Montauk

Capt Steven Sr. reports an action filled morning of fishing on the Viking Starlite. We started out with the biggest fleet of boats we’ve seen all summer, probably over 50 boats around and still managed boat 7 nice sized keeper Fluke after picking through the small fish. We then worked our way out and found…

Capt Mike reports steady afternoon of fishing on the Viking Star. We made our way around the Lighthouse and had some steady catching of all the target species, such as Porgy, Fluke, and SeaBass. Fishing definitely has picked back up now that the water is clearing up from the large ground sweel we had a…

Capt Mike reports a pretty good morning of fishing today on the Viking Star. We started the day off with a nice long drift with steady picking a mixed bag of porgy sea bass and keeper fluke. Slow a bit in the middle but had a nice last drift with plenty of porgy and sea bass coming over the rail! The first prize pool winner went to Michael Pappas from Monroe, NY with a 4 lb. Fluke. The second price winner went to Maia Michaelson from East Hampton, NY with a 3.5 lb. SeaBass.  

Capt Mike reports pretty steady fishing this afternoon on the Viking Star. There was a good Porgy bite with a few jumbo Porgies mixed in and several keeper Fluke!

Capt JR reports that we definitely had a tough day Fluke wise on the mighty Viking Starlite. We fished many different areas and covered a lot of ground, but only found a few nice ones. We did find abundant numbers of big Sea Bass and easily had our boat limit. However, the Fluke were a…

Capt Dave reports good fishing on the Viking Starship. We anchored up to start the morning with a nice steady two hour window of mixed size Porgies. After that we headed offshore for Sea Bass and picked away at a lot of little ones, but everyone had a couple of keepers. We stopped by the lighthouse on the way back to the dock. Drifting we had ALL BIG PORGIES since the swell has eased up. There were also about a 1/2 dozen Fluke on the boat. The first place pool winner was Anthony Lucero from Queens with a 2 1/2 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Abdul Moseley from Ghana with a 4 lb Fluke.

Capt Mike reports a quiet morning on the Viking Star. It started off pretty slow, but picked up in the end with a few Sea Bass and a half dozen keeper Fluke on the last drift. The pool winner was John Kinslow from Islip, NY with a 4 lb Fluke.

Capt Mike reports a good afternoon on the Viking Star. It started off a little slow, but picked up to steady catching. We had nice mixed bag of big Porgies and Sea Bass with double digit keeper Fluke! It was a nice day on the water! The pool winner was Brian Niehr from Bayshore, NY…

Capt Dave reports good fishing on the Viking Starship. We started out anchored up east of the lighthouse. It was two hours of decent Porgy and Sea Bass fishing without much tide. Most of the Porgies were large sized. We went offshore in search of more Sea Bass. At the first spot we had mostly small stuff. At our second spot we had excellent Sea Bass fishing with Jumbo Porgies mixed in. The pool winner was Luell Smith from Brooklyn, NY with a 2 1/2 lb Porgy. The bonus season has begun! Saltwater Fishing Limits *2023 UPDATED REGULATION* Black Sea Bass (5) 16.5″ 6 Sept 1 – Dec 31 *2023 UPDATED REGULATION* Scup (Porgy)  Vessel-based anglers: 10.5″ 40 for anglers aboard licensed party/charter boats Sept 1 – Oct 31

Captain Carl reports rather sporty conditions this morning made for some tough fishing down the beach. We did have plenty of action keeping everyone busy but with mostly smaller fish and only a couple Porgies, Sea Bass, and KEEPER Fluke making it into the buckets. The wind has laid down now, so we expect much…