Montauk

Capt Dave reports a “Bail Job” just off the beach this morning on the Viking Starship. Anglers were bringing medium to large Porgies over the rail 2 at a time. It wasn’t long before everyone had their limit. We headed South to find some quality Sea Bass, but the pickings were slim. We fished around and picked up some keeper Sea Bass and also some nice Triggerfish and Blowfish. First place in the pool today went to Santos Cruz of Roosevelt, NY with a 2 1/2 lb Porgy. Edible pool went to Ricardo Villalobo of Uniondale, NY with a 4 lb Triggerfish. Tomorrow the Viking Starship is headed to Block Island to begin our daily Block Island Fall Jumbo Porgies & Knothead Sea Bass trips. 

Capt Dave G reports Mission Accomplished

Capt. Jr. Gibson reports an improvement in the conditions compared to yesterday. Knothead Sea Bass were in abundance, a few keeper Fluke, and a few Porgies came over the rail. The pool winner was Greg Puc from Point Pleasant, NJ, with a 3.25 lb Sea Bass.

Capt Jr reports windy conditions that made for a tough trip. But there was an improvement from the morning trip. We caught some nice Sea Bass and a few Porgies. There were a few short Fluke in the mix as well. The pool winner was Tianhoo Xu from Hoboken, NJ, with a 4.25 lb Sea Bass.

Capt. Jr. Gibson reports a not so nice day of fishing today. We had some windy conditions from the start today, but we managed to get a couple beautiful size Fluke and some nice Sea Bass. The pool winner was Peter Guando from Baldwin, NY, with a 8.5 lb Fluke.    

Full Report to Follow Pool winner was Pete Ambrose from Sag Harbor, NY with a 3 lb SeaBass.

Capt Dave reports a good day of fishing on the Viking Star. Porgy fishing was excellent at the lighthouse with mixed size fish. We couldn’t get out to the east with the ebb tide and breeze, so we tried a closer spot and only found a handful of SeaBass and some Porgies there. The first place pool winner was Siv Wah Cheng with a 2 1/2 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Jose Rodriguez from Flushing, NY with a 7 lb Bluefish.

Capt Dave reports a good morning of fishing over by the lighthouse this morning. We started out with some nice long drifts at the Lighthouse, we caught small to medium Porgies. We then decided to go a little down the beach and we anchored up there. We caught mostly large Porgies while there. We went Sea Bassing and had to pick through a bunch of small one but we got out fair share of keepers. The pool winner was Konstantions Koufalis from Queens, NY with a 2.7 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Kashka Huges from Brooklyn, NY with a 3 lb Sea Bass.

Oh my, 60 Bottle Nose dolphins  and 9 Humpbacks in all! Dr. Artie Kopelman reports a great day of whale sightings. It was a little bouncy as we headed out in search of cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises). We headed directly to where we had seen the whales yesterday, but we couldn’t find them at first and we headed to another area.  It took some time, but we decided to head NNE the eyes of Captain David Marmeno found a whale about 2.3 nautical miles (nm) from where yesterday’s whales were. Once we found our first whale, we began seeing MANY more. We encountered one of Saturday’s whales and stayed with and photographed 3 others within 1.1 square miles. We also encountered multiple groups of inshore Bottle Nose Dolphins, about 60 individuals in all. By the time we had to leave,…

Capt Dave reports a tougher day on the Viking Starship. There were smaller Porgies at the lighthouse. It was mainly a mix of medium and large with a few jumbos mixed in. The SeaBass grounds had a lot of small fish to pick through again, but we were very close to our limit. The first place pool winner was Ifa Gordon from the Bronx, NY with a 2.5 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Mike Sabella from Morganville, NJ with a 3.5 lb SeaBass.