Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Capt Mike reports a beautiful day aboard the Viking Star. The morning started out fast with rods bending right away. We had a bunch of shorts along with keeper Fluke and a lot of SeaBass. It slowed down in the middle of the trip, but it picked up and we had good fishing until the end. The first place pool winner was first time fisherman Gareth Lewis from the UK with a 6.25 lb Fluke. The edible pool winner was Philip Petlain from Waterbury, CT with a 4.7 lb SeaBass.

Night Striped Bass Capt Carl reports that fishing was very slow on the Viking Starship. We stayed local all night and fished a weak Ebb Tide and only had a couple of bluefish. The pool winner was Kelvin Gilliam from Miller Place, NY with a 10 lb Bluefish.

Capt Joe reports all the usual suspects on the Viking Star. It was a good turn around from yesterday afternoon. There was a lot action and we had some really nice size keepers. The first place pool winner was 9 year old Leo Ettin from Southampton, NY with a 5.5 lb Fluke. The edible pool winner was Anthony Distinti from Holbrook, NY with a Jumbo 4.9 lb SeaBass.

Capt Joe reports all the usual suspects on the Viking Star. It was a good turn around from yesterday afternoon. There was a lot action and we had some really nice size keepers. The first place pool winner was 9 year old Leo Ettin from Southampton, NY with a 5.5 lb Fluke. The edible pool winner was Anthony Distinti from Holbrook, NY with a Jumbo 4.9 lb SeaBass.

Captain Dave reports excellent fishing today from the VIking Starship. We made a couple of drifts near the Montauk Lighthouse and brought in loads of large and Jumbo Porgies. Everyone got their limit. We traveled to the East a lot of time left in the trip. Rods were bending, lots of shorts to start, but within a short time everyone had limited out on Sea Bass. A few Fluke were in the mix. Today’s anglers also brought home a keeper Striped Bass and 2 keeper Cod. Today’s pool winner was Jacob Herrera from Stony Point NY with a 2.7 pound Scup. Another great day on the water.

Capt Carl reports very good fishing on the Viking Star. It was a beautiful day with loads of big beautiful SeaBass. We had a few keeper Fluke with our biggest of the season at 9.55 lbs! The pool winner was Frank Meyers from Throgs Neck, Bronx with a 9.55 lb Fluke.

100 bottlenose dolphins to start, humpback and more bottlenose to end When we start our whale watch trip with unlimited visibility on sunny dry afternoon, we have great expectations. We hadn’t even gotten past the Lighthouse when we found a massive aggregation of inshore bottlenose dolphins – over 100!  We watched and followed as they were chasing their prey, driving them into tight circles and then diving. Adults, juveniles, and new born calves were all around us.  What a beautiful sight. We left them to continue their journey and ours, and headed towards where we had been seeing humpbacks whales for the past few weeks. We found a good sized humpback and stayed with it, observed it, photographed its dorsal fin and flukes for ID purposes. We were in neutral and ready to leave but the whale had other plans,…

Captain Steven D reports from the Viking Starship. What a great day to be on the water and fishing. We started out with a little drizzle and then the skies cleared, the humidity lowered and the visibility was outstanding. We fished near the Montauk Lighthouse all day. A lot of quality Jumbo Porgies came aboard and everyone got their limit fairly quickly. Most people also limited on Knothead Sea Bass and the rods were bending continuously. Some nice Fluke were mixed in. A great trip; our customers went home with stuffed coolers. The pool winners were Au Young of Brooklyn NY with a 3.2 pound Scup and second place went to Pete Seabrook of Kings Park NY with a 4.7 pound Fluke. +10

Wed July 24 – 1/2 Day AM Capt Mike reports steady action aboard the Viking Star. The drift was slow, but we managed some keeper Fluke, SeaBass and a bunch of Mackerel at the end. The pool winner was Anthony Pastier from Massapequa, NY with a 4 lb Fluke.

George’s Bank Haddock/Cod – Nantucket Fluke – Sun July 21st to Tue July 23 Capt Steven Sr reports a very good trip on the Viking Star to George’s Bank and Nantucket for Cod, Haddock and Fluke. We started Day One on George’s Bank with wind against tide and poor drifting conditions. We picked away with small Cod and Haddock, and had to fight our way through the dogfish, and there were lots of them! Later in the morning as the tide turned, the drifting conditions improved and we caught plenty of Cod and Haddock. The guys who worked diamond jigs did the best, avoiding the dogfish and filling their coolers with plenty of market size Cod, Haddock and even a few Pollock. The guys who stayed with the bait had a lot more dogfish than keepers. On Day Two we…

Capt Mike reports a rough afternoon on the Viking Stariper. The fishing was slow and we had leftover wind from the morning storm. Towards the end the fishing picked up and had a couple of keeper Fluke and a bunch of SeaBass. The pool winner was Paul James Logie with a 2 lb Fluke.

Tue July 23 – Montauk Jumbo Porgies & SeaBass Capt Dave reports excellent fishing on the Viking Starship. We had nice conditions to start this morning and we had a good mix of Porgies and SeaBass. We stayed at the lighthouse and everyone had their limits with sizes ranging from large to jumbo. We called it quits when a squall came through and everyone was happy to head back in. The pool winner was Elric Jarvis from Bronx, NY with a 3.7 lb Scup.