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1/3/09 - The Montauk community mourns the loss of one of the true leaders and patriarchs of the Montauk Sport Fishing industry. Carl J. Darenberg Jr. age 84, owner of the Montauk Marine Basin, passed away at his home earlier this week on Monday morning. Those who knew him will attest to the fact that he was a real Montauk character whose no-nonsense attitude, hard work and determination over the years helped make this town what it is today, and whose legacy will continue to live on in the generations of fisherman and friends whose lives he touched. Family and friends are invited to gather at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home on Pantigo Road, East Hampton on Monday from 2-4pm and 7-9pm. The funeral service will be held at the Montauk Community Church on Tuesday at 10 a.m., with burial to follow at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton. His son Carl and the family have requested donations in his name to the Montauk Boatman's and Captains Association.

12/12/09 - Eddie Eurell reported some nice recent striped bass action on the sandy beaches near town with fish up to 20 - 30 Lbs. The fish are still on sand eels... big ones, in fact one fisherman who was out fishing for herring with a Sabiki caught a bucket full of massive sand eels instead. Also, there was some chatter on VHF channel 19 last week about 1 guy catching a cod fish right near the beach in about 40 feet of water.

12/6/09 - There has been talk of some Bluefin Tuna being caught very close to shore between Montauk Point and Napeague. Apparently they are chasing the Herring, and a look at the satellite temp shows some very warm temps (close to 70deg.F) within just 20-30 miles off the point.

11/22/09 - It was a scene of total chaos earlier today outside the inlet. Despite a nasty wind driven chop out of the ENE boats were trying to get out to where there were huge flocks of Gannets dive-bombing what we can only assume are Black Back Herring... the game here is, get your Sabiki rig set up... snag a livewell full of herring on the way out the inlet... then, go out to Montauk Point and live-line those tasty little morsels out to the schools of huge, hungry Striped Bass!

11/13/2009-From Paulies Tackle:
Sand beaches behind town and back to Amagansett have been producing blues to the low teens and bass to the high 30's.
Big tins,bucktails and diamond jigs have been taking all of the fish which are still on giant shoals of sand eels and some bigger bait.

11/8/09 - Surfcasters were pulling in some nice sized Striped Bass today on the sandy beaches west of town.... birds everywhere you look, some Gannets around!

11/7/09 - Birds are working hard right up near the sand (well within casting range) at the cliffs just West of Ditch Plains Beach (7:30am).

11/3/09 - It was pretty snotty with a 10-15MPH West wind, but there was good Blackfish (Tautog) action at Cerberus Shoal today on the outgoing tide. Nailed a couple of 4.5Lb fish within the first 10 minutes of fishing. Green crabs and Fin Strike PRO-SERIES Blackfish rigs purchased at the Montauk Marine Basin were the ticket... the Porgies were eating up anything else almost instantaneously. The bite died out fast as soon as the water stopped moving.

11/1/09 - Birds are working hard just East of Ditch Plains beach again (7am)... it seems pretty consistent in the early morning.

10/31/09 - There are birds working out in front of the jetty at Ditch Plains RIGHT NOW (8am). Surfcasters up & down the beach in both directions. The wind is straight on shore which should help push the bait in towards the beach.

10/30/09 - Capt. Jay Burke reported going out with Eddie Eurell to go Sea Bass fishing near the North Rips on the outgoing tide, and they came back with 27 keepers, NICE!!! The blackfish bite was a little slow yesterday and we had to pick away to get the limit of Blackfish with about an even split between keepers and throwbacks (some JUST UNDER legal size)... green crabs were still the ticket as there were lots of porgies around... seems like the best action is over towards Fishers.

