Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

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…

Captain JR reports a good afternoon of catching onboard the Viking Star. We found a nice mix of Seabass, Porgies, and Fluke all trip with action in every area we fished. Not as many keeper sized Fluke as we have been seeing. But, there were a few nice big ones to top off the catch….

Capt. Dave reports a good day of fishing. We drifted most of the day and got a nice mix of Porgies, nice size Seabass, a couple keeper Fluke, and some Bluefish. All in all not a bad catch for such a large crowd. The first pool winner was Thomas Moreno from Queens, NY, with a…

Captain JR reports successful morning onboard the Viking Star. We had a good pick of Sea Bass, Porgies, and Fluke all trip. As usual, we found a few nice keeper Flatties to round out the catch. Definitely not a bad morning to be out. The pool winner was Jake Gillis from Rockville Centre, NY with…

A challenging yet successful trip ! The predicted conditions offshore where we’d been seeing whales was such that to ride there to search there would have been extremely uncomfortable. Since the nearshore waters are where we expect to see Tamanend’s bottlenose bolphins and juvenile humpback whales, we decided to turn west at the lighthouse and search those waters those nearshore….

Capt Dave reports a solid day on the Viking Star. We anchored up and fished one spot for the whole trip. It was a steady pick of Large and Jumbo Porgies and we always had them coming. Those that stayed with it did very well. There was also a handful of Sea Bass. The pool…

Capt Steven Sr reports plenty of action on the Viking Star. We had lots of Porgies, a good amount of Sea Bass, a bunch of small Fluke and 4 – 10 lb Bluefish. There was action from start to finish bending the rods. The pool winner was Zachary Golish from NYC with an 8 lb…

Capt Dave reports that fishing was not bad today, but it was a bit off. Starting out at the light house we picked away at smaller Porgies in the lite tide which made the fish lazy. We caught, but everyone had to work at it. Drifting was much better than on the anchor. It was pretty much straight Porgies with a handful of Sea Bass. There were a lot of Sea Bass bites. The pool winner was Orville from NJ with a 2.2 lb Porgy.

Capt Steven Sr reports a good trip on the Viking Star. Sea Bass fishing was very good with action all morning. There were all the Porgies you want and plenty of short Fluke. The first place pool winner was Luke Spinnickie from Mendham, NJ with a 4.2 lb Sea Bass. The second place pool winner…

Conditions were perfect for a whale watch as we left the dock under clear skies and a light breeze. Almost immediately after passing the point (lighthouse), we encountered pelagic bird activity: Wilson’s storm petrels, Corys, great, and sooty shearwaters, along with gulls and terns by the hundreds. Bait was thick at the surface and we…

Captain JR reports a wonderful afternoon of catching onboard the Viking Star. We had lots of action in the gorgeous sunny weather with Sea Bass, Porgies, Fluke, and a few Bluefish keeping us busy. The Fluke fishing definitely turned on this trip with lots of Flatties coming over the rail. Some gorgeous keepers, a couple…

Capt Dave reports that fishing was a bit off today on the Viking Starship. The fishing at the lighthouse was quiet today, so we tried a spot to the east. We worked on some nice size Porgies. It ended up okay after drilling it out there. The catch was mostly Porgies with a handful of…