Montauk

Capt Dave reports decent fishing on the Viking Starship. We started off fishing the west side of Block Island and the Porgies bit very well and they were good size. The Sea Bass bite was off there, we only managed a handful. The pool winner was Ed Brown from NY with a 2.4 lb Porgy….

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Capt Dave reports excellent fishing on the Viking Starship. We had perfect conditions by Block Island and spent 2 1/2 hours anchored and found great Porgy fishing. We headed offshore for Sea Bass and had to make a few moves, but found them. There were big Sea Bass, some Porgies, Fluke, Flounder, Bonita, about a…

Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Starship. We headed towards Block Island and had a good shot of Porgies, Sea Bass and Triggerfish to start the trip. Once the tide started to run hard it got tough and the fish got smaller. Fishing was really good when conditions were right. No pool…

Our last scheduled trip was another success!! We headed out on the Viking Star looking forward to another fascinating trip on a day with unlimited visibility and brisk NW wind. The seas were fine as we headed westward towards where we’d been seeing juvenile humpback whales feeding on Atlantic Menhaden.  It wasn’t long before we were joined by 60 or more Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins. We saw menhaden pods and we saw the blow of a humpback whale seen and photographed by our senior scientist, Dr. Artie Kopelman, 2 days earlier. This poor whale had deep healed gashes on the trailing edge of its right fluke, something we see too often. This whale was diving for about 3-5 minute, most likely feeding on the sand eels patchily distributed in and around the sea floor. 2 days prior, this young whale never …

Capt Dave reports decent fishing on the Viking Starship. There was a light crowd today. We fished west of Block Island and had good Porgy & Sea Bass fishing in the less than ideal conditions. Everyone had a couple of Sea Bass each and a pail or so of Porgies. No pool.

Capt Dave reports a steady bite throughout the day with plenty of action on Porgies and Seabass, along with a few Fluke and even a couple of Bonito to round things out. We worked west of Block Island where the Porgies and Seabass were not only plentiful but also of impressive size. By the end of the trip, everyone aboard had more than enough fish to take home. Overall, it was a successful trip and a great day of fishing on the water. The pool winner was Jesus D. Valle, from Brooklyn, NY, with a 3.2 lb Porgy.

What a wonderful way to wrap up our weekend trips aboard the Viking Starship yesterday! The bunker was running and we found dolphins almost immediately after leaving the inlet. These dolphins, Tamanend’s bottlenose, were actively feeding on the bunker which surrounded our vessel, affording passengers excellent views of the action. We traveled along with the dolphins, a pod of 50-70, for a while before moving around the Point and heading west along the shore. Here we searched for larger cetaceans, mainly some of the juvenile humpback whales encountered on Saturday’s trip. At first, no whales could be found, but the sights of spinner sharks spiraling out of the water in a school of bunker, made the searching worthwhile. We continued on, eventually finding a young humpback west of the previous day’s sightings. As we waited for this small whale to…

Another special day on the Viking g Starship, breaching and lunge feeding humpback whales and loads of Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins We had a cool, clear, and somewhat choppy adventure on antepenultimate (3rd from last) Viking Fleet/CRESLI whale watch. On of our volunteers saw a young humpback whale swimming in the waters right near her home in Montauk town, so we knew were to look.. For most of the season, the whales were further offshore , but today, we found them close to shore. These were all juvenile humpback whales (<12 m long) and while some were feeding on sand eels in water over 65’ deep, others fed on the abundant Atlantic menhaden in shallower waters. At one point, a 35’ long (10.67 m) humpback conducted a full body breach about 35 feet off our port bow. While some were able…

Captain Dave reports decent action today. We stayed by the lighthouse due to the conditions and found steady action, though most of the fish were on the smaller side. There were plenty of short Porgies and Seabass that had to go back, but everyone managed to put some nice keepers in the cooler. We also…