Whale Watching

Whale Watching 20 Humpbacks!! 100 Bottlenose Dolphins…… Our streak of finding whales continues. This time, within 40 minutes of leaving the dock and about 10 minutes past Montauk Lighthouse we found the first of our 20 humpbacks! There was bait all over – mackerel, sand eels, and bunker. The first 8 whales were feeding on sand eels. The last 12 were feeding on bunker. Single whales and 4 mom/calf pairs were seen. Oh, and loads of bottlenose dolphins too. Breaching, tail throws, flipper drops, and tail kicks happened often. It was an amazing day with non-stop whales for over 4 hours. Totals: 20 Humpback Whales 100 Inshore Bottlenose Dolphins 5 Cory’s Shearwaters 2 Wilson’s Storm Petrels

Whale Watching July 9 2017 Whales, dolphins, sunfish, and a sea turtle. What a day we had! An amazing trip-even better than last week’s. We saw 11 fin whales, 500 dolphins, a loggerhead turtle and lots of action and pelagic birds. We were headed to a spot around 15 nautical miles away but began to find whales closer. Our first whales were a cow/calf pair with the calf logging (sleeping) at the surface and the mother was searching for food. This pair we had seen a week earlier 10 miles to the southwest. The calf was logging (sleeping) just under the surface. After a while with them, we headed further out and found another cow/calf pair that were staying close to each other as we would expect because the calf was small and young, diving together, swimming together. The calf…

Whale Watching Sun July 2 – 8 Fin Whales – 1 Minke Whale – 1 Blue Shark – 46 Great Shearwaters – 80 Cory’s Shearwaters – 25 Sooty Shearwaters – 120 Wilson’s Storm Petrels – 1 Ocean Sunfish – 4 Manx Shearwaters – 1 South Polar Skua – 1 Black Tern Wow! What a way to start the season! Things started slowly, with little action until we saw the Ocean Sunfish. Shortly thereafter, we began to see large numbers of shearwaters and petrels and we got a lot of repeats of whales just 1.5 miles directly ahead of us. We found 5 fin whales there, spreadout over a half a mile, including a mom and calf (our first whales) and 3 others. There was bait on the water from 50-170 feet down. We began to head home and found 3 more…

Montauk Sunset Striped Bass & Bottom Fishing Captain Dave reports slow fishing last night on the Viking Starship. We only had a few shorts and no keepers. Montauk Jumbo Porgies & Sea Bass Capt Dave reports despite the rough conditions this morning we had an excellent bite at the lighthouse. We then moved toward Block Island and had a good mix of porgies and sea bass. The first place pool winner was Arris from NYC with a 3lb porgy. The second place pool winner was Margartio Cabrera from Brookly, NY with a 5lb sea bass. 1/2 Day Fluke-AM Capt Liam reports a good start this morning on the Viking Stariper. We had an early bite with nice fluke and sea bass, but then is slowed down. The pool winner was Christos Maniatis with a 5lb fluke. Whale Watching Long trip…

1/2 Day Fluke – AM Capt Liam reports a very slow start, but when we moved to deeper water and it was good. We had fluke, sea bass, a lot of porgies and blue fish. Many went home with full buckets. The pool winner was Christos Maniatis from Brooklyn, NY with a 6lb fluke. Montauk Jumbo Porgies and Seabass Capt Dave reports a much improved day. We had a slow and steady pick of mixed size porgies with larger sized fish today. We were fishing from the first to last drift. We had a handful of seabass and 8 keeper fluke. The first place pool winner was Ray Capri from Staten Island, NY with a 4.1 lb Jumbo Porgy. The second place pool winner was Quintin Justice from Landing, NJ with a 4.8lb fluke. Sunset Striped Bass Capt Dave reports…

1/2 Day Fluke AM Capt Liam reports a slow start this morning, but we had a strong finish. We had a bunch of fluke and porgies with  seabass up to 5lbs. The pool winner was Bill Swill from Montauk, NY with a 6lb fluke. Jumbo Porgies and Seabass Capt Dave reports very good fishing today. We had really big porgies and some very nice sized seabass. There were also a couple of fluke and bluefish, along with 1 striped bass. The pool winner was Gary Gualita from Brooklyn, NY with a 3.2lb porgy. The edible pool winner was Alrick Waters from Bronx, NY with a 4.2lb seabass. 1/2 Day Fluke PM Capt Liam reports an unusually slow afternoon aboard the Viking Stariper. We had very few fluke and a few sea bass. There was no pool this afternoon. Whale Watching…

1/2 Day-AM Captain Liam reports a good morning on the Viking Stariper. We had fluke, porgies and sea bass. The highlight of the trip was the 4 foot Thresher Shark hooked and brought to the side of the boat!!The first place pool winner was Patrick Sarsfield from Connecticut with a 4.7lb fluke. The second place pool winner was Mike Savage from Northport, NY with a 4.5lb fluke. Montauk Jumbo Porgies & Seabass Captain Dave reports a decent day of fishing on the Viking Star. We mainly had mixed size porgies with a few seabass. The first place pool winner was Duke Brown from Brooklyn, NY with a 3lb porgy. The edible pool winner was Fredy Mora from East Hampton, NY with a 3 1/2 lb seabass. 1/2 Day-PM Captain Liam reports a slower afternoon. The fluke we did have were…

1/2 Day Fluke AM Captain Sarah reports a great day of fluking aboard the the Viking Stariper with lots of action. There were three fluke over 5lbs. There was lots of sea-bass action too with a handful of large keepers. There was few porgies caught too to round off the morning. The first place pool winner was Roger Peterson from Tuckahoe NY with a nice 4.6lb fluke and second place went to Brendan from Staten Island with a 4lb fluke. Montauk Jumbo Summer Porgies and Seabass Captain Dave M reports an excellent day of Porgy fishing aboard the Viking Star. Everyone caught plenty of porgies and there was some mixed sized Seabass in the mix too as well as some small blues. The winner of the pool was Castillo Ignacio from Woodside with a 3.5lb Porgy and second place went…

Whale watching tours from Montauk Harbor, Long Island, NY If you already enjoyed a fishing trip with us, we want to invite you to take a Whale Watching tour aboard the Viking Starship! Our latest trip was absolutely PHENOMENAL. We’ve had 100% sighting rate on our Whale Watching Tours so come join us.  Click HERE for more info and read the latest reports Sunday July 21st 2013- EPIC TRIP! It was an utterly amazing trip! The BEST IN 13 YEARS! Montauk whale watching at it’s best… Fin whales, humpback whales, minke whales and common dolphins galore. We sae our first dolphins only about 7 miles out and our first whales 9 miles out. It started with common dolphins and then 2 humpbacks, then we hit the motherload. Fin whales, humpbacks, minkes and dolphins EVERYWHERE WE TURNED! Bubble feeding humpbackslunge feeding…