Porgies

Half Day Fluke PM The afternoon fishing was on the slow side. Wind and tide made it tough. We managed to scratch together a small catch- a mix of sea bass, porgies ans fluke. Half Day Fluke AM Capt Ant reports a sensational fluke trip and summer bottom fishing trip.  We went where we have been going to start only to find every boat in Montauk combing the bottom.  We picked but not enough so we headed off to a new zone and it certainly paid off.  Large fat fluke, jumbo sea bass and monster porgy’s throughout a very long drift.  We wound up tallying 38 keeper fluke for 34 fares and did the majority in 3 drifts. Full Day Porgies and Sea Bass Fishing was a little slower than it has been due to the strong tides. When the…

Block  Island Behemoth Trophy Hunt Captain Ant reports an excellent night at Block, with both quantity and quality.  We actually had our best night of the year for quantity and totaled 5 fish over the 30lb mark.  Two  anglers especially were on fire.  Chris “Cool Hand” Luke had 5 total bass, a 37.2lb pool fish, a 34, a 28 another keeper around 10lbs and a throwback…nothing like getting the smallest and the largest.  Frank “Guiness” Stoutenberg was the first to nail a Behemoth and came in second with a 36.8lb trophy.  Frank also added a 31, and 26lb fish.  Jonny “Jesus of the Elbow” had his limit to 34lbs, Our good old friend Don “Juan” Mitchell nailed a beauty, always silent but deadly with the rod and reel!!!  “The Big Man” Jeff Thompson also had his limit to about 25lbs….

Full Day Porgies Captain Dave reports very good fishing with steady action all day. The porgies were mixed size. We caught a handful of sea bass and a couple of fluke as well. The 1st place winner was George Orfanos from Bronx, NY with a 3lb porgy.

Half Day Fluke AM Captain Joe reports an excellent morning of fishing today! We had fluke up to 10lbs!! Also some sea bass up to 4.5lbs. We had a great morning, everyone caught fish and had a wonderful time! Today’s first place winner was Ramon Thomas of Mastic NY with his JUMBO 9.9lb fluke! And second place went to Henry Licata of Woodside NY with a 4.5lb sea bass. Full Day Porgies Captain Dave reports that fishing was slow today. Many sea bass were caught but most were small in size. We had sea bass up to 4lbs. Most people limited out on sea bass. The porgy fishing was very slow but the ones that were caught were of the largest variety. We caught 4 keeper fluke and a striped bass. The porgy pool winner was Benjamin Bernard from Queens,…

Night Striped Bass Captain Anthony can finally say MOOOOO! We got them big last night, late but big! We caught the last of the flood and the fish were stacked! We were only able to manage 1 keeper and 1 shorty in these drifts. We bailed the scup and fluke on the jigs so at least rods were bending. We sat through 2 full hours of lull, lost a couple of nice bites, but with an hour to go the big boys started biting. We had a total of 4 fish over 30lbs! George “Novelist” Jehn nailed a 38.5lb and a 31.7lb striped bass. Gunther Vanderdoesch took with pool with a 38lb 8 oz striper and Chase Derasmi took second place with his 33lb striper. Justin, Bryan and Jesse did a phenomenal job assisting all of the anglers aboard the…

Tuesday July 2 Half Day Fluke AM Captain Joe reports a very good day of bottom fishing this morning! There was lots of action all morning with a ton of shorties, some porgies and a couple sea bass (all released unharmed). The boat had about a dozen keepers! Today’s pool winner was John Mundjer of Verona, NJ with a 5lb fluke. Full Day Montauk Porgies Captain Dave reports a pretty good morning on the porgy grounds today. They saw a huge improvement in the porgies today, along with about 10 keeper fluke and about 4 stripers. Today’s pool winner was Bolliva Perez of the Bronx with a 3.5lb porgy. Half Day Fluke PM Captain Joe reports a wonderful afternoon of fishing! It was great action the entire trip! We had plenty of fish for everyone including about 20 keeper fluke…

 Sunday June 30 Half Day Fluke PM Captain Anthony reports another super fluke trip on the Viking Starship! Our first couple drifts produced nothing in the dirty flood tide. So we poked around for the clean green and we bailed them! We had fluke, scup and even a striper. Thanks to Dylan this time around for the photos! Today’s pool winner was Roy Weydig of Glenwood Landing with a 4.9lb fluke. Half Day Fluke AM Captain Anthony reports OUTSTANDING fishing today. Fluke were chewing their heads off! It was a 5 to 1 ratio, but when you catch over 100, the keeper add up. We had plenty of JUMBO ocean porgies as well and nice sea bass up to 5lbs (released unharmed). The pool fish was a solid 5 pounder. Even the Vikings own Kobi caught a keeper! Unfortunately with…

Saturday June 29 Half Day Fluke PM Capt Ant report A decent PM trip we went back to our morning spot, nailed 3 keepers immediately, then brown water and the wind came up  and we were flying. The bite shut down so we moved on and had a decent bite with higher shorts to keeper ratio but still managed a decent catch and some monster Porgies. Half Day Fluke AM Captain Anthony reports excellent fishing despite tough early conditions. We crushed shorties to start the day only picking a couple for the frying pan. Once the tide began to flood, the keepers started biting! We also had a mix of porgysaurus’, some blues and a few sea bass (released unharmed). Today’s first place pool winner was Elizabeth Serge- Lawrence of Sag Harbor with a 4.5lb fluke and in second was…

Captain Anthony reports excellent fishing despite tough early conditions. We crushed shorties to start the day only picking a couple for the frying pan. Once the tide began to flood, the keepers started biting! We also had a mix of porgysaurus’, some blues and a few sea bass (released unharmed).  Today’s first place pool winner was Elizabeth Serge-Lawrence of Sag Harbor with a 4.5lb fluke and in second was Patrick Halpin of Locust Valley, NY with a 4.2lb fluke.

Captain Dave reports an okay day of porgy fishing today in Montauk. It was a good pick in the morning, but slowed down in the afternoon. We had mostly porgies, but we did have 2 keeper stirpers! Today’s pool winner was Gus Clark of Brooklyn, NY with a 3.5lb porgy.