Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Another successful trip! 2 minkes and 1 humpback! What a wonderful day we had on the Viking Starship! Unlimited visibility and crisp cool air were perfect conditions for finding whales. Again with 30 minutes of passing Montauk Light, we found a minke whale that allowed us some wonderful views as it swam repeatedly near the bow.  We headed further and 45 minutes later, another minke (larger the 1st one) surfaced within 2 yards of the starboard side of our bow sprit. Captain Davy immediately stopped and the whale dove as the crew collectively held its breath. Within 30 minutes we encountered a 35-40′ humpback that was one we had seen on Wednesday, We had amazing views as this whale rolled over and was logging (resting) with intermittent low-fluking and high-fluking dive to reach the massive concentrations of prey at 40′…

Capt Dave G reports a good day of fishing aboard the Viking Starlite. We ended up with a mixed bag of nice size Seabass, Porgies and Fluke although we had to fight our way through a lot of short ones. The rods were bending for the entire trip, and everyone on the boat ended up with a nice catch.

Capt. JR reports a great afternoon aboard the Viking Star. We caught tons of Porgies, Seabass, and Fluke and everyone went home with a nice bag of fillet. The pool winner was Matt Bland from Wantagh, NY, with a 4.25 lb Fluke.

Capt Dave reports a good day onboard the Viking Starship.  There was a lot of action near the lighthouse with a mix of small, medium, and Jumbo Porgies; as well as a 12lb Cod. We decided to venture a bit offshore for some excellent SeaBass ranging from 2-3lbs, the crowd went home at their limit…

Capt JR reports a very good trip this morning on the Viking Star. Lots action with jumbo Porgies and Seabass keeping the rods bent all morning. Anglers also landed some very nice keeper Fluke to top off their buckets. The pool winner was Bryan Cardinale from Sayneville, NJ with a 5.25 lb Fluke. We want to give an honorable mention to Tajhae Campbell from Montuak, NY with a 5.15 lb Fluke.

Capt. JR reports a productive trip this afternoon on the Viking Star. We had SeaBass and Porgies coming up from start to finish. We also had some nice keeper Fluke come over the rail as well, and we were very happy to have some very large Trigger fish in the mix. Today’s 1st place pool…

Capt. Dave reports an excellent morning filled with wonderful Porgies. We caught tons of medium, large, and jumbo Porgies over by the Lighthouse today. We had extra time once everyone got their limit, so we decided to go offshore to fish for Seabass. It took a couple tries to find the Seabass today, but everyone ended the trip with a handful of them. In today’s mix we had some Mackerel, as well as some beautifully size Fluke. The pool winner was Kevin Haughton from Valley Stream, NY with a 2.75 lb Porgy. In addition, the edible pool winner went to Oswaldo Ventura from NYC, who brought in a delicious 3.75 lb Seabass.  

Capt. JR reports very good trip this morning on the Viking Star, despite some windy conditions. Big knothead Seabass and jumbo Porgies kept the rods bent the whole trip. We also boated several nice keeper Fluke. The pool winner was Alex Leither from Westchester, NY, with a 4 lb Fluke.  

Within 20 minutes of passing the Montauk Lighthouse, we saw our first whale spout. We spent some time with this young humpback whale giving us a blow or two and before diving down. Showing us its tail fluke, presumably to forage on baitfish close to sea floor and then surfacing every three minutes or so. This humpback gave us a peduncle throw for everyone to see as well. Continuing heading west, we saw another young humpback whale giving us a blow or two before diving. This humpback only fluked once likely feeding close to the surface. Overall, a very nice day out on the water with unlimited visibility. 2 Humpback Whales 1 Corey’s Shearwater

Capt JR reports a productive trip with mostly Jumbo pPorgies coming over the rail. We did find a few areas that had some nice SeaBass with a few keeper Fluke in the mix. Everyone had a nice bucket of meat. The pool winner was Peter Quartararo from Pelham, NY with a 4.75 lb Fluke.

Capt Dave reports very good fishing on the Viking Starship. We anchored by the lighthouse due to the fast drift and had a steady pick of nice size Porgies. After that we went offshore and found plenty of keeper SeaBass along with a ton of Mackeral. The pool winner was Mark Cho from Manhatttan with a 2.2 lb Porgy.

A special day!! 8 humpback whales,1 minke whale, 120 bottlenose dolphins!! Our best day of the 2021 season so far started with many whale reports. good visibility and good seas. Within 35 minutes of Montauk Lighthouse we were with the first of 8 humpback whales. We encountered just about every humpback behavior we could think of including: breaching, flipper-slapping, tail-slapping, tail throwing, low fluking dives, high fluking dives, logging. Here, we also found 120 inshore bottlenose dolphins (3 groups of 40) and 1 minke whale. We often had whales on every side of the vessel. All of this in a 3.5 square mile area. 8 humpback whales 1 minke whale 120 inshore bottlenose dolphin 1 Wilson’s storm petrel 1 Northern Gannet