Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Captain JR reports a very lively adventure on the Viking Star. We found lots of action everywhere we went with Sea Bass, Porgies, and Fluke bending our rods. There were definitely a lot of shorts this morning, but we found enough nicer sized fish to get everyone a good catch. When the tide finally started…

Capt JR reports a very nice afternoon onboard the Viking Star. We had lots of action with Sea Bass, Porgies, and Fluke bending our rods. Some very nice keeper Fluke were hungry this afternoon, as well as some nice Trigger Fish to round out the catch. A great afternoon to be out. Joe was the…

Capt Dave reports excellent fishing on the Viking Starship. We started out down the beach and had good fishing with mixed size Porgies, mostly Mediums and Larges. It was good fishing around the lighthouse during slack tide. We had them good until a big shark showed up, so we moved about a mile and had excellent Porgy fishing with some Sea Bass. There were also about 40 to 50 Cocktail Blues and a few Triggerfish. The pool winner was Kenny Price from Queens, NY with a 2.8 lb Porgy.

Capt JR reports a gorgeous morning onboard the Viking Star. We found lots of Sea Bass, Porgies, and Fluke that provided us with lots of action. There were unfortunately lots of smaller Fluke biting this trip, but we landed lots of nice Sea Bass and Porgies to send everyone home with nice fish dinners. The…

The pool winner was Ian Fremd from San Diego, CA with a 3.1 lb Fluke.

Today we sailed southeast to find cetaceans in an area where several humpbacks have been seen previously. On the way, we found two large groups of Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins (at least 120-150 individuals each) which we shared an exceptional encounter with. Typically, Tamanend’s are relatively shy around our vessels and disappear beneath the surface when…

Capt Steven Sr reports from this mornings 1/2 Day trip that we had very calm beautiful conditions. We did have slower fishing than we have seen over the last few days. We ended up with good Sea Bass fishing and a few nice Keeper Fluke. The pool winner was Pierce Gross of Syosset NY with…

Capt Dave reports that fishing was a bit of a slower start, but we had nice fish. We had Larges and Jumbos fishing down the beach at slack tide. At the lighthouse it was good slow drifting once the tide got going – lots of double headers. Also catching a hand full of Sea Bass,…

Another successful trip: humpback and minke whales! We couldn’t ask for better conditions! A relatively calm day at sea with unlimited visibility made searching for blows easier than most days. Although it took a while to get to where we’d been seeing whales recently, we did find them. We found a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) first seen…

Sun Aug 23 – Montauk Lighthouse Jumbo Porgies and Knothead Seabass Capt. Dave reports a very good day of fishing. We started out down the beach where we had very nice pick of medium to large size Porgies. We went east of the lighthouse and had a good pick of Jumbo Porgies. We then did…

Captain JR reports a very nice morning onboard the Viking Star. It was a bit breezy early in the day so we stayed very local and hopped around a few of our hotspots. We had lots of success and found a multitude of species including Fluke, Seabass, Porgies, Trigger Fish, Squirrel Hake, and Blackfish (yes,…

Despite a light drizzle at the dock, we sailed away from Montauk under cloudy, but dry conditions, and found our first whale approximately three miles from shore. This was a minke whale, the smallest of baleen whales, which surfaced regularly around the vessel in short (30 seconds to 1.5 minutes) intervals while feeding on the…