Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

 🇺🇸Happy 4th of July from the Viking Fleet! Happy 250th Anniversary America! 🇺🇸 There is no better place to celebrate Independence Day than out on the water with the Viking Fleet. Whether you are joining us tonight for one of the “Stars Over Montauk” Fireworks Cruise or planning a trip later this weekend, we want…

Capt Dave reports decent fishing on the Viking Star. Porgy fishing was very good early, it was an excellent shot for about two hours. Once the tide ran hard we went down the beach and anchored up and fishing was okay. Anglers were looking to move around, so Dave obliged. We tried out some drifting…

Captain Carl reports a beautiful morning on our 1/2 Day fishing trip with some awesome family groups! Our anglers enjoyed some good steady action catching Sea Bass, Porgies, and Fluke! We had quite a few nice keepers for the morning and everyone had fun escaping the heat and being out on the water! Congratulations to…

Capt JR reports a decent afternoon on the Viking Star. We had pretty ok pick of fish for most of the trip. The remnants of the full moon made it a bit tough with the strong current.  But, we still ended up ok with the usual mix of Sea Bass, Porgies, and Fluke. No Pool…

Captain JR reports a gorgeous morning onboard the Viking Star. The fishing was much like it has been. We had a pick all trip with sea bass, porgies, and a few fluke coming up throughout the adventure. The pool winner was Luca Mazzeo from Bronx NY with a 2.9 lb Fluke.

Capt Steven Sr reports an amazing trip on the Viking Starship. To start off the trip we had a solid bite of medium size Tiles, lots of Pollock, Cusk and Hake. A real mixed bag! We filled the coolers to the max and called it a day. On day two we searched for large and…

Captain JR reports a breezy morning on the Viking Star! However, we found some nice calm waters to fish and had a decent pick of Fluke, Sea Bass, and Porgies. It turned out to be a gorgeous morning with some nice fish for dinner. No pool today.

Captain JR reports just a pick of fish this afternoon on the Viking Star. The trip started a bit tough with the heavy full moon tide, but when conditions improved so did the catching. Sea bass, Porgies, and Fluke kept us busy and everyone ended up with some fish. Not a bad afternoon on the…

Capt. Dave reports a great day of fishing! We had non-stop action all day. There was one drift where the bite was a little off but after that we had constant action. We had tons of Porgies a couple Seabass, some Fluke, and some Striped Bass that were too big to keep. The pool winner…

Captain JR reports an enjoyable morning onboard the Viking Star. We had a nice pick of Sea Bass, Porgies, and Fluke all trip. Unfortunately the fluke were of the smaller variety.  But, definitely more of them than we have been seeing. Everyone got some tasty fish for dinner. The pool winner was Florimond Moor from…

Captain JR reports an enjoyable afternoon onboard the Viking Star. Things started out with a pick but when tidal conditions improved we found lots of porgies, sea bass, and a few fluke. Everyone ended the trip with a nice bag of fresh fish for dinner. Congrats to our pool winner, Ewan Anderson, who caught a…

Another astonishing trip with 5 species of cetaceans, a leatherback sea turtle, ocean sunfish, and a plethors of pelagic birds. We started our trip in slight haze that burnt\ed off as we progressed. We has reports of whales to our south and off we went. We found our 1st pelagic birds as well as finback whale and Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins(Tursiops erebennus) within a few miles of Montauk Light. As we  headed further S, we continued to find pelagic birds, and whales. Finbacks (Balaenoptera physalus) in every direction including what appeared to be mom/calf pairs, squid (Illex spp.) were everywhere and the finbacks were feasting. Most shearwaters (Great, Sooty, Cory’s) were so full that they could barely take off. We were often surrounded by whales in every direction, minkes (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and finbacks mostly, but we did find 2 pairs of…