Sun Sept. 13- 1/2 Day Fishing AM
Capt. Jr. Gibson reports an improvement in the conditions compared to yesterday. Knothead Sea Bass were in abundance, a few keeper Fluke, and a few Porgies came over the rail. The pool winner was Greg Puc from Point Pleasant, NJ, with a 3.25 lb Sea Bass.
Sat Sept 12- 1/2 Day Fishing PM
Capt Jr reports windy conditions that made for a tough trip. But there was an improvement from the morning trip. We caught some nice Sea Bass and a few Porgies. There were a few short Fluke in the mix as well. The pool winner was Tianhoo Xu from Hoboken, NJ, with a 4.25 lb Sea Bass.
Sat Sept. 12- 1/2 Day Fishing AM
Capt. Jr. Gibson reports a not so nice day of fishing today. We had some windy conditions from the start today, but we managed to get a couple beautiful size Fluke and some nice Sea Bass. The pool winner was Peter Guando from Baldwin, NY, with a 8.5 lb Fluke.
Fri Sept 11 – 1/2 Day Fishing PM
Full Report to Follow Pool winner was Pete Ambrose from Sag Harbor, NY with a 3 lb SeaBass.
Fri Sept 11 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Knothead SeaBass
Capt Dave reports a good day of fishing on the Viking Star. Porgy fishing was excellent at the lighthouse with mixed size fish. We couldn’t get out to the east with the ebb tide and breeze, so we tried a closer spot and only found a handful of SeaBass and some Porgies there. The first place pool winner was Siv Wah Cheng with a 2 1/2 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Jose Rodriguez from Flushing, NY with a 7 lb Bluefish.
Mon Sept 7 – Thurs Sept 10 – 3 Day TNT – Viking Star
Capt Steven Sr reports a productive trip on the Viking Star. The first day we trolled a couple of Yellowfin on the way out. We also got in some bottom fishing and it was very good. We had Tile, Hake, Cod and jigged a White Marlin. After that we set up for the night bite where we had 3 Yellowfin and got 1 Swordfish in the boat. Two Swordfish were released and we had a lot of other bites broken off. On day two we got on the troll and it didn’t produce. Bottomfishing was good for the first 4 hours then it slowed down. We then had a few Yellowfin trolling and diamond jigging. On the night bite Tiger Sharks up to 1,500 lbs found us so we called it a trip! We did troll 3 more Yellowfin on…
Wed Sept 9 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Knothead Sea Bass
Capt Dave reports a good morning of fishing over by the lighthouse this morning. We started out with some nice long drifts at the Lighthouse, we caught small to medium Porgies. We then decided to go a little down the beach and we anchored up there. We caught mostly large Porgies while there. We went Sea Bassing and had to pick through a bunch of small one but we got out fair share of keepers. The pool winner was Konstantions Koufalis from Queens, NY with a 2.7 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Kashka Huges from Brooklyn, NY with a 3 lb Sea Bass.
Sun Sept 6 – Whale Watching Tour
Oh my, 60 Bottle Nose dolphins and 9 Humpbacks in all! Dr. Artie Kopelman reports a great day of whale sightings. It was a little bouncy as we headed out in search of cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises). We headed directly to where we had seen the whales yesterday, but we couldn’t find them at first and we headed to another area. It took some time, but we decided to head NNE the eyes of Captain David Marmeno found a whale about 2.3 nautical miles (nm) from where yesterday’s whales were. Once we found our first whale, we began seeing MANY more. We encountered one of Saturday’s whales and stayed with and photographed 3 others within 1.1 square miles. We also encountered multiple groups of inshore Bottle Nose Dolphins, about 60 individuals in all. By the time we had to leave,…
Sept 4 to Sept 7 – 3 Day TNT – Viking Fivestar
Capt Steven Jr reports another great trip offshore this week with a nice load of Yellowfin and Tiles. We had one Yellowfin right around the 100lb mark and Tiles up to 34lbs. We had nice mix of bottom dwellers and a fat Wahoo! We have a few more Tuna trips in October with some openings so give us a call at the office to get booked! (631)668-5700 or book online at vikingfleet.com
Tue Sept 8 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies & Knothead SeaBass
Capt Dave reports a tougher day on the Viking Starship. There were smaller Porgies at the lighthouse. It was mainly a mix of medium and large with a few jumbos mixed in. The SeaBass grounds had a lot of small fish to pick through again, but we were very close to our limit. The first place pool winner was Ifa Gordon from the Bronx, NY with a 2.5 lb Porgy. The edible pool winner was Mike Sabella from Morganville, NJ with a 3.5 lb SeaBass.
Tue Sept 8 – 1/2 Day Fishing AM
Capt Dave G reports a very good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Starlite. We caught jumbo Sea Bass, with most passengers on the boat catching their limit. We also had plenty of Porgies and a big Bluefish. The pol winner was Jacob Starcke from Northport, NY with a 5.75 lb SeaBass.
Mon Sept 7 – 1/2 Day Fishing PM
Capt Dave G reports a good afternoon of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We caught some nice size Fluke on the first drift. Then we moved outside a little ways and caught some of the biggest Sea Bass of the season! The pool winner was Danielle Sepnieski from Sag Harbor, NY with a 7.5 lb Fluke