Fishing Reports

Montauk Jumbo Spring Porgies – Viking Star Capt Dave reports slower fishing today, but we caught okay. The fish were off the bite due to the nasty weather, but we still managed to put a catch together. The pool winner was Michael Nelson from Jamaica, Queens with a 2 3/4 Porgy. We will be sailing tomorrow at 4am. The office will open at 3am for ticket sales.

Montauk Jumbo Porgies-Viking Stariper Capt Dave reports pretty good fishing today on the Viking Stariper. It was a slow start close by so we went looking around further and found excellent fishing. We had a little shot of bluefish that slowed down the bite for about a half hour. After we brought in some blues the Porgy bite came back on and it was just fine! We had a mixed size of fish from jumbos to just keepers. We also had some really good sized sea bass that were released unharmed. The pool winner was Machel Rosedom with a 3 lb Porgy. We are sailing daily. We will be using the Viking Star this weekend, so there is plenty of room. Come on down the office opens at 3am for ticket sales.

2 Day Deepwater Exploratory -Monday May 14th to Thursday May 17- Viking Star Capt Steven Sr. reports an okay trip, 90% due to mother nature! The first area we looked at had a good sign of Big Tilefish. We landed four from 27 lbs to 39 lbs and broke off a bunch. We broke lewars,…

Tile/Cod Wrecks – Viking Star Capt. Steven Jr reports that they had a good trip, but we had to work for it. The tile fishing was on the tough side with a lot of small dog fish bothering us most of the day. But we did finally get away from them in the afternoon, and we were able to get on some solid fishing to save the day! A good shot of hake, barrel fish, and a couple wreck fish ended the day for us. The next day, we got on the cod wrecks and had a few fish on every drop, but we made the day on the last drop. Everyone got a good shot of cod, and few nice pollock to round out our trip. For this trip we had 3 pool winners, for tile fish the winner…

S Sat May 5 and Sat May 12 – Seal Cruise Successful seal cruises again – 100% for 2018 Once again, the rocks along the southern side of Plum Island from Fort Terry to East Point were covered with Atlantic harbor seals of all ages and several Atlantic gray seals. East we went, past Old…

Montauk Spring Jumbo Porgies Capt Dave reports a good day of fishing. We took the ride and had a good steady pick that lasted most of the day. When it slowed down a bit we made a move and it was a tougher bite. We had a really mixed size of fish from the biggest kind to just keepers. Everyone had their limit! We threw back some sea bass that were caught and we had a couple of weakfish. Luis Duran from Queens and Jose Parache tied for the pool with  3.3 lb Porgies.

Montauk Spring Jumbo Porgies Capt Dave reports a slow pick of Porgies on the Viking Stariper today. We waited it out and they eventually started to bite. Most anglers caught their limit. The pool winner was Caleb Darby from Myrtle Beach, SC with a 3 lb Porgy.

Montauk Spring Jumbo Porgies-Viking Stariper Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Stariper. It was picker today than yesterday, but those that put in the work got their limit of fish. We took the long ride and it was a slow steady pick. We saw a bunch of decent size Porgies! The pool winner was John McDonald from Irvington, NJ with a 3 lb Porgy.

Montauk Spring Jumbo Porgies-Viking Stariper Capt Dave reports plenty of big porgies today on the Viking Stariper. It was slow close to home, so we took the ride in the fog and found a spot that produced a good catch. The sea robins were a bit of a nuisance, but once you got past them…

Montauk Spring Jumbo Porgies – Viking Stariper Capt Dave reports a good morning bite close to home. The steady pick of good size fish lasted a few hours. After it slowed down we moved around searching for more, but did not produce as much as the morning. We are sailing daily at 4am. Come on down and get in on the action!