Montauk

What a great day! We first headed out towards Montauk Shoals to search for a young whale that was seen earlier in the morning during a fishing trip. The juvenile humpback was spotted alongside a small group of Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphin. As we waited for the whale to surface following a shallow dive, we were treated to a massive and unexpected tail kick off our port side. We spent a little more time here watching dolphins surf in some of the larger waves beyond our vessel before continuing south in search of the adult humpbacks who have been spending time off Montauk this summer. As with many other trips this season, we found them and in great abundance. Eight initial humpbacks turned into twelve and then sixteen. Whales surrounded the vessel and many blows could be seen beyond. Not to…

Capt Dave reports pretty good fishing today on the Viking Starship. Today’s conditions weren’t great with the strong tide and light wind, so we did spend most our morning drifting off the lighthouse picking through some smaller stuff. We eventually zeroed in on some larger fish about mid-way through the trip and had our large…

Capt Mike reports a decent morning of mixed bag fishing on the Viking Star. This morning started off steady catching a mix of Porgy and SeaBass. We had a few nice keeper Fluke early as well. The bite tapered off a bit when the wind pick up. We also got the opportunity to see a…

Capt Mike reports a good afternoon on the Viking Star. The trip started off hot with big Sea Bass and keeper Fluke. The wind picked up mid trip and limited where we could fish, so we had a nice amount of fish in the buckets early. The pool winner was Henry McIntosh from NYC with…

Capt Dave reports a tough trip on the Viking Starship. The tide was running hard, so we had to travel around a lot. When we got to the Porgies they were biting good and the size was decent. It was a mix of smalls to jumbos and not many throwbacks. Sea Bass was definitely slow. They just didn’t bite well. We had some keepers, but most were shorts. First place pool winner was Gerson from Levitown, NY with a 3.1 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Samuel from Corey, NJ with a 3.8 lb Sea Bass. We are sailing tomorrow at 5AM. There is a discount when you purchase your ticket online at vikingfleet.com

Capt Mike reports another excellent mixed bag morning bite on the Viking Star. We had buckets full of jumbo Porgies with SeaBass mixed in. We had a couple nice keeper Fluke as well. Overall, this afternoon had nice steady action all trip. The first prize pool winner went Pete Ball from Putnam Valley, NY with…

Yesterday’s heat wave and the gridlock in the Hamptons may have put a damper on things on land, but our time at sea was INCREDIBLE! While we expected to transit an hour or so to reach the whales, our trip was ‘interrupted’ by sightings of Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins and close-up views of a scalloped hammerhead shark! Things only got better from there as we reached the whales sooner than expected and were treated to 12-18 humpbacks diving around the vessel, including a young calf which continuously swam around the vessel intentionally popping up left and right of the bow to check us out. Then things really got interesting; a ‘picket-fence’ of blows appeared ahead of us belonging to at least two dozen whales, including two fin whales and 2-3 minke whales. As we traveled the short distance to check things…

Capt Mike reports a pretty good afternoon of fishing on the Viking Starlite. Trip started what was to be a steady mixed bag bite. Some nice sea bass and jumbo porgies I the buckets. We had alot of short Fluke, but manage several August keepers to add! The first prize pool winner went to Rachel Carpitlla from West Babylon with a 3.5 lb Fluke.  

Capt Dave reports great fishing on the Viking Starship. There was a lot of tide by the lighthouse due to the new moon. We drifted and it was very good even in the strong tide. That is when we had the bigger Porgies. When it eased off the fish we had were smaller, so we headed off to the Sea Bass grounds. There were a lot of little ones, but some quality came up giving anglers their limit. We saw nicer fish then we have been seeing. Some Fluke were caught today along with Mackerel and the first showing of Bluefish. Tyrone Balgon from NJ won the first place pool with a 2.2 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Orlando Saravia from Scranton, PA with a 4.2 lb Sea Bass.

Capt Mike reports a good trip for the 1/2 Day Charter on the Viking Starlite. Action started on the first drift and continued until the last drift. There were plentiful buckets of Porgies and the kids landed keeper Fluke as well. We are also seeing some Trigger fish showing up.