Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Capt Steven Jr reports a great morning trip on the Viking Fivestar. We had four big Striped Bass and then we did some bottom fishing and grabbed 3/4 of a basket of Big SeaBass and Porgies.

Capt Dave G reports a good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star in foggy conditions. We caught plenty of porgies and some nice jumbo sea bass. The first place pool winner was Christopher Fioti from Washingtonville, NY with a 4.5 lb SeaBass. The second place pool winner was John Kern Jr. from Westbury, NY with a 4 lb SeaBass.  

Capt Dave G reports a very good afternoon of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We had beautiful drifting conditions on the water and a steady pick of Porgies and Sea Bass all afternoon. We also ended up with some nice keeper Fluke. The first place pool winner was Jason Ruiz of East Hampton, who just happened to have the afternoon off work. Jason’s Fluke weighed 7 pounds. The second place pool winner was Ryan Radcliffe of Elka Park NY with a 6.5 pound Fluke.

Captain Dave reports from the Viking Starship. We had some weird conditions with the East wind this morning. We finally threw the anchor and fishing improved immediately. We quickly loaded up on some beautiful large and Jumbo Porgies with some nice Sea Bass mixed in. We then moved off to the East, most of our anglers had limited out on Porgies, to concentrate on Sea Bass. We had to sift through a lot of shorts, brought aboard a few mackerel until our last drift of the day which was spectacular. Large quality Sea Bass on every line! Great way to end the day. Pool winner today was Yi Zhung from Lindenhurst N.J. with a 3.1 pound Scup.

Capt Dave G reports a good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We had breezy drifting conditions but worked through them to put together a nice catch. We ended up with Sea Bass, Porgies and some nice keeper Fluke. The first place pool winner was Michael Collins of Blue Point NY with a 6.0 pound Fluke. Second place in the pool went to Joshua Kent from Roulette PA with 5.75 pound Fluke.

Captain Dave reports near perfect conditions drifting near the Montauk Lighthouse today on the Viking Starship. Most of our anglers got their limit of Porgies in just a couple of hours. We then traveled to the East and anglers brought on some quality Sea Bass but not in the numbers we have seen recently. The drift was a little fast out East, but anglers managed to make the most of it, bringing aboard a variety of fish including a keeper Striped Bass. First place in the Porgy pool went to Jose Hernandez of NY, NY with a 2.60 pound Scup and 1st place in the edible pool went to Ed Jordan of Freeport, NY with a 14.7 pound Striped Bass.

Capt Dave G reports a good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We had beautiful conditions and the fish were biting! We ended up with a nice catch of Fluke, Sea Bass and jumbo Porgies. The pool winners, in a tie, were Eric Nelson of Crawford NJ and Anthony Donofrio of Medford NY with 5.55 pound Fluke.

Sun Aug 4 – Whale Watching Whale Trifecta! 2 Minke whales, 5 humpback whales (including a mom and calf), and a finback whale! 8 whales in all! What do you get when you have unlimited visibility, flat seas, and good eyes? Lots of whales. Shortly after heading out past the lighthouse, we spot our first whale, a minke whale. They are relative small baleen whales and this one was not only small, but also entangled in fishing gear. The gear was loosely wrapped, but still obviously having an effect. The Coast Guard was notified, then in turn notified the Center for Coastal Studies Marine Animal Entanglement Response Team. CRESLI sent photos and all folks are asked to keep an eye out (see https://drartiek-cresli.smugmug.com/…/2019-08-0…/i-VsXTmxz/A for a photo). All too sad to see, but we were glad to help. We continued on…

Capt. Dave reports excellent Porgy fishing this morning. We started off by the Lighthouse and got almost only Porgies with some Seabass mixed in. We decided to try and get some Seabass so we went along the beach side to try something a little different and we caught loads of Porgies with some more Seabass….

Capt. Phil reports good fishing with Fluke up to 5 lbs. We caught plenty of Seabass and Porgies with some Mackrel and Blue Fish mixed in. It was a beautiful day out on the water with some great fishing.The 1st place pool winner was Alex Leiter from Larchmont NY, with a 7.35 lb Fluke. The…

Captain Joe reports from the Viking Star. A fine day to be fishing. Great conditions and lots of action. Everyone on board went home with fish. Lots of quality Sea Bass, some Porgies and some nice Fluke. The pool winner was JC Michel from Albuquerque, New Mexico with a 7.2 pound Fluke. Dave Cahill took second place in the pool with a 5 pound Fluke.

Captain Dave reports from the Viking Starship. An unbelievably good day fishing. First drift near the Montauk Lighthouse lasted 2 hours with solid fishing and most anglers getting their limit of quality large and Jumbo Porgies. We then traveled a bit East and rods were bending continuously. We had to pick through a few Sea Bass to get some big fat keepers. In addition to the quality Sea Bass, we also picked up some nice Porgies, 1 nice keeper Fluke, a few Bluefish, and some Mackerel. First place in the pool was a tie, anglers Alina Hoxah and Tirana Albania from East Hampton both caught 3.55 pound Sea Bass. Second place in the pool went to George Williams of Uniondale, NY with a 2.25 pound Scup.