Capt Dave reports an excellent day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. Conditions weren’t the best with the strong New Moon tide ripping but fishing was just fine. We started our morning down the beach Porgy fishing and has some good action with mixed sized fish. As the tide started coming in heavy we […]

Capt Mike reports a very good morning of fishing on the Viking Star. Fishing started off hot from the get-go with a mixed bag of jumbo Porgies Sea bass and several keeper Fluke in the buckets. As the trip carried on we lost the tide and the short Sea bass took over catching plenty of […]

For the last trip of August the whales (and waves) had us working a bit harder than usual reminding us of the changing seasons and the fortunes previously bestowed upon us throughout this summer. We headed south towards the general area where the humpbacks have previously been encountered but there were no whales to be […]

Labor Day weekend is here and there are sure to be a lot of fishermen out and about along the oceanfront. If you are fishing from shore the outlook is poor.  From a boat you have a much better chance at finding something although that action is also slow. We are coming off the worst year of striper fishing in the summer from shore in DECADES here...

Capt JR reports a decent afternoon onboard the Viking Star. We had similar fishing to what we had this morning with good action for most the trip. Sea bass Porgies and Fluke kept anglers busy and we definitely had a few keeper Fluke to toss in the buckets.The pool winner was Tate Ghatak from Jersey […]

Capt. Dave reports a gorgeous day out on the water today with excellent conditions. We had excellent Porgy fishing this morning over by the Lighthouse with some Fluke and Blue Fish mixed in. We had plenty of fish in all sizes and we had to pick through the smaller fish to get the nice size […]

Capt. Carl reports another great afternoon of weather and fishing! It was another action packed afternoon keeping all anglers busy filling their buckets with Giant Porgies Beautiful Black Sea Bass and a couple nice KEEPER Flukes as well. Great fun and fresh fish for everyone! The pool winner went to Robert Rosenthal from Mount Kisco […]

Capt Dave reports a very productive day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. We started our morning off with an anchor drop off the lighthouse Porgy fishing was excellent to start and we were able to work this area for an hour or so before making a move as the smaller fish rolled in. […]

Captain Carl reports beautiful weather and excellent fishing on this mornings half day trip! We had all the usual suspects of Giant Porgies Knothead Sea Bass and quite a few KEEPER Flukes filling our anglers buckets! The action was solid and everyone onboard is going home with fresh fish for dinner! The first prize pool […]

Summer may be winding down but the thrill of a CRESLI/Viking whale watch is certainly not! What a day we had yesterday on the Viking Starship: it began with a small group of Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins swimming close to shore. We spent a bit of time with them ensuring everyone had a good look before […]

Capt Mike reports non-stop stop rod bending action all afternoon on the Viking Star! Black Sea Bass were certainly the stars of the trip this afternoon with most anglers landing a couple keeper each making for a lot of Bass in the buckets. The Porgy bite did seem to settle down from this morning and […]

Another spectacular whale watch trip on the Viking Star! While we Expecting to go offshore to find the whales that were been seen on Wednesday Dr. Kopelman and several volunteers saw humpback whales close to shore whales from the Overlook Beach on Old Montauk Highway on their way out to see to the ship. These […]

Capt Dave reports excellent Porgy fishing today on the Viking Starship. This morning the bite started off very strong as we anchored up just off the lighthouse. We picked away at a lot of fish for a couple hours all sized small to large but mostly on the medium to large side. The action this […]

Capt Mike reports steady action from the get-go today on the Viking Star. We had jumbo Porgies and big Sea bass through out the morning. We managed to pick up a couple Fluke late to top off everyones buckets. Overall a beautiful morning out on the water. The pool winner was Giuseppe Demarinis from Westchester […]

Small bonito were harassing small bait  yesterday. They have been popping up here and there along the oceanfront where bait shows up. Yesterday for the first time I saw lots of bait.  From my vantage point I could see multiple schools of bait way out being harassed by birds from the top and predators from below.  It was small bait which I suspec...

Capt JR reports a good afternoon of fishing onboard the Viking Star. We found a healthy pick of Sea Bass Porgies and Fluke to keep us busy all trip. Everyone had no trouble throwing fish in their buckets with several nice keeper Fluke to round out the catch. The pool winner was Elizabeth Gurtowski fromHuntington […]

The magic continues! It was another phenomenal day of whale watching aboard the Viking Starship as we headed south to find a very active group of approximately eleven humpback whales. We immediately encountered a tail-throwing flipper-slapping rolling-over calf with five to six adults in near proximity and a few more farther out. The adults were […...

Capt Dave reports a very good day of fishing today on the Viking Starship. We had good fishing right from the get-go as we made our first anchor drop that lasted for about 2 hours or a nice steady pick of Porgies and a few SeaBass. We had mixed sized fish around medium and large […]

Capt JR reports a delight morning of catching on the Viking Star. Anglers were busy all trip landing Sea Bass Porgies and Fluke. Lots of delicious Sea Bass and Porgies made it into the buckets along with a few keeper Fluke. A good time was had by all. The first place pool winner was Steven […]

Capt Mike reports an okay trip on the Viking Star. Wind and tide were not in our favor this afternoon. Fishing picked up towards the end of the trip with nice Porgies and Sea Bass in the buckets. The pool winner was Shane Grad from Chicago IL with a 3 lb Sea Bass.