Wed Aug 5 – Whale Watching
Jaw-dropping bubble-feeding events all around the Viking Starship Having gotten to bed late last night from one of the most mind-blowing whale watches in my lifetime, I figured I would wake up to find that it was all a dream, but alas, it was not! The humpbacks continue to occur in large numbers offshore of…
Wed Aug 5 – 1/2 Day Fishing PM
Captain JR reports a good afternoon onboard the Viking Star. We had solid action all trip with the usual Sea Bass, Porgies and fluke. Lots of big Porgies and Sea Bass went in the buckets along with just a handful of big keeper Fluke on this trip. All around a nice trip with lots of…
Wed Aug 5 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Knothead Sea Bass
Capt Dave reports a great trip on the Viking Starship. We started off around the lighthouse in excellent conditions. Drifting was good and we stayed there for 2 1/2 hours pulling up double header Porgies. Every cooler was full of Porgies, so we headed to the east to do some Sea Bass fishing. There were…
Wed Aug 5 – 1/2 Day Fishing AM
Captain JR reports a wonderful morning onboard the Viking Star. We found lots of hungry Sea Bass, Porgies, and Fluke for our happy anglers to reel in. Lots of action, and again a VERY good showing of size large KEEPER Fluke to round out our morning haul. Many fish dinners headed home for our smiling…
Tue Aug 4 – 1/2 Day Fishing PM
Captain JR reports a MUCH better afternoon on the Viking Star! Lots of action all trip with Porgies,Sea Bass, and Fluke. A very nice showing of big keeper Fluke also made their way into our buskets. All around a HUGE improvement. The pool winner was Aiden Kim from Bayside, NY with a 4.6 lb Fluke.
Tues Aug 4 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies and Knothead Sebass
Capt. Dave reports a slow start to the day today. The usual spots we go to were all dirty and turned up from the recent bad weather so we had to move around and find some calm water. Once we did that fishing improved greatly. We had a mixed bag of nice size fish. We…
Sun Aug 2 – Whale Watching
Spectacular whale watching continues into August! With a full boat of passengers, we sailed into our first trip of August hoping to find what we had been so fortunate to encounter throughout July (and late June)! On our way to the feeding grounds south of Montauk, we encountered numerous small pods of Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphin…
Tues Aug 4 – 1/2 Day Fishing AM
Captain JR reports a slower morning onboard the Viking Star. The remaining ground swell from Monday’s bad weather definitely turned the bite off. We had a slow start, but as the trip progressed we had more and more life with Seabass, Porgies, and Fluke. Even rounded up a couple of nice keeper Fluke at the…
Fri July 31 – Whale Watching
“World Class Whale Watching and associated research CONTINUES” with the Viking Fleet We found four cetacean species throughout the day. A few miles after passing Montauk Point lighthouse, we also encountered a juvenile humpback feeding. As we continued farther out saw breaching whales in all directions , and picket fences of blows. As in the previous trip(s) we…
Sun Aug 2 – 1/2 Day Fishing PM
Captain JR reports an action packed afternoon onboard the mighty Viking Star. Everywhere we went we found lots of hungry Seabass, Fluke, and Porgies. The big delicious Seabass made a very impressive showing with a few people getting a very nice limit. A few very nice keeper Fluke topped off the catch. Lots of fish…