Montauk

Friday, August 30, 2019 A Beautiful Day with Whales all Around   Today was a sunny , beautiful day as we set out again in search of whales.  We only had to round Montauk Point and cruise along the south shore for 40 minutes before seeing our first whale blowing.  This turned out to be a humpback whale, in very shallow water (50 feet) making shallow feeding dives.  The water was literally teeming with giant schools of bait fish, menhaden, at the surface.  The whale was only going down for a bit over 2 minutes as it’s food was right at the surface. Within a half hour we spotted several other blows and investigated.  We watched these other 4 humpbacks feeding on and off for the rest of the afternoon. Looking towards the beach we saw a pair of whales…

Wednesday, August 28, 2019 Whales Close to Montauk   What started out as a cloudy and someone rainy trip turned into a productive day of whale watching.  After less than an hour we spotted some big splashes in the distance- there was a whale breaching and flipper slapping.  Unfortunately by the time we got to the area, with the overcast background, we were unable to find the whale.  We continued on our way and suddenly came upon 2 humpback whales and 18 bottlenose dolphin.  There was a lot of surface bait fish and the whales were feeding.The dolphins came into our area in 2s and 3s until there was a big group.  They swam around the feeding whales for some time and some passengers got some special pictures with a whale and dolphin in the same photo! They showed us…

Capt. Phill reports a good trip with a couple nice size Fluke and some really good Porgies and Seabass. We caught one Jumbo Knothead Seabass weighing in at 6 1/4 lbs. Overall it was a great afternoon of fishing with tons of action. The first place pool winner was Connor Sable from North Salem NY, with a 6.0 lb Fluke. The second place pool winner was Derick Smith from Hicksville NY, with a 4.95lb Fluke.  

Capt Dave reports a good day on the Viking Starship. We had nice conditions early at the lighthouse before the drift got fast. We got in two drifts and had big Porgies and Bluefish. We then headed down the beach and anchored. It was a good bite with mixed size Porgies, some Trigger Fish and a lot of Mackerel. The first place pool winner was Jonathan Roberts with a 3 1/4 lb Scup. The edible pool winner was Fernando Flores with a 4.2 lb Trigger Fish.

Capt Jerry reports a great morning on the Viking Star. We had a ton of action with Fluke, SeaBass and Porgies. The first place pool winner was Alex Leiter from Larchmont, NY with an 8.5 lb Fluke. The second place pool winner was Angelo Demetroulakos from Brooklyn/Montauk with a 6.75 lb Fluke.

Capt Phil reports good fishing on the Viking Star. We had a lot of action until we lost the tide. We had Fluke up to 8 lbs, SeaBass and plenty of Porgies. Quality fish were caught! The pool winners were father and son Nick & Nick Cherkas from Oceanside, NY with 8.2 lb and 6.5 lb Fluke.

Capt Derek reports plenty of action on the Viking Fivestar this afternoon. We had tough conditions and a fast drift, but we managed some nice SeaBass and Porgies.

Fri Aug 30 – Montauk Jumbo Porgies & Knothead SeaBass Capt Dave reports a great day on the Viking Starship. We started out at the lighthouse and had difficult wind/tide conditions and a 3 knot drift. So we headed off to the SeaBass grounds and had plenty of action. Everyone had their SeaBass limit and we found more Porgies there than we have seen in awhile. We made a stop at the lighthouse on our way back and it was another BAIL JOB of BIG Porgies and some Bluefish! The first place pool winner was Jose Enrique from Bayshore, NY with a 2.6 lb Scup. The edible pool winner was Gordon Siess with a 3.8 lb SeaBass.

Capt Dave G reports a very very good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We had jumbo fluke and jumbo porgies all around the boat during the entire trip. We also had some nice sea bass and some bluefish in the mix. It was one of the best trips we had this year! The…

Capt Derek reports a great morning charter on the Viking Fivestar. We started off down the beach and found plenty of Porgies and short SeaBass. We headed back and fished under the radar and had plenty of action with keeper Fluke, Big Porgies and SeaBass. Congratulations Capt Derek on your maiden voyage!