10/20/09 - Good Blackfish action yesterday on the North side in the rocky areas. Started out using hermit crabs as bait but was getting eaten up by the porgies (which are not in season). Limited out on Blackfish after managing to come up w/ a handful of Green Crabs. Only a couple of throwbacks. Spotted some serious surface action between inner Shagwong and the point yesterday afternoon on the outgoing tide (with a west wind). The drift was moving really fast, so you had to keep moving back up to stay near the fish... but there were a lot of fish around, some with pretty good size, Striped Bass and Blues mixed. Watched a Striped Bass chasing a 5-6 inch fish under the boat. They weren't taking anything small, only larger lures seemed to be working. Didn't even get a tap on the fly rod until trying a 6 inch streamer. Switched over to a spinning rod with a 6 inch Profishco jig and caught a few blues.

10/15/09 - Eddie Eurell got a 27 pound Striped Bass on the beach right near the IGA using a tin w/ a green tail. He said there was a school of bluefish popping up from time to time... when he saw some action he took a HUGE cast out over and way past the school of blues, then just let his lure sink and lay on the bottom for about 30 seconds... and BANG, the fish actually picked up the lure right off the bottom!

10/11/09 - The Ocean View returned to the Montauk Marine Basin this morning to weigh in a 59.03 Lbs. 48 inch (CFL) Bluefin Tuna caught at the Mud Hole on a spinning rod using a Tormenter jig... hooked up at just about 9:30am. Started marking a school of (big) fish on the fish finder about 50 feet down, dropped the Tormenter jig, got in about 3 cranks on the reel and it was GAME ON!!! He took a few nice runs then went straight down and the rod bent like a pretzel into the foam on the top handle. After a while, thumbing the spool to keep so much pressure on him it looked like the rod was ready to snap, the fish eventually started to move up to the surface. There was no way to leader it alone w/ an 8 foot spinning rod, so a little fly fishing trick was used to put a major "down and dirty" hurt'n on his bad Tuna self! That finally wore him down sufficiently to get close enough for a shot with the gaff... which is when things got real dicey!!! It felt like a solid connection, but the gaff had only caught a flap of skin on the side of the head and almost ripped through when being lifted. It was just barely enough to hold him there on the surface, reach down and grab in the gill to hoist him on board! That was TOO CLOSE! A little over 15 minutes total fight time. There were about 10-12 other boats in the area, but no one else appeared to be hooking up. Headed back for Montauk quick as possible after boating the fish because the weather forecast was calling for strong winds in the PM. On the ride back you couldn't help but notice there were an INSANE number of boats out at Montauk Point Striped Bass fishing.

10/6/09 - Congrats to Billy Urvalek and Joe "The Plumber" who just returned to the dock at the Montauk Marine Basin on the Karen Sue with a MASSIVE Giant Bluefin Tuna that looked to be about 800Lbs.

10/4/09 - From Paulie's Tackle: Striped Bass to 31 lbs and bluefish behind town last night and this morning. Bucktails and tins did most of the damage.

10/2/09 - Mud Hole, Bluefin Tuna, 35 - 70 Lbs., early bite... AWESOME ACTION!!!

10/01/09 - Chase Justin at the Montauk Marine Basin said guys were baiting up & icing up today for Blackfishing tomorrow which is a good indication there's some action going on.

9/30/09 - YES!!! You WILL NEED your NYS Marine Fishing License starting tomorrow. According to the authorities the new regulations will be enforced to maximum effect beginning 10/1/09. Any person over the age of 16 who is fishing in the marine waters must have the permit (i.e. you must have the permit even if you are not keeping the fish you're catching). You may obtain the permit online at the DEC web site (they mail it to you in 3-5 weeks), by phone at 1-866-933-2257 (mailed in 3-5 weeks) or you can get it at Johnny's Tackle in Montauk.

9/29/09 @ 10:15am - Atilla just called and said there's fish on the South side beaches near town. Guys were catching fish on 1-1/2 oz white bucktails.

