Hurricane waves are pounding the coastline right now making for impossible fishing in many of the east and south facing shorelines.  I went down yesterday and found massive waves just running right over the east and center walls at the Harbor of Refuge.  The water was also all roiled with sand and weed making for impossible and dangerous conditio...

Capt Mike reports a better afternoon of fishing on the Viking Starlite. The wind died out early allowing some steady mixed bag fishing. We had nice SeaBass and some jumbo Porgies in the buckets early. We start getting a good Fluke bite midway through the trip ending this afternoon with some big fluke in the […]

The Porgy pool winner went to Appollo Abiad from Portly NJ with a 3 lb Porgy. The SeaBass pool winner went to Victor Esmance from Bridgefield NJ with a 4.2 lb fish.

CRESLI 36-hour Offshore Trip to the Great South Channel and Chatham MA August 11-13 2024 Our first offshore trip since 2019 was a resounding and stellar success! We scheduled the trip to coincide with the Perseid Meteor Shower and many folks slept out on deck to view the meteors and await the morning. As expected […]

Capt Mike reports pretty good fishing this morning on the Viking Starlite despite windier conditions. The wind had us limited on where we could fish this morning however we did manage some nice Porgies and SeaBass. We also had some short Fluke mixed in. Overall a pretty productive morning with a lot fish in the […]

Captain JR reports another delightful afternoon of fishing onboard the Viking Star. The fishing was much as it has been with sea bass porgies and fluke making up the majority of the catch. However this afternoon we had an improved showing of fluke with lots of “flattie” life and a decent amount of keepers. I […]

Capt Dave reports another good day on the Viking Starship. Porgy fishing was very good by the lighthouse. We also had a bunch of nice Fluke today with about a 1/2 dozen keepers. There were also Mackerel. On the Sea Bass grounds we had a ton of little ones but everyone managed a few keepers. […]

Without a doubt exceptional days are becoming standard on Viking/CRESLI whale watching trips this season! Once again we found a large group of humpbacks approximately twelve miles from Montauk. We first encountered a group of three humpbacks feeding on dense shoals of bait (likely sand eels) midway through the water column. We know this because […]

Capt JR reports a productive morning of catching onboard the Viking Star. Sea bass Porgies and Fluke kept rods bent and our anglers busy at the rail. Lots of Sea Bass and Porgies filled the buckets with a few nice keeper to top off the bags of meat. The pool winner today went to Rob […]

Captain Mike Ricker reports good numbers of massive sea bass and many jumbo porgies and a half of dozen nice fluke. We had ourselves an excellent afternoon of mixed bag fishing! Our pool winner this afternoon was Ron Ocean with a 4-pound fluke.

Captain JR reports another great day of fishing on the Viking Starlite. Today was much like our last trip over to the island. The sea bass fishing was excellent with all anglers quickly getting a beautiful limit of knot head bass. The fluking was on par as we found some lovely flatties in the mix […]

Capt Steven Sr. reports a slower day of fishing today on the Viking Star. The drift was very slow this afternoon which made for difficult fishing but we did manage some action between Porgies and SeaBass. We had more Porgies this afternoon than we did this morning but the slow drift made it tough to […]

Captain JR reports a good day of Block Island fishing. The sea bass were literally in every area we fished. From small to XL they were very hungry. We easily kept a limit of very nice knot heads. The fluking was definitely a little off from what it was but we did have a decent […]

Capt Dave reports a productive day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. After a few days docked up after weather cancellations we were finally able to get back out and the Porgy bite was on. We did some fishing in our usual spots and had a good shot of medium to large Porgies with […]

Capt Steven Sr. reports an action filled morning on the Viking Star. We had a lot of action today between Porgies SeaBass and Fluke. We definitely had some smaller fish today than we’ve been seeing however we had a lot of action with fish coming up all around the boat. The pool winner went to […]

Captain Mike Ricker reports an afternoon of great fishing. The great bite continued from this morning with nice-sized sea bass and fluke. Despite the later pick up in the wind the crew caught loads of great fish. Our pool winner today was Bob Jimerez from Middletown NY with a 4.5-pound fluke.

Captain Mike reports an amazing day of fishing. The weather was fantastic with clear skies and little wind. There was a steady pickup of nice-sized porgies and sea bass. There was also a tremendous and consistent fluke bite throughout the trip. Today’s pool winner was Matt Wolfe from Commack NY with a 6.5-pound fluke.

The bucktail jig fished off a float was the hot lure yesterday.  The best pattern for me all summer was to hit the shore in rough and stormy conditions.  Those days would produce some resident fish. Yesterday was no different except for one exception. I found good numbers of fish for the first time this summer. It was really rough yesterday due...

Capt J.R. reports that we once again had to hide from the strong winds all afternoon on the Viking Star. However we did still manage a couple Porgies and SeaBass as well as some short Fluke. We did have some action just not much to keep. Overall we had some fish in the buckets despite […]

Capt Dave reports a very good day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. We started the morning anchored up off the lighthouse and had a really nice shot of large and jumbo sized Porgies for over an hour. When the strong tide started ripping we worked our way offshore pretty much straight south to […]

Capt Dave reports a very good day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. It was good consistent fishing from start to finish today with fish at every drop. We did make about 3-4 drops today. We definitely saw an influx of Seabass today with more anglers pulling up keeper SeaBass than Porgies. We had […]

Captain Dave report another great day of Porgy fishing on the Viking Starship today. We saw a lot of action today between Porgies and SeaBass with some beautiful size to each. We had pretty equal showings of Porgies and SeaBass at each drop neither really biting more than the other. We also had a bunch […]

Capt JR reports another fine day of catching out at Coxes Ledge onboard the Viking Star. The Sea Bass fishing continues to be red hot with everyone having their limit of jumbo knot head bass. We did have a few more Cod today with some nice green ones in the mix. We also had a […]

Capt Dave reports great fishing today on the Viking Starship. We started off on a wreck and had big beautiful Sea Bass and nice size Porgies. There was real quality there. When it slowed down we moved around looking for a good spot. There were plenty of bites with smaller fish. We finally ended up […]

The SQUID ARE STILL HERE! *** NEW TRIP ADDED*** Captain Carl was very happy to report that the Giant Montauk Squid are still here! We’ve had quite a few days of stiff winds keeping us away from the Squid Grounds but we did sail Saturday night and it was still windy but we did see […]