Montauk

Capt JR reports a delightful morning of catching onboard the Viking Star. We had a good pick of Fluke, Sea Bass, and Porgies all morning. Some beauty flatties were landed along with some nice Knot Head Sea bass to round out the catch. The pool winner was Thomas Marriott from Wilton, CT with a 5.5…

Hungry, Hungry Humpbacks! What an amazing day whale watching aboard the Viking Star! We left the heat of land in favor of cool, ocean breezes traveling approximately ten miles south to an area of reported whale activity. Two blows were spotted, belonging to a pair of humpback whales which turned out to be our first…

Capt Dave reports very good fishing on the Viking Starship. Porgy fishing was excellent by the lighthouse. With the windy conditions we anchored and had nicer fish than we have been seeing come up. They were all decent Larges and Jumbos. After that we headed towards Block Island for Sea Bass. Everyone had their limit with only having to pick through some smaller fish. There were mostly keepers today up to 4 lbs. The pool winner was Jonathan Niranjan from Queens, NY with a 2 1/2 lb Porgy.

Captain JR reports a good morning of angling onboard the Viking Star. We found steady action all over with Fluke, Sea Bass, and Porgies keeping rods bent. There was a very good showing of KEEPER sized Fluke this morning to keep the buckets looking very nice. The pool winner was Kim Nuttall from E. Patchogue,…

Capt Carl reports another excellent afternoon of half day fishing in Montauk aboard the Viking Starlite. We had Jumbo Fluke, Knothead Sea Bass, and Giant Porgies all making it into our anglers buckets! Every group onboard is going to eat well tonight! The pool winner this afternoon went to 8 year old Riley Eulo from…

Another 4 species day!   We headed out to escape from the heat and found our first whales (2 small humpbacks) shortly after we passed the Montauk Lighthouse. We were able to spend some time with one that was flipper slapping and rolling over quite a lot. It was swimming, diving, and feeding in shallow water that was filled from surface to the bottom with Atlantic menhaden (AKA bunker). We eventually left this whale and headed further out. We came across a massive aggregation of 400-500 short-beaked common dolphins. They were everywhere we looked and often groups came to ride our bow wake.  The passengers at the bow were able to look down and see and HEAR the dolphins vocalizing! The joy on people’s faces said it all! What a beautiful encounter.  Later we briefly  encountered a group of bottlenose…

Capt Dave reports some very good conditions today fishing on the Viking Starship. Although the Porgies seemed to be on the smaller side of the sizes we’ve been seeing lately, we had lots of action all around the boat with non-stop Porgies from start to finish. After loading up early this morning we found some time to venture off towards Block Island and found a nice pile of SeaBass. We had some really quality fish coming over the rail, up to 4 lbs. We did have a couple keeper Fluke and Mackerell off to the east. The pool winner today went to Mr. Lee from NY with a 3 lb Porgy. We will be sailing again tomorrow for our 5am Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies and SeaBass!

Capt Carl reports an awesome morning of Half Day Family Fun Fishing! We caught tons of Big Black Sea Bass, several KEEPER Fluke, and a healthy dose of Porgies as well! Everyone onboard went home with bags of fresh fish for dinner (and some!). The first prize pool winner went to Jessica Mikihsch from Holtsville, NY with a 3.3 lb Fluke.

Captain Dave reports a solid day of fishing. The trip started with some great action, catching several mixed-sized porgies. All the fishermen went home with some porgy today. Later in the day, the crew found lots of sea bass. Today’s pool winner was Neptali Ttasporte from NJ, with a 2.6-pound porgy. Today’s edible pool winner was Kurdis from NY with a 3.8-pound sea bass. The fishing keeps getting better!

Capt Mike reports once again we saw steady action all trip on the Viking Star. The Sea Bass and Porgy bite was excellent. The Fluke bite was a little slow, but there was  a very hefty one in the bucket. Fun afternoon on the water! The pool winner was Ron Alma from Montauk, NY with…