Sat Sept 9 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Sea Bass
Capt Dave reports okay fishing on the Viking Starship. It took awhile this morning for the Porgies to bite, but we then had a couple of good drifts by the lighthouse with nice size quality fish. We tried for Sea Bass at the end of the trip, but it wasn’t great. There were a lot…
Sat Sept 9 – 1/2 Day Fishing AM
Capt Dave G reports a very good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We had some great late season Fluke action with keepers all around the boat on every drift. We also had some nice size Porgies and a few Sea Bass in the mix. Everyone onboard went home with a nice bag of…
Fri Sept 8 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Sea Bass
Capt Dave reports a better day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. Although we did see an improvement today from yesterdays trip, fishing was still tough. We did see quiet a bit of action on board, but it was a lot of small fish and throwbacks, but did have some really nice in the…
Wed Sept 6– Whale Watching
Oh, what a trip! 3 species of cetaceans! We didn’t need patience on this trip, we found whales almost right away. We left the heat and headed out to sea. A short while after passing Montauk Light, we encountered our first of 15 whales. The 50 of us on board were treated to views of…
Mon Sept 4 to Thurs Sept 7 – 3 Day TNT Ultra LTD
Capt J.R. reports a very productive 3 day trip on the Viking Star. We trolled up some nice yellowfin tuna on our way to the tile grounds which kept our ride out busy. The tile action was excellent from start to finish on day one with everyone boating meaty Viking tiles. The best action we…
Thur Sept 7 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Sea Bass
Capt Dave reports a tough day of fishing on the Viking Starship. Overall, the bite was just off today. We went to a lot of the same spots we’ve been fishing everyday and the fish just weren’t biting. Most of the fish were on the smaller side, however we did have some decent size Porgies…
Wed Sept 6 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Sea Bass
Capt Dave reports a pretty good day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. The first drop down this morning was a bit slow, not many keepers, but some action. On our second drop we found some really great sized fish, but not a lot of them. On the third drop we found our quantity…
Mon Sept 4 – 1/2 Day Fishing PM
Capt Steven Sr. reports a beautiful afternoon of fishing aboard the Viking Starlite. The weather could not be any better this afternoon, which made for some great fishing conditions. With a smaller load aboard the second half of todays “half day” fishing, we were able to boat even more keeper Fluke than this morning. We even had ourselves a nice pick of jumbo porgies and some medium sized Seabass. We did not do a pool on the boat this afternoon.
Sun Sept 3– Whale Watching
Summer is still sizzling! While Labor Day weekend traditionally marks a time to celebrate the unofficial end of summer, the CRESLI and Viking Fleet team was hard at work finding whales in the waters off Montauk. Reports of whales and dolphins had us searching an area to our east before heading west along the shoreline….
Mon Sept 4 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Sea Bass
Capt Dave reports another great day of fishing on the Viking Starship. We started out the morning on the anchor, where we sat for 2-2.5 hours and had all the Porgies we needed. Porgy fishing was steady for that whole drop with large and jumbos coming up all around the boat. after get our load…