Montauk

Capt JR reports a very good trip despite some very windy conditions on the Viking Star. We managed to have a pretty good trip, and had Porgies and SeaBass coming up all trip. We saw some keeper fluke mixed in as well. The pool winner was Liam Daly from Merrick, NY with a 4.75 lb Fluke. The edible pool winner was Steve Chang from Great Neck, NY with a 4 lb SeaBass.

Capt Stephen D reports a great day on the Viking Starlite. Even though the weather was pretty nautical today we managed a great catch. We started off drifting at the lighthouse and as fishing was so good we pretty much stayed there all day. We had plenty of Porgies today, a little on the smaller side than we have been catching but everyone had their limits of keepers. Alexander Jovel from Elizabeth NJ won today’s pool with a 4lb Porgy.

Capt Dave G reports a good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star in breezy conditions. We had a nice catch of porgies and sea bass along with a couple of fluke. The pool winner was Giancarlo Arotinco from New Hyde Park, NY, with a 3.25 lb Fluke.

Wednesday August 25, 2020 Whales and dolphins! 40 minutes of inverted lob-tailing by 1 humpback A few hours before our trip, Dr. Artie Kopelman (CRESLI president and senior scientist/naturalist) observe several humpbacks from shore at the western end of Montauk. High winds from the NNW helped us to decide to head west to look for whales. Right near Montauk Point we encountered 2 whales, a minke and a humpback. The humpback was diving for 9 minutes at a stretch, and the minke was almost impossible to see . After 3 minutes with these whale, we continued westward to find a small group of bottlenose dolphins. We ultimately turned to have the wind behind, and shortly later, we found a humpback we’d see on 8/19/2020 and 8/18/2019, namely NYC0084. In 2019, it was breaching, today (8/25/2020), it was lob-tailing for at…

Capt Dave G reports a very good afternoon of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We had plenty of keeper Fluke, big Sea Bass and nice sized Porgies. The fish bit from the beginning of the trip until the end. The pool winners for first and second place are Jay & Caroline from Queens with a 5.6 lb and 5.8 lb Fluke.

Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Starship. We headed to the SeaBass grounds to start out. It was a slow drift to start out and the fish were not biting. When the conditions got right it was good and we were able to get our SeaBass. We finished up at the lighthouse where we had plenty of bites with nice size Porgies. The first place pool winner was Franklin Olivares from Manhattan with a 3.2 lb Porgy. The the edible pool winner was Judith Taylor from Rockland Co., NY with a 4 lb SeaBass.

Capt Dave G reports a good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star. The bite started slowly, but picked up as the morning went on. We ended up with a nice catch of Sea Bass, Porgies and a couple Fluke. The pool winner was Robert Caffiero from Fresh Meadows, NY with a 5.75 lb fluke. There was a tie for second place between Arthur Kesslor from Syosset, NY and Patrick Lynam from West Islip, NY with 4.25 lb Fluke.

Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Starship. It was a slow pick of Porgies at the lighthouse. We anchored and had Medium to Large Porgies and a few SeaBass. We headed off to the east for SeaBass and had a mixed bag of SeaBass and Porgies of various sizes drifting. The first place pool winner was George Cassotis from East Brunswick, NJ with a 3 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Kevin Huang with a 4 lb SeaBass.

Capt Dave G reports a good afternoon of fishing ahead of the storms on the Viking Star. We caught Fluke, Sea Bass and Porgies. The pool winner was Shannon Truax with a 2.5 lb Porgy.

Capt Dave G reports a very good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We caught a load of Porgies and Sea Bass and finished off the trip with a couple nice sized keeper Fluke. The first place pool winner was Alan Yousefzadeh from Israel with a 7 lb Fluke. The second place pool winner was Max Peretson from Huntington, NY with a 3.5 lb Fluke.