Sat May 27
Montauk Spring Jumbo Porgies Capt Dave reports a very slow day on the Viking Star. We had mostly smaller fish with lots of little bites. We also had some bluefish. The 1st Place Pool winner was Alphanso Benjamin from Bronx, NY with a 2 lb porgy. The 2nd Place Pool winner was Al Guippow from…
Fri May 26
Montauk Spring Jumbo Porgies Captain Dave reports a bit slower day aboard the Viking Star because of the weather today. It was slow but steady with mixed size porgies and some blues in the mix. Today’s pool winner was Richard Santos of Kenilworth with a 2.75lb porgy.
Thur May 25
George’s Bank Cod/Haddock/Halibut Hunt – 5/22 to 5/24 Capt Steven Sr reports that the trip started out slow, but we worked around the areas and we began to see more and more Haddock. It turned out that the grounds were absolutely paved with small Haddock. It quickly became abundantly clear that there were thousands of…
Wed May 24
Montauk Spring Jumbo Porgy Capt Dave reports another day of great fishing of the Viking Star. There were a lot of small fish in the mix today and we had a bunch of throwbacks. It seemed as though the east wind had played an affect on the larger fish. However, there was nonstop action all day and…
Tue May 23
Montauk Spring Jumbo Porgies Capt Dave reports very good fishing on the Viking Star. We started out with a slow pick of smaller fish and we stayed on them and the fish got bigger and bigger as the morning went on. We mostly had porgies, but there were a few bluefish and some throw back sea bass mixed in. The largest porgies weighed in from 3.5 to 4 pounds. We are sailing daily at 4am. The office opens at 3am for ticket sales.
Mon May 22
Montauk Spring Jumbo Porgies Capt Dave reports a great day on the Viking Star. We had very good fishing with our small crowd today. There were plenty of porgies from when we got to the grounds until the last drop. It just got better and better all morning. We had double headers of mostly nice sized fish. There were very few small ones. It was so good we got in early! There were also a couple of bluefish caught.
Sun May 21
Montauk Jumbo Spring Porgies Capt Dave reports another good day of fishing on the Viking Star. The morning started out slow, so we moved around quite a bit to find the fish. Eventually, we threw the anchor and awaited it out! It was well worth the wait as soon as the bite started it was…
Sun May 21
Tile/Cod Wrecks – Thursday, May 18 – Saturday May 20 Capt Steven Sr reports that we started again with unfavorable weather, however we pushed on regardless! On Day 1 we were rewarded with Tile, Hake and Pollock that we picked away at all day. Some drifts were better than others. Towards the end of the…
Sat May 20
Montauk Spring Jumbo Porgies Captain Dave reports excellent porgy fishing today aboard the Viking Star. We tried a different spot and had a great bite first thing this morning that lasted a few hours. Then we looked around a bit and the bite came on again and lasted until we left. We had lots of…
Fri May 19
Montauk Spring Jumbo Porgies Captain Dave reports another good day of porgy fishing today. It was the similar to yesterday, good first thing in the morning and then slowed a bit when the tide came on. But right at the end of the day the tide slowed and the fish were on! Everyone went home with a nice mess of fish. Today’s pool winner was Tom Hughes of Lindenhurst with a nice 3.5lb porgy.