Montauk

Capt Carl reports a bit of a delicate bite this morning. We had all the usual suspects of Fluke, Sea Bass, and Porgies… just not a whole lot of them. There was no pool today with the light crowd. We are back at it this afternoon! Tomorrow, Saturday June 27 we will only have 1/2…

 Montauk Chamber of Commerce’s – STARS OVER MONTAUK 🇺🇸 FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS CRUISE ON THE VIKING STARSHIP🇺🇸 Celebrate America’s 250th anniversary with the Viking Fleet in Montauk! Skip the crowds and join us aboard the Viking Starship for a front-row seat on the water. Watch the…

Captain Dave reports another excellent day of fishing. We started with a solid drift in the morning, reeling up loads of nice-sized Porgies. Throughout the day we caught a handful of Fluke and Sea Bass. We ended the day anchored by the Lighthouse where we caught plenty of jumbo Porgies. Congratulations to our pool winners,…

Capt JR reports another pick of fish this afternoon on the Viking Star. SeaBass, Porgies, and a few Fluke made up the first 3/4 of the trip. There were lots of birds around so we spent the last hour jigging a few Striped Bass and Bluefish. A gorgeous afternoon to be out. The pool winner…

Capt Dave reports great day on the Viking Starlite. We fished around the lighthouse and everywhere we went the Porgies were biting. There were more mediums and larges than we have been seeing. We also had a handful of Sea Bass on the smaller side. All in all there was plenty of action and everyone…

Capt JR reports a slow pick this morning on the Viking Star. Sea bass, Porgies and Fluke made up most of the catch. Mostly smaller sized fish, but a few for the buckets. The pool winner was Peter Jadud from Woodcliff Lake, NJ with a 2.6 lb Sea Bass.

Capt JR reports a slower afternoon on the Viking Star. We tried to jig some Striped Bass and Blues as we did yesterday afternoon, but the fish didn’t cooperate. We shifted to bottom fishing and had a pick of Porgies, Sea Bass, and a couple Fluke. No pool today. Congratulations on the nice Porgy and…

We saw dolphins nearshore and were surrounded by whales offshore! What a day! 15 minutes after leaving Montauk Harbor and heading east we found our first cetaceans, a small group of 6-8 Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins. It got better and better!  We find our 1st finback whale an hour later, just a few miles from shore. We had reports of whales offshore and we headed out. Offshore a few hours later we find a motherload of whales – finbacks, minkes , and humpbacks. We were officially surrounded by whales for the next few hours. Ultimately, we encountered approximately 10-12 finback whales,  3-5 minke whales, 2 humpback whales (one known from the coast of Virginia and one yet to be identified). The humpbacks were each bubble-ring/open mouth feeding on sand eels. The entire water column was filled with sand eels from the surface…

Capt. Dave reports another day of excellent fishing! On the morning tide we went on the east side of the Lighthouse and fishing was incredible! We had all large and jumbo fish. As the tide started to change we went under the cliffs and continued to have a really great pick. Mostly large fish. The…

Captain JR reports a very nice afternoon on the Viking Star. We spent the trip drifting around the lighthouse and catching GIANT striped bass, blues, and a few porgies. A wonderful way to spend an afternoon.