Sept. 20, 2009 - FLY FISHERMAN ALERT: The Albies are here! Some awesome action erupted on the South side in the coves this afternoon. There were a couple of big schools of False Albacore chasing 2 to 2-1/2 inch Anchovies (rain bait). The action seemed best near the Caswell's area, but there appeared to be some on the North side near inner shagwong as well. They were being pretty finicky, not taking things that didn't "match the hatch". There were some Bluefish in the mix and it looked like possibly a few small Striped Bass too. All in all a great afternoon of Albie fishing.

Sept. 17, 2009 - Chris Miller from the West Lake Fishing Lodge called to report a few big BFT's being brought in over this last week from the Mud Hole. Capt. Mike Saio of the charter boat Mishell II single-handedly fought and landed a 377Lb Blue Fin Tuna on Tues... he got back to the dock around 8:30pm to get weighed in. He was on the record board at West Lake for about a half an hour until Al Gregg and John Ward came in with 895 Bluefin Tuna. Apparently the fish got caught up in lobster gear about 4 times while Al and John wrestled with him, but they managed to save it and get untangled every time. They got dragged about 3 miles from where they hooked up, then at the end of the fight the fish took a hard run under the boat and SNAPPED THE LINE, at which point the Tuna swam in a big circle and came right back around past the stern of the boat... with split second timing Al grabbed the flying gaff jumped onto the swim platform and got the fish with a perfect shot!!! What an unbelievable save!!! Amazing work Al! Capt. Paul Stern of the Tuna Tangler Too got wind of this action while on his way up North and turned right around and came back to the Mud Hole, where he said "I fished a few hours" and he got an 800Lb'er. Congrats to Capt. Mike, John & Al and Capt Paul.

Sept 14, 2009 - Chase Darenberg from the Montauk Marine Basin joined the Oceanview for a trip to the Outter Butterfish hole and the 40Fm Bank today. The run out was beautiful this morning. The water got as cold as about 66 Degrees on way out near the Inner Butterfish Hole and topped out at just over 70 Degrees when we finally got to our destination. We stomped on the Mahi-Mahi at the Outter Butterfish Hole early on. We didn't have to check more than about 5 high-fliers before we found a school of healthy size Mahi-Mahi that just kept going strong every pass. We were banging 5-7 pound fish non-stop until we saw some serious surface disturbance in the distance off to the East that looks like it could be Tuna, so went into high gear getting the trolling equipment set up, but it was only a pod of about 30-40 porpoise. They hung with us for 10 or 15 minutes playing around the boat, riding the bow wake and jumping around before moving off... and we went right back to that same high-flier and finished filling up the cooler with Mahis that we could barely fit because they were almost too long!!! It was awesome action! We decided to continue out to the 40Fm. bank after filling up on Mahi in hopes of finding some Tuna. We have noticed that we almost always see something "strange" or out of the ordinary on nearly every offshore trip and this one was no exception. Not soon after we started trolling out of now where there were 2 (F16 maybe) fighter jets WAY overhead doing what looked like practice dog fighting maneuvers!!! The roar of the engines was incredible... they swirled around a few times, then they hit the after burners and were GONE! Wow, that was cool... Then, we see something on the horizon coming at us from the West, and it looks like a frigg'n pirate ship!?!?! I'm talking Black Pearl here, as in Capt. Jack Sparrow's, Pirates of the Caribbean, Black frigg'n Pearl! We just had to look at each other, scratch our heads and say "what the F*@#?" as he sailed right past us of in the general direction of Portugal. We trolled around for a while and there were some big weed lines, good temperature breaks and birds working. We hooked up with 2 nice Mahi's on the troll including a 48-1/2 inch almost 20Lb. pound slob. It was a great fight and Chase got him in the boat like a pro with one perfect shot from the gaff! We saw the Ruby Belle while we were out who reported having a bunch of Mahi & a small Yellow Fin in about the same area. FLY FISHERMAN - On the ride back in we couldn't help but notice a cut on the surface in the Inlet that REALLY looked like Albies chasing rain bait. All in all a great day!

