Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Captain Dave reports from the Viking Starship that today was one of the best days of the season! All the anglers on board were kept busy with plenty of quality Porgy and Sea Bass. Not many shorts today. In the Porgy pool, we had a tie today between Richie Chirichella of Bohemia and Yanick “Nikki” Noel both with 3.5 pound fish. Way to represent the female anglers on board Nikki!

Capt Dave G reports a great morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We had light winds and good drifting conditions. The fish bit all morning even through the slack tide. We ended up with a pile of keeper Fluke and large Sea Bass. The pool winner was Aiden Worth of Montauk with a 5.6 pound Fluke. Second place went to Peter Francescos with a 5.25 pound Fluke. A special birthday shout out to Richard Worth from Captain Dave and Steve. Thanks for spending your birthday with us. How many years has it been??

Humpback whales, sea turtle, and sunfish! What a special day we had – our first humpbacks of the season. The day was sunny, breezy, and chilly enough in the shade to make most of us wear sweatshirts, in other words a welcomed relief from the heat and humidity. We heard reports of whales off the Nappeague stretch, as well as further offshore. The NE winds helped us decide to head westward and we found whales off Ditch Plains. We first encountered a really small humpback, perhaps a calf or yearling. It was busy with searching for food on extremely long submersions. Later a larger humpback appeared and we stayed with it long enough to get excellent fluke shots and see some typical humpback behaviors. As we followed this whale to eastward for several miles, while doing so we had a…

Captain Steven Sr just returned from a FANTASTIC two day commercial trip aboard his personal boat,The Freetime. Boy what a trip it was! He explored some new territory and was not disappointed. Steven and his crew landed some quality Tiles up to 40lbs. Also included in this fabulous haul were Blueline Tile and Mahi-Mahi. Mahi-Mahi were swimming around the boat just waiting to be brought on board. We weren’t done and went on to some Tuna territory known to Captain Steven Sr.. Fishing remained fantastic and we ended up with 15 Yellowfins,2 Big Eyes and a 140 pound Swordfish. This fish fest was all in just two days! Captain Steven Sr is so excited to get back out there on our Upcoming Full Moon XXXL Tile by day, Sword by night trip. This trip departs on Sunday July 14 at…

Capt Dave G reports a good afternoon of fishing aboard the Viking Star. We had breezy conditions and a difficult drift for.most of the trip. Finally on the last drift of the day conditions improved. We ended up with a few.nice keeper fluke and some beautiful.sea bass. The pool winner was Jeannine soma, from Iselin…

Capt Dave G reports a good morning of fishing aboard the Viking Star.  We had breezy conditions, a beautiful morning and a nice bite. We ended up with nice big sea bass and a couple nice keeper fluke. The pool winner was Michael Collins from Blue Point, NY with a 5.4 lb Fluke.

Captain Phil reports from the Viking Starship. We had a slow start jigging. Tough conditions prevailed until after dark about 8:30P.M. Action started on the tide change. Anglers brought 4 cow Striped Bass up to 35 pounds on board and some Bluefish. Anglers are looking forward to the Viking Fleet’s special Full Moon Striped Bass Trip on July 16th. The Moon phase and tides also look good for our regular Striped Bass trips on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings this week.

Capt Phil reports a slower afternoon on the Viking Star. We had wind against tide and it made for tough conditions. We ended up with some Fluke, SeaBass and a giant Porgy caught by Angelo Demetroulakos from Montauk. The first place pool winner was Asia Vergatos from Bellmore, NY with a 3.2 lb Fluke. The second place pool winner was Ashton Levine from Superior, Co with a 3 lb Fluke.  

Capt Phil reports a lot action on the Viking Star this morning. We had a bunch of keeper Fluke and some shorts. Pool Winners: 1st Place Fluke – 12 year old Christian Capuno from Yonkers, NY with a 5.62 lb Fluke 2nd Place Fluke – Kevin Graham from Wantaugh, NY with a 4.1 lb Fluke  

Montauk Jumbo Lighthouse Porgies & Knothead SeaBass Capt Dave reports a great day on the Viking Starship. We had good conditions drifting at the lighthouse with mostly large to jumbo Porgies and some SeaBass mixed in. We headed east later and had great SeaBass fishing with fish up to 4 lbs with everyone catching a few. There were some quality Porgies in the mix as well. We also had a couple of short Fluke. The first place pool winner was Jiafa from Brooklyn with a 4 1/2 lb Scup. The edible pool winner was Nelson Hernandez from Bayshore, NY with a 5 lb Bluefish.

A Big Minke Day Today’s Viking Fleet/CRESLI Whale watch started off with a dramatic fog bank that sweep over our boat as we were leaving the Montauk area.  The thick fog soon fell away and we progressed through calm seas and sunny blue skies for the rest of the day. After reaching a point about 12 miles from Montauk point we encountered the first of the Minke whales.  They were apparently feeding on the thick schools of small fish below us.  The adults and children aboard got many looks at these small baleen whales as they spent time around the boat.  We continued along at a leisurely pace and stopped several times as we encountered several small groups that day, for a total of 12 whales seen. Many small seabirds, Wilson’s Storm Petrels, where dipping into the seas around us…

Night Striped Bass Bill Brennan of East Northport won pool with 43lb Striped Bass Full Report to Follow!