Montauk

Capt Dave reports a solid day of fishing on the Viking Starship. We fished the deep water closer to Block Island with nice long drifts and a steady mixed bag of Porgies, SeaBass, Fluke, Triggerfish and Mackerel. There were a lot of quality SeaBass mixed in with the smaller ones. The Porgies ranged from medium to larges. The first place pool winner was from Freeport, NY with a 2 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Julio from Queens, NY with a 3.2 lb SeaBass.

Capt JR reports a pretty good trip this afternoon with steady action for the duration on the Viking Star. Mainly SeaBass were coming over the rail with a few Porgies in the mix. Most buckets consisted of a nice catch of SeaBass. The pool winner was Mark Leibowitz from Rego Park, NY with a 3 lb SeaBass.

Capt. Dave reports a good morning on the Viking Starship. We went over in the deeper waters today and we had a nice steady pick of Porgies. We then went over close to Block Island and had a good mix of Porgies and Seabass all ranging from medium to large. The pool winner was Charles Vonn from Hempsted, NY, with a 2 lb Porgy.

Capt. JR reports a productive morning on the Viking Star. We had lots of action all trip with the predominant catch being Seabass. We had some fat Porgies in the mix along with some keeper Fluke. A good trip all around. The pool winner was 11 year old, Duke Lubell from East Hampton, NY, with a 3.5 lb Seabass.

Capt Dave G reports a good day of fishing aboard the Viking Starlite 3/4 Day Bottom Fishing Special. We started the trip drifting for fluke which was not very productive. We caught a couple short fluke but no keepers. Then we moved on to the Sea Bass, and the fish were biting. We had to fight our way through the shorts, but ended up with a nice catch of quality jumbo sea bass. All in all it was a nice day on the water. The pool winners were Cynthia Castillo of Bayshore NY who took first place with a 3.6lb Sea Bass.  Second place was also won with a Seabass eaught by Regina Nasel of Long Is. City who caught a 3.3 pounder.

Capt Carl reports a good day on the Viking Starship. We started out at the lighthouse, it was better than yesterday, but not great. So we went offshore and had the rods bending the whole trip, but mostly medium to large size Porgies and mixed size SeaBass as well. Plenty of fish to be had! The pool winner was Gim Yee from Queens, NY with a 2.5 lb Porgy.

Full Report to follow. Pool winner – Marianne Kenary from Oyster Bay, Long Island with a 4.5 lb Fluke.

Another multi-species day! As we left the dock, a young gray seal (Halichoerus grypus)that we’d seen before was swimming around searching for food. Our trip on the oceans started out with a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) that just a few of us saw (we call that a “stinky minke”).  We then found a small group (10) of inshore bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and later encountered one large group (50) and another small group (10), about 70 in all.  In the interim we spent time up close with a truly “stinky” humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae).  “Stinky” due to the mildly fetid, funky smell of its blow (perhaps due to a lung infection). Stinky humpback blows are and not that common but truly memorable.  The “bait” was abundant often near the sea floor (about 90 feet depth), we saw others blows in…

Capt JR reports improved action this afternoon on the Viking Star. We had SeaBass, Porgies, and Fluke on every drift. Tomorrow should be an even better improvement. The Pool winner was Zachary Maligres from Riverhead, NY with a 3 lb SeaBass.

The pool winners were Tom Byrnes from Port Washington, NY with a 4.5 lb Seabass. The second pool winner was Lind Ploce from Shir Michaels, NY,NY with a 3 lb Seabass. Full report to follow.