Sept. 6, 2009 - We joined Gary "The Toad" Stephens on his first offshore trip ever yesterday aboard the "Toadally Hooked". It was perhaps the most spectacular offshore day of the season so far with regard to the weather... glassy and beautiful! We started at what looked like a pretty good temperature break around the Gully (SE of Block)... we did see 1 small football (Bluefin Tuna) jump clear out of the water in front of the boat and there was some bait being pushed up but nothing materialized there. Chatter on VHF channel 68 had some good action in the Dump Site with guys getting Tuna and Blue Marlin, so we picked up the lines and shot over. We had 3 bites and got 1 small Yellowfin to the boat (not a keeper) while at the Dump Site, then eventually headed out to the Outter Butterfish Hole in search of Mahi action. It took a while but we found the Mahi and got 9 fish, with a few nice size ones up to 8 or 9 pounds in the box. Great day all-in-all, thanks Gary!

Sept. 3, 2009 - Chase Justin Darenberg at the Montauk Marine Basin reported that Capt. Paul Stern of the Tuna Tangler Too came into the shop a few days ago uncharacteristically excited over a 57 Pound Trophy Striped Bass he and his father caught and were going to get mounted (if you know Paul you know this is a guy who normally battles Giant Blue Fin Tuna in the 1000Lb range and doesn't even care about 250Lb'ers because they are "too small" and "not worth his time"!!! You gotta love it!) Tom Bogdan joined the Oceanview for a trip to the 6 & 8 and the Outter Butterfish Hole yesterday and scored 10 nice Mahi-Mahi. The place was loaded and the fish were taking lures good until just before noon when the sun was almost directly overhead. The water inshore was quite cold at just over 67 degrees F sometimes, but just as we crossed the 40 Fathom line the temp took a sharp turn up and topped out at almost 74 degrees F. We saw the first flying fish of the season on the way in and spotted a massive breach, but could not tell what it was. There were slicks and a few breaks that looked like they could be productive around the 6 & 8 and CIA area too... we trolled for a while on the way out & had 1 looker but no hook-ups. There was lots of seaweed in the water and hooks were loading up almost as fast as you put them in the spread. Fly fisherman will be happy to hear reports have also come in that there was some insane False Albacore (aka Albies, Little Tunny) action over near Fishers Island a few days ago. "They hit anything you put in the water... every boat landing 60 or more..."

August 28, 2009 - The word at Paulie's Tackle is BIG FAT 40 to 50 Pound Striped Bass have been around the last few days. Live lining eels in the rips has been the ticket. There has been a big school of bluefish hanging around the fringes of the Inside Hole.

August 24, 2009 - A recent charter aboard the Blue Fin IV caught a couple of nice Tuna South of Block Island both on the troll and jigging. Other boats reported seeing some Blue Fin action on the surface in the same area during the week prior, but couldn't get a hook up. It looked like they were chasing BIG sand eels! Unfortunately, even though the storm didn't hit, it really churned things up as it went past. The water is still murky and there is lots of floating debris so be extra careful while running your boat until things get back to normal.

August 11, 2009 - Offshore fishing action is really heating up now!!! Chase Justin Darenberg joined the Oceanview for a trip out to the Outter Butterfish Hole yesterday. In addition to spotting several large sea turtles we came across several schools of smaller Mahi-Mahi (Dorado) and tropcal Triggerfish. We nailed one NICE "bull Mahi" on the troll, the fish made a spectacular aerial leap after it jumped on and we knew it was a good one... after managing to get it to the boat w/o tangling up in the spread Chase brought it into the boat with his absolute precision gaffing technique. Nice work Chase! The water was up to about 73 degrees and clear blue. There are good reports coming back from fartehr out too, with one group returning from a trip to West Atlantis where they got 14 yellow fin tuna in the 30 lb class and 6 Bull Mahi-Mahi up to 48". There have also been sporadic reports of Bluefin ranging from 30-80lbs 18-20 miles off. Inshore fishing action has been steady with huge porgies, big stripers and loads of fluke around but tough to find a keeper fluke at 21".

