Montauk

Only fainting glimpses today. Nice weather, favorable seas and 10+ miles of visibility, while traveling over 44 miles only yielding a few of us a brief view of a cetacean. We had an unidentified whale blow spotted by one of our CRESLI volunteers a mile or so behind us. We searched long and hard but never saw the whale come up again. A while later, a dolphin was spotted by a few members of the crew only to swim away and not seen again. We also had an unknown shark species swim by close to the boat, giving people on that side a quick view before disappearing. We do not get many trips like this with great conditions and little to no sightings. Our track record says we will have better days in the future. 1 unidentified whale species blow…

Capt. JR reports a good pick of large Porgies with a few Seabass in the mix. It was action from start to finish, rods bent all trip. The pool winner was Angelo Demetroulakos from Brooklyn, NY, with a 5.5 lb Fluke.

Capt. Steven Sr. reports a fantastic morning aboard the Viking Starlite. We caught plenty of Seabass, Porgies, and there was a handful of Fluke in the mix. The pool winner was Chris Theodore with 3 Fluke weighing 5 lbs. The second pool winner was Martin Dowd with a 4.4 lb Seabass.

Capt. Dave reports an action packed trip from start to finish. We started out Seabassing today and got an excellent catch of jumbo Seabass with some Porgies mixed in. We had 4-5 keeper Fluke on board today. We spent the last part of the trip over at the Lighthouse where we got plenty of very nice medium size Porgies, Fluke, and jumbo Seabass.The pool winner was Marvin Kelsey from Bronx, NY, with a 3 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Tim Martin from Harrisonburg, VA, with a 5 lb Seabass.

Capt. JR reports a very good trip this morning aboard the Viking Star. Lots of Seabass and Porgies came up around the boat all trip long. We also had an excellent catch of big beautiful Fluke. The most we have seen in weeks. The first place pool winner was Ryan Hameyer from Kings Park, NY, with a 6 lb Fluke. The second pool winner was Chris Lewis from Edgewater, NJ, with a 5.25 lb Fluke.

Captain JR reports, we had a very productive morning on the Viking Star. We had lots of action the whole trip with Sea Bass and Porgies being the predominant catch. We were very happy to see a few nice XL Fluke come up as well, one tipping the scales at 11.25 lbs!!! The pool winner…

Capt. JR reports heavy seas leftover from last night and today’s storms that kept us away from our usual hunting grounds. However, we fished some lesser known spots right in our backyard and put a good catch of Seabass, Porgies, and a few keeper Fluke on the boat. The pool winner was Connor Bubolo aka…

Capt. JR reports nice trip this afternoon despite the not so nice weather. It was on the slower side this afternoon once the weather took a nasty turn but, we managed to stay and get a nice catch. The pool winner was John from Massepequa, NY, with a 3 lb Seabass.

Whales in the rain! We headed out with excellent visibility and just a light misty rain, hoping that the rain would stay to our south. Oh well, we were wrong, although when the wind was behind us, the rain was quite tolerable.  We weren’t really fazed by the rain and continued to search for whales.  After about an hour,  a minke whale did a full-body breach just 200 yds from then port bow.  It was an amazing, yet fleeting sight that only a handful of us saw. An hour later we saw the tell-tall splash of a breach and headed to find a humpback lunge feeding and taking high-fluking dives. These were great sights that made the rainy trip worthwhile. The humpback was one we’d seen in this area 2 weeks earlier. 1 Minke whale 1 Humpback whale 1 Ocean…

Capt. JR reports a very productive trip with action from start to finish. Jumbo Porgies in every area we fished with some giant knothead Seabass in the mix. Lots of delicious fillets for all anglers. The pool winner this morning was Danny Hissins from Huntington, NY, with a 4 lb Fluke.