Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Capt Dave reports a good morning on the Viking Starship. We started off down the beach with a steady pick of Large and Jumbo Porgies for about 2 hours. When that ran out we anchored East of the lighthouse half way between Montauk and Block Island with a good action catching mixed sized Porgies and…

Our preantepenultimate trip (4th from last) did not disappoint us. We traveled eastward at first to an area where we’ve regularly seen Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins and found several groups of 20-25 each. After a while with the dolphins we decided to head W  to eventually turn to the SW to encounter calmer seas and look for…

It was an absolutely beautiful day to spend the holiday on the water! With sunny skies, excellent visibility, and refreshing breezes, we headed out along the shore following reports of whales near the shore. We found our first whale early, a juvenile humpback off the town of Montauk, in 50 feet of water. The whale was likely feeding at depth completing high fluking dives and long down times. A blow belonging to a second whale was observed in the distance so after spending some time with the first one, we headed out to investigate the second. On our way, one of our volunteers spotted a pod of dolphins to our side, so we changed course to check them out. The dolphins, Tamanend’s bottlenose, were broken up into two large groups, totally 70-90 individuals. After enjoying some time with them, we…

4 different cetacean species!! This season had been full of surprises, but nothing come close to what we saw at our 2nd stop of this trip. Our first stop was to observe a small group of Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins, those light greyish bottlenose dolphins seen near shore in both sides of the LI since 2009….

Capt Dave reports a decent day on the Viking Starship. It was a slow and steady pick down the beach to start the trip. We tried one drop at the lighthouse, but it wasn’t great, so we headed about midway to Block Island. It was very lively there! We had a mixed bag of Porgy…

Capt Dave G reports a slow afternoon of fishing in breezy conditions. We did manage a couple of nice keeper fluke along with some porgies and sea bass. There was no pool this afternoon.

With just a little more than a week left to our 2026 season, we headed out along the shore following reports of nearshore cetaceans (whales and dolphins) from the previous day (including some encountered on Friday’s trip). Cetaceans can travel incredible distances in a single day so we never know what to expect and understand…

Dolphins, whales, hammerhead shark, bald eagle, and a whole lot more   We decided to head west nearer to shore because of reports of juvenile humpbacks, and find them we did, along with a 6 year old humpbacl a bit further off shore that we’d seen in late August. A wonderful trip with nearly 120…

Captain Dave reports good fishing on the Viking Starship. The trip started off great early in the morning, for about an hour. The tide changed and the fishing was a slow pick of nice Porgies, Sea Bass, Triggerfish and some Blues. Todays pool winner is Noel Bonilla of Roosevelt, NY with a 2.7lb

Capt Dave G reports a breezy morning of difficult fishing conditions aboard the Viking Starlite. We managed to catch a bunch of short fluke and sea bass along with some decent sized porgies. The keeper fluke that were caught were nice sized. There was no pool this morning.

Captain JR reports a MUCH nicer afternoon of catching onboard the Viking Star. We had nice calm seas and lots of action all trip. Sea Bass, Porgies, and Fluke kept us busy and our rods bent. There was definitely a fair amount of Fluke coming up, but we only boated a couple keepers. However, everyone…

Captain JR reports a BREEZY morning onboard the Viking Star. Due to the WIND, we had to hide in some more sheltered waters for a lot of this morning’s trip. However, when conditions improved a bit we ventured out to find lots of hungry Sea Bass, Porgies, and some keeper Fluke! It ended up being…