July 22, 2009 - Striped Bass action was on fire last night (Wed) in the South side coves on the incoming tide, lots of nice size fish around... keeper size or just under. The legendary Gary "The Toad" e-mailed in a recent report that he had some nice Striped Bass action in the surf on Monday night with "a 29lb and a 35 lb bass and 2 smaller fish". Other reports have indicated that the bigger Striped Bass seem to be biting predominantly after dark... with gold diamond jigs being the new hot ticket. A couple of reports have come in that live-lining Porgies (usually a great technique for getting BIG Stripers) is not working very well this year... most likely because of the incredible numbers of Sand Eels, which it seems every game fish species is dialed in on. It's been tough to find a keeper size Fluke anywhere from the South side back to Gardiners Bay, but there's lots of smaller fish around and a few boats have been able to limit after working for it. The water is warming up offshore with areas near CIA and 6&8 around 68 degrees F. There were unbelievable numbers of whales and porpoise around on Monday when the Oceanview went out about 20 miles chasing Blue Fin Tuna... but we didn't spot any surface action and had only 1 hookup, but dropped the fish before getting it close enough to make a positive ID (it was probably a Skip Jack though... pretty small). There have been consistent good reports of steady Yellowfin Tuna action farther out on the edge 80+ miles.

July 15, 2009 - Still lots of bait in the water around the lighthouse with Striped Bass and Blues developing into big surface feeds from time to time. There has been chatter on VHF channel 19 about some good size Fluke on the South side off town, as well as right outside the inlet... and recently Carl Darenberg reported his daughter Courtney was pounding on the Fluke at Navy Road in 2 feet of water. She was casting with Gulp and almost instantly getting a fish on every cast, unfortunately all the fish were small (in the 12-14" range). Chase Justin Darenberg joined the Oceanview for a trip out to "6 & 8" and the Inner Butterfish Hole on Monday morning to look for the Bluefin, but nothing materialized and there were not really any great signs of life as there had reportedly been in the days prior. We did however see a freakin' gigantic Basking Shark that was AS BIG AS THE BOAT!!! and promptly decided to swim right underneath us, circle around a couple of times and just lay under the boat for a couple of minutes, we barely got in the trolling lines in without accidentally foul hooking this thing that must have weighed a couple of tons. Needless to say we were more than a little freaked out until the thing decided to take off! Fresh reports from farther off indicate some good Yellowfin action out towards Fishtales with boats picking up some nice 30# fish.

July 10, 2009 - Great action this evening out in front of the Pillbox near the point. There has been a big school of hungry Striped Bass out there just pounding on the sand eels... just look for the birds. Not too many bluefish in the mix. Offshore action is starting to heat up with a few Bluefin Tuna coming into the dock over last weekend. The water out toward the Butterfish hole was up to 68 degrees F in some spots on Monday.

July 3, 2009 - FINALLY, Fluke season is opened again... everyone's been picking away at at Black Sea Bass and Porgies over the last few weeks with the Sea Bass being pretty good at times... Striped Bass action really heated up a few days ago with a big school of fish just off the point on Tues morning on the outgoing tide. There were some good sized fish in the mix and there were very few bluefish around. Small blue/silver lures seemed to be producing best with larger lures not even getting a second look (except from the Bluefish of course). Offshore action is finally starting to pick up a bit with guys finding some good Tuna action (but small fish, just around legal size) about 90 miles out. There was water close to 68-69 degrees (F) around the Outter Butterfish Hole and lots of signs of life and a few sightings of some very small (and very spooky) Tuna going ballistic on what looked like schools of Mullet.

