Viking Fleet Fishing Reports

Captain Dave reports an excellent day of fishing! We started the day east of the Lighthouse, where we had a great pick of mixed-size Porgies and Sea Bass. Later, we headed down the beach and found lots of jumbo Porgies to cap off the trip. Congratulations to our pool winner, Murphy Kelly, who landed an…

Captain Carl reports a perfect morning on our half day boat! We had flat calm seas, with cool comfortable temperatures and RED HOT fishing! Buckets were easily filled with fat Keeper Flukes, Giant Porgies, and Jumbo Knot Head Sea Bass! Everyone is having dinner tonight (and some)! The first pool winner was Peter Lombardo from…

Capt Steven Sr reports very very good fishing this afternoon on the Viking Star. It was non stop action all afternoon with Fluke, Sea Bass and Porgy shorts and keepers. Capt Billy had his limit of Fluke plus 15 shorts and 2 Sea Bass. Mark Donlon from Smithtown, NY won the pool with a 4.4…

Captain Dave reports another excellent day of Porgy and Sea Bass fishing! The fishing today was much better than we anticipated. We had a very strong start by the Lighthouse, catching tons of mix-sized Porgies. Later, we saw a HUGE improvement in Sea Bass fishing. Everyone caught their limit of keeper Sea Bass today. Congratulations…

Capt Steven Sr reports great fishing on the Viking Star. We stayed close due to the windy conditions and had a lot of bites. There were tons of shorts and a nice mess of keepers. A bunch of Porgies and Sea Bass and about 10 keeper Fluke. The pool winner was Ed Palmer from Miller…

EPIC whale watching with CRESLI and the Viking Fleet! This season continues to bring passengers to an absolute ‘whale wonderland’, with multiple cetacean species, large numbers of whales, and incredible encounters. Yesterday was no exception as we sailed through crisp, clear skies, a wonderful reprieve from the wildfire smoke that had previously plagued the region….

Captain JR reports a wonderful afternoon onboard the Viking Star. We braved a short stint of rain and fished some local honey holes with lots of success. Hungry Fluke kept us very busy at the rail with some beauties coming up in the mix. We also had some nice Sea Bass and a few big…

Captain JR reports a wonderful afternoon onboard the Viking Star. We found loads of action with big Porgies, some very nice Sea Bass, and a few jumbo Fluke. Lock and load catching all trip with many smiling faces on the half day family fun boat. Special shout out to FISHER FORSBERG with pair of beautiful…

Capt Dave reports another excellent day on the Viking Starship. It was pretty much the same fishing we have been seeing. Everyone also had a few Sea Bass each. There were also some Fluke and Bluefish caught. No pool today.

Captain JR reports a good morning on the Viking Star. We found our usual porgies, sea bass, and fluke everywhere we ventured. A couple spots also had some cocktail blues in the mix. Everyone captured some delicious fish for dinner. The pool winner was Lucy Fenton from Mill Valley, CA, with a 3.4 lb Fluke.

“World Class Whale Watching” with the Viking Fleet! To put today’s whale watch into perspective, it helps to explain how we found three cetacean species early on and decided to leave them in search of something more. A few miles after passing Montauk Point lighthouse, we encountered a juvenile humpback feeding at depth with glimpses of a minke whale and a couple of Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphin. Although we stuck around for a bit hoping for better views, we decided to continue south and search for some of the adult humpbacks encountered on yesterday’s trip. It didn’t take long before we could see whales breaking the surface of the water and spouts soon filled the horizon. Those blows belonged to over a dozen humpback cooperatively bubble net feeding in groups of 2,3, and 7. With excellent views of the action, we…

Another spectacular trip! With unlimited visibility, we had good odds of finding whales and dolphins, that we did. Ultimately, we encountered 8-12 humpback in (including warm mom/calf pairs) and around 8 minke whales, along with 60-8O short-baked common dolphins. AMAZING! We also encountered hundreds of pelagic birds including Great shearwaters, Corey’s shearwaters, Sooty shearwaters, and…