Sunfish. Shortly thereafter, we began to see large numbers of shearwaters and petrels and we got a lot of repeats of whales just 1.5 miles directly ahead of us. We found 5 fin whales there, spreadout over a half a mile, including a mom and calf (our first whales) and 3 others. There was bait on the water from 50-170 feet down. We began to head home and found 3 more…

Montauk Jumbo Porgies and Knothead Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a good day of fishing today aboard the Viking Starship. We had a very good shot of fish first thing in the morning. It slowed down a bit and we made a move to deeper water and found a nice pile of fish. We had mixed size porgies, a few fluke and some sea bass in the mix. Today’s first place pool winner was David Yip of Brooklyn with a 3lb porgy and in second place was Richard Domingez of Manhattan with a 4.5lb fluke.

1/2 Day Fluke AM Captain Aaron reports an excellent day of fishing aboard the Viking Stariper this morning. Conditions were great and there was plenty of fluking action bringing in plenty of nice keepers. The pool winner was 12 year old Justin Edell from Holdbrook NY with a nice 5.6lb Fluke!

Night Striped Bass Capt Carl reports a rough night of bass fishing with choppy wind vs tide conditions but we did manage some nice bass. The daytime was slow with just a few blues and giant scup taken on jigs, then once it got dark we had one great drift with half a dozen big…

Half Day Fishing PM Capt.Dave G reported a nice afternoon of fishing with great action all around the boat. Despite the breezy conditions, we had plenty of fluke and sea bass, and some real nice keepers. Today’s first place pool winner was Angelo Demetroulakos of Brooklyn with a nice 6lb fluke and in second place was Christina DeGennaro from Brooklyn with a 4.2lb fluke.

Montauk Jumbo Porgies and Knothead Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a very good day of fishing today aboard the Viking Starship. We had mixed sized porgies, with a few really nice ones mixed in and most everyone had their limit. Everyone also had a handful of nice sea bass. We had 2 keeper striped bass and some shorts, and also about 10 keeper fluke. Today’s first place pool winner was Jose Rodriguz of Englewood, NJ with a nice 3.5lb porgy and in second place was Gorge Beja of Hillside, NJ with a 14lb striped bass.

1/2 Day – AM Capt Dave G reported a decent morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star in breezy conditions. We caught a lot of fluke with some nice keepers mixed in with the shorts. We also had sea bass in the mix. The pool winner was Aslan Kerisli from Fresh Meadows, NY with a…

Night Striped Bass Captain Steven Jr reports a tough night of fishing aboard the Viking Starship. We had some rough conditions for the first half of the trip, which made for a difficult start. But the second half of the trip calmed down a bit and we were able to manage a few fish over…