June 4, 2009 - The water is starting to warm up, it's at about 56-57 degrees (F) near the point. Excellent Fluke and Striped Bass action today near the lighthouse. It didn't take more than a couple of drifts out in front of the lighthouse to produce a doormat size Fluke using a tinker mackerel caught in the harbor earlier w/ a Sabiki rig from Montauk Marine Basin. There were big schools of Bass and Bluefish mixed together with more Bass in some spots. One bluefish that was pulled on board coughed up a couple of small squid. "Chase Justin" at Montauk Marine Basin called to report a boat came in later in the day with 3 slob Striped Bass up to 38 pounds. Gary "The Toad" called in a few days ago to report he had landed a 40+ and a couple of good 30Lb'ers off the beach all in one day.. NICE!!!

May 25, 2009 - Things are really picking up now!!! This morning was excellent for Fluking on the incoming tide on the South side near the trailer park. There were plenty of big fish around with some nice 24+ inch'ers in the mix. Chatter on VHF channel 19 had lots of boats limiting out. Striped Bass action has picked up off the beaches with a couple of nice fish in the 30 and 40+ pound range taken in the last couple of days. There are Bluefish breaking all over with some perfect size cocktail blues in near the Culloden Point area, which promptly proceeded to puke up loads of tiny 2 inch sand eels as soon as they were brought into the boat. To top it all off there was a school of about 15 Porpoise (wild Dolphin, think "Flipper") swimming around and playing just outside the surf break between Warhols and Ditch Plains... ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TO SEE!!!!!!!

May 20, 2009 - The legendary Gary "The Toad" called in to report some fantastic Fluke action over the weekend. After battling a 20+ knot wind using a drogue and 16-20oz of lead to hold bottom early in the day... the weather finally started to cooperate and the day produced 2 NICE size fish (shown in the photo above). One over 6 Lbs. and one that was about 7-1/2 Lbs. "Chase Justin" at the Montauk Marine Basin reported someone came in on the Lazy Bones with a 12 Lb. SLOB Fluke on Wed... very impressive!

May 15, 2009 - Opening day of Fluke produced some doormat sized fish. One boat reported great action just off the beach South of the Radar Tower with a 24-1/2 inch 6 Lb'er on the second drift. According to chatter on VHF channel 19 there are a lot of dogfish in the deeper water, so it's a better bet to stay closer to shore. Everyone was posing at the dock for a photo-op at the end of the day. "Chase Justin" at the Montauk Marine Basin reported Striped Bass and Bluefish were also being caught in good numbers.

May 14-Big bluefish and short bass are all over the town beaches chasing loads of bait.Butterfish,herring,squid and smaller bait has all been found washed up on the beach.
Tins,bucktails and poppers are all taking fish at dusk into dark.

May 1,2009-From Paulies Tackle
Ditch Plains and the Trailer Park gave up a few fish to 14 lbs yesterday on bucktails and plastic shads,while the Town beaches had small schoolies on tin. Gannets and gulls are picking bait all over the south side beaches, but no sign of bluefish yet.

March 19, 2009 - Viking Report
Captain Carl just hit the dock from his day cod fishing. The morning started off slow and fishing did not improve much. It was a slow day on the cod grounds. Hopefully the bite will turn back on tomorrow. The pool was taken by Jeff Watson of Queens NY with a 10 pound cod.

March 18, 2009 - Viking Reports

Captain Carl just called in from todays trip with a similar report to yesterday. Fishing was really great early today before the sun came up. They had plenty of beauties come over the rails until the sun rose and then it slowed way down again. They moved around quite a bit today hoping to find some new piles of Cod but it was hit and miss with some spots yielding some good results and some not so much. 4pm update- On the last wreck of the day they yielded some good results landing some Ling and some nice sized Cod. Eugene Stoica of Sunnyside, NY took the pool with a 34 pounder!. David Koleen from NJ took second with a 26 pounder! Jay "The Hammer" was high hook with 15 cod to 25 pounds and some ling!


