Montauk

Capt Dave reports an excellent day of Porgy fishing on the Viking Starship.  Porgies were certainly biting today with not much else coming up. We tried a few different spots, but everywhere we went went was just Porgies. There were a few Seabass in the mix, but not as many as we’ve been seeing. However, …

Capt Mike reports a very productive morning of fishing on the Viking Star. We had the Fluke bite right from the start of today’s trip. After picking away through some mixed size Fluke, we started to get into a nice Porgy and SeaBass drift. We definitely had a nice mixed bag pick this morning. The…

Capt Mike reports a good trip on the Viking Star. The windy conditions forced us to fish were we could.  We caught a couple nice keeper Fluke.  There were also a lot of short Sea Bass and Fluke making for some lively action. The pool winner was Ben Jackson from Freeport, NY with a 4.5…

Capt Mike reports a pretty slow morning of fishing on the Viking Star. We had a few keeper Fluke and Porgies in the buckets, but the weather seemed to have slowed down the action on this mornings trip. The pool winner this morning went to Emil Kayser from NYC, NY with a 4 lb SeaBass.

The third whale watch of our 2024 season was as successful and amazing as the first two! We headed out in search of two whales reported to be feeding right off the lighthouse. Blows and splashes could be seen before I even finished talking about the historic landmark. Between six to eight humpbacks could be seen feeding and diving on the abundant sand eels (sand lance) in the area. We spent most of our time watching two whales kick feed, throwing their massive bodies sideways, kicking at the bait in the water and coming up immediately after with large, gaping open mouths, as they filter out the fish through their dense mats of baleen. There were about six whales in the immediate vicinity, in all directions, so it took time to eventually encounter all of them. CRESLI can identify individual…

Another spectacular multispecies trip (humpbacks, minkes, finbacks, and Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins We left the dock under excellent conditions (unlimited visibility and 2′ seas).  Early on, just around Montauk Lighthouse we found ~300 Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins, always a good way to start.  Further out, we encountered a small and lethargic humpback whale. We stayed with it…

Capt J.R. reports a very good night of fishing on the Viking Starship. We started our trip jigging for Stripers and we certainly had loads of Bass on jigs, then the bite continued on into the eel portion of the night. We had all sized Striped Bass from shorts, slot sized fish, and some real…

Capt Mike reports a slower afternoon of fishing today on the Viking Starlite. We did have some nice Porgies and SeaBass in the mix this afternoon and only a couple keeper Fluke, however the size of both Fluke were very nice. The first prize pool winner went to Elizabeth Solomon from New York, NY with…

Capt Dave reports a decent day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. We started our morning off down the beach and fishing for a solid hour and a half with a lot of Porgy action of all sizes. As the tide started to come in we moved our way to the east to an…

Capt Mike reports an excellent trip this morning on the Viking Starlite. We had a true mixed bag trip with nice big Fluke, SeaBass and Porgies in the buckets. Once again we had a nice addition to our trip with whales and dolphins breeching left and right. Overall it was a very fun morning! The…