Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Another spectacular whale watch trip on the Viking Star! While we Expecting to go offshore to find the whales that were been seen on Wednesday, Dr. Kopelman and several volunteers saw humpback whales close to shore whales from the Overlook Beach on Old Montauk Highway on their way out to see to the ship. These…

Capt Dave reports excellent Porgy fishing today on the Viking Starship. This morning the bite started off very strong as we anchored up just off the lighthouse. We picked away at a lot of fish for a couple hours, all sized small to large, but mostly on the medium to large side. The action this…

Capt Mike reports steady action from the get-go today on the Viking Star. We had jumbo Porgies and big Sea bass through out the morning. We managed to pick up a couple Fluke late to top off everyones buckets. Overall, a beautiful morning out on the water. The pool winner was Giuseppe Demarinis from Westchester,…

Capt Mike reports a very good afternoon on the Viking Star. The Fluke bite was hot from the start and we saw good numbers of keepers in the buckets.  Seabass was steady the entire trip. There were also some nice jumbo Porgies to round out the day. The pool winner was Lee Sock Joo from…

Capt Dave reports an excellent day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. Porgy fishing was excellent today, from our first drop we managed a 2 hour drift to start and it was some nice steady fishing. We picked away for a couple hours on mostly large fish with only a few smaller fish in…

Captain JR reports a very enjoyable morning of catching onboard the Viking Starlite. Anglers were kept busy all trip catching sea bass, fluke, and porgies. Some XL jumbo knot head sea bass were a welcomed addition to our usual haul. We also landed some beauty flukes to top off the buckets. Overall, a great morning….

Capt Mike reports a good morning of fishing on the Viking Starlite. Fishing started good from the get-go and stayed consistent the entire trip! There were plenty of jumbo Porgies and big Sea bass to be caught. The Fluke bite started up late as it has been the last few trips, seeing a lot of shorts coming up.  We did manage a half dozen or so keeper Fluke to end a great mixed bag morning.

Capt Mike reports a slow but steady pick this afternoon on the Viking Starlite. Anglers fished hard entire trip and it paid off with some full buckets of Fluke, Porgies, and SeaBass. Similar to this mornings bite the Sea bass and jumbo Porgies came up from the get go and we started to see the…

Capt Dave reports a pretty good day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. Porgy fishing today was very good as we worked mostly around the lighthouse with some really nice sized fish. Seabass fishing was on the okay side with a lot of little fish around. We worked a lot of our usual spots,…

Capt Mike reports a pretty good morning of fishing on the Viking Starlite. We had another day of ripping tide but we managed to find a few spots to fish with steady picking all morning. We landed some massive SeaBass and jumbo Porgies in the buckets. The Fluke bite was a little slow until the…

Capt JR reports a good afternoon of fishing onboard the Viking Star. We found a healthy pick of Sea Bass, Porgies, and Fluke to keep us busy all trip. Everyone had no trouble throwing fish in their buckets with several nice keeper Fluke to round out the catch. The pool winner was Elizabeth Gurtowski fromHuntington,…

The magic continues! It was another phenomenal day of whale watching aboard the Viking Starship as we headed south to find a very active group of approximately eleven humpback whales. We immediately encountered a tail-throwing, flipper-slapping, rolling-over calf with five to six adults in near proximity and a few more farther out. The adults were in groups of two or three, but would come together at times, diving and surfacing simultaneously in what was likely coordinated feeding events on rich prey detected at depth. Most of the whales were familiar, having been seen on numerous, previous trips throughout the summer. Multiple close approaches by the calf, associated pairs and trios occupied our time as the whales approached and swam along the vessel, even sprinkling passengers with the spray of their blows (exhalations). The changing angle of sunlight in late summer…