Fishing Reports

Half Day Fishing AM Captain Joey D reports a good morning of fishing. We had a good mix of a little bit of everything including fluke, porgies, sea bass and some mackerel. Today’s first place pool winner was Jack Cash of Westfield, NJ with a 3.63lb fluke.  

Coxes Cod Charter – Viking Fivestar Capt Steven Sr reports a good day of fishing for the group that chartered the Fivestar for a full day offshore trip. We had Cod and a lot of Red Hake being picked away on all drops. Everyone went home happy with full coolers.

Full Moon Striped Bass Capt Carl reports much improved fishing on our Full Moon special trip tonight on the Viking Starship. It wasn’t the typical kind of Full Moon trip that we have been accustomed to, but after 2 slow weeks of tough fishing, it was a welcome site to have steady action throughout the night catching 0-3 fish per drift and a mix of sizes ranging from shorts to over 40 lbs! We picked away until the end and had half a boat limit of Striped Bass. Travis Letson from Orlando, FL took the pool with a 41 pound beauty!!

Half Day Fishing PM Captain Joey D reports a good afternoon of fishing today aboard the Viking Star. They had a nice shot of fluke, sea bass and porgies. Today’s first place pool winner was Claire Calam of Fairfield with a nice 6lb fluke and in second place was Juliana Sabatani of Brookfield with a 5.25lb fluke.

Half Day Fishing AM Captain Joey D reports a tough day fishing this morning. It started slow, but we managed a decent catch in the last 2 drops. We had some fluke, porgies, sea bass and mackerel. Today’s pool winner was Thomas R Gregg Jr of Lindenhurst with a 5.5lb fluke.

Montauk Jumbo Summer Porgies & Knothead Sea Bass Captain Dave reports a great day of fishing aboard the Viking Starship. We started off fishing in the same spot as the last few days but it seems like it was picked clean. We went looking in a new spot then and we found a big pile of porgies and sea bass. There was lots of nice big sea bass with some medium sized porgies mixed in. We really had a mixed bag today with some trigger fish, blue fish, half a dozen fluke and a ton of mackerel coming over the rails. The pool winner was Benjamin Hercules with a 2.5lb scup.

1/2 Day – PM Capt Aaron reports pretty good fishing with the rough conditions. We had a steady pick all afternoon. The first place pool winner was Chris Maniatis from Brooklyn, NY with a 7.9 lb Fluke. The second place pool winner was Lynn Huebner from Monroe, CT with a 5.75 lb Fluke.

Half Day Fishing – AM Capt Aaron reports great action this morning on the Viking Stariper. We had fluke, sea bass and porgies along with a ton of mackerel. The first place pool winner was Nicholas Iackbelli from Mastic Beach, NY with a 4.75 lb Fluke. The second place pool winner was Angelo Demetroulakos from…

Montauk Jumbo Porgies and Knothead Sea Bass Captain Dave reports another excellent day of fishing today aboard the Viking Starship. We made the first drop and had non stop action with nice porgies, some sea bass and plenty of mackerel. We made a move and another drop for some sea bass and found a ton of them and everyone had their limit. We had mostly medium size fish today with some jumbos in the mix. We also had some trigger fish and a couple bluefish. Today’s first place pool winner was Ismael Velez of the Bronx with a 3.2lb porgy and in second place was Victor Esmana of the Philippines with a nice huge 4.9lb sea bass.

Night Striped Bass Capt Carl reports another very slow night on the Viking Starship. We had perfect conditions, marked them very well on the bottom machine, but again they just did not want the eels. John Bye from Wantagh, NY took the pool with the only Bass boated, which was a nice 27 pounder.