Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Well, it was bound to happen.  After 29 consecutive trips with whales/dolphins since July 2017, we were unable to find them today. The haze and occasional limited visibility made it difficult to spot then from a distance.  We covered 45 nautical miles in our search but no whales or dolphins. There was bait, bunker, and a few pelagic birds, even an unidentified shark, and an ocean sunfish, but no cetaceans.  We will try again on Friday 9/19/19. One plus was the cool sea surface temperatures that kept us in sweatshirts, while folks were sweltering on land. Another plus was seeing a submarine headed out to sea. Totals: 1 unidentified shark 1 ocean sunfish2 Cory’s shearwaters 11 Wilson’s storm petrels Arthur H. Kopelman, Ph.D.President, Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island http://cresli.orghttps://drartiek-cresli.smugmug.com/ Instagram: @CRESLI_IncTwitter: @CRESLI_In

Capt. Dave reports a trip with great fishing and beautiful conditions. We started off with a nice long drift which made our day. We caught tons of great size Porgies ranging from large to jumbo. After that drift we went offshore and the Seabass fishing was good everyone got their limits with nice size keepers. We caught some fish up to 5 lbs, along with some Mackerel some Fluke and some Blues . We spent the rest of our trip by the lighthouse and got a few more big Porgies. It was a great trip overall. The pool winner was Jimmy Niotis with a 3.2 lb Porgy.

Capt Mike reports a good morning on the Viking Stariper. It was slow to start with the foggy conditions, but it did pick up. We then had steady action with a bunch of keeper Fluke and SeaBass. The first place pool winner was Chris Oliver from Holmes, NY with a 3.2 lb Fluke. The second place pool winner was Gina Grasso with a 3 lb SeaBass.

Full Moon Night Striped Bass – Viking Fivestar Capt Steven Jr reports a tough night with a ton of boat traffic all night. We had to work for them, but we managed 4 Big Striped Bass and some Blues for the anglers to take home. We have one spot left on the August 15th Full Moon trip.

Capt Carl reports a tough night aboard the Viking Starship. We had heavy boat traffic and really couldn’t get locked in, but we did manage a few beauties and some Bluefish. It was not what we were looking for on the Full Moon trip and we are hoping for better results on our next trip August 15th. James Panchookian of Bethpage took first place with a 36 lb Striped Bass. Blair Horning of Pennsylvania took second place with a 34 lb bass.

Capt Steven Jr reports nonstop action the whole afternoon keeping the rods bent. We had another load of Seabass with a nice mess of jumbos mixed in. A couple of guys had their limit of Seabass. We also had Porgies and a bunch of short Fluke in the mix. No pool this afternoon.

Capt Carl ran the Viking Starship today chartered by Hooks for Heroes with the E69/C28/BN16 gangs in honor of Michael Davidson who gave the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty. The guys enjpyed a picture perfect day on the water catching loads of giant SeaBass, lots of Fluke and some Scup. It was a great day fishing and an absolute honor for us to host such a great group of heroes! Thank you all for your service!

Montauk Jumbo Porgies & Knothead SeaBass Capt Dave reports good fishing on the Viking Stariper. We started out on the SeaBass grounds where it was not as good as yesterday, but everyone had their limits with some nice fat ones after picking thru the little fish. We headed back to the lighthouse after that and found mixed size Porgies and some SeaBass. We also had about a 1/2 dozen keeper fluke and a bunch of shorts. The first place pool winner was Mauricio Blanco with a 3.7 lb Scup. The edible pool winner was Wing Ng from NJ with a 6.1 lb Fluke.

1/2 Day Fishing AM Capt Steven Jr reports a trip with plenty of action. We had a beautiful day out on the water and we caught tons of great sized Seabass. The Fluke fishing was a little bit on the slow side today but everyone went home happy with nice keepers. The pool winner was Alyson Sena from Bayport, NY with a 3.8 lb Seabass.  

3 Day TNT – Viking Fivestar Capt Steven Jr reports an excellent trip off to the deep this weekend. We had 21 Yellow Fin up to 96lbs, a nice shot of Golden Tiles to 25lbs, a load of Blue Line Tiles to 14lbs, around 15 Barrel fish up to 20lbs and released a Blue fin that was around the 400-500lb mark. We also released a bunch of smaller yellows and had a nice White Marlin. We covered about 50 miles of the bank and had a Yellow Fin everywhere we went. Things are shaping up to be a good year offshore! We have a 48 hour open boat Tuna trip this weekend and we are looking for a couple more guys to make the trip a go! Fishing was good and the crew is looking forward to getting back out…

Sun July 14 Humpbacks Galore! Lunge-feeding, breaching, flipper slapping, and more Our first multiple humpback trip. Once again, we escaped the heat on land to find whales in water that was comfortably in the mid to upper 60’s. We began looking as soon as we traveled past Montauk light. Within a few minutes we found our first of 4 humpbacks. This one was intent on long feeding fives of prey near the surface and traveling due east without changing course. We got some nice … See More

1/2Day Fishing PM Captain Carl reports from the Viking Stariper that this afternoon’s trip continued the great fishing we had on the AM trip. We returned to the scene of the crime and bent the rods all afternoon. Lots of quality, large Sea Bass. Although we only had a couple of keeper Fluke all of our anglers this afternoon went home with BAGS of Sea Bass and Porgy fillets. This afternoon’s pool winner wasJerry DiNapoli from Smithtown NY with a 21 inch 3 pound Fluke