March 17, 2009 - Viking Report
Happy St. Patricks Day from all of us here at the Viking Fleet. Captain Carl just called in from todays trip on the Viking Starship. Fishing was very good this morning in the dark . Then when the sun came up fishing slowed down some what. For the rest of the day they had a slow and steady pick with occassional bursts of really good shots of fish. The pool was won by John Riordan of College Point NY with an 18lb Cod.

March 16, 2009 - Viking Report
Capt. Steven called in and said this morning was ok. They had a good shot of fish in the early morning with keepers and shorts in the mix. After that, things slowed right down for the rest of the day with very spotty fishing.

March 15, 2009 - Viking Report
Fishing was very slow today. Yesterday was one of the best days of the year and today was the worst day of the year reports Captain Steven sr. He reports that there was so much boat traffic and so many lines in the water that the fish just did not bite. The Captain tried his best to put a catch together but the fish just did not cooperate today. The Captain and crew were just as shocked at the dramatic change in fishing since yesterday as all of the anglers onboard. The pool winner was Mike Budny of Bayonne NJ who landed a 16.8 pounder. Second place in todays pool was won by John Giannini of Shirley NY with a 12.2 lb Cod.

March 10, 2009 - Viking Report
Capt Carl reports a good day after a very slow morning. The morning started off slow, so we looked around at some other spots and found not much at all. After that, we went back to where it has been good and they started biting. Drift after drift produced more and more cod! We put some extra time in and everyone went home happy. Joe Cannisi of Island Park, NY took the pool with a 18 pound cod. Stephen Andrysik from Deer Park, NY took second place with a 16 pounder.

March 9, 2009
Captain Dave reports a good day of fishing despite the bad weather today. Freddie Shay of Montauk who was not in the pool had the biggest fish after landing himself a 30Lb Cod. The pool was won by Debbie Kuntz of Montauk with a 24Lb Cod. Second place was won by John Spencer of Holtsville NY with a 22 pounder.

March 8, 2009 - Viking Report

Another day of excellent fishing was reported today from the Viking Starship. Larry Brock of Newberg NY was todays pool winner with a 30lb Cod. Second place was won by Vimcent Chiavola from Lindenhurst NY with a 29.5 pounder. The father and son team of Mike and Francis Estivo joined up to catch the most fish on the boat and take the honor of high hook. Troy Hubbard who was on his first Cod trip with his father Edward a long time fisherman had a super trip which will be hard to top.March 8 Fifty fifty took 165 fish with Joe Romeo and the Barber shop Quartet fishing south of Block Open for trips next weekend


March 6, 2009
Fifty Fifty from Montauk Marine came home with 168 cod for his charter.

The Blue Fin IV fished with a split group today. Went SE of Block with tha 6 anglers. Everyone caught all that they needed - mostly 5 to 8 pounders and a few 15 to 18s - by 10 am and we elected to head in shortly after that. Bait worked best at anchor, but jigs worked while drifting.

March 6, 2009 - Viking Fleet Report
Captain Dave reports an excellent day of fishing on the Starship today. Lots of fish coming over the rails weighed in at over 17lbs. The pool winner was Pee Wee from the Bricks with a 24 pounder.

March 5, 2009
Captain Steve Jr reports a great day fishing on the Viking Starship! The morning started off with some action, but it didnt last too long. We picked away for a little while then went looking in another direction. This gamble didnt pay off, so we headed back inshore and into the afternoon, the bite got hotter and hotter! All rods were bent and many, many double headers were coming over the rails along with more of the bigger fish! All mates were running around with gaffs! Capt. Steve Jr put in extra time for everyone to fill up their coolers! Chris Stout of Southampton, NY took the pool with his 38 pound cod. Close behind was William Wenzel with a 34 pounder



Feb 27, 2009 - VIKING FLEET REPORT
The Viking Starship returned today from a good day of Cod fishing. Ray Slagus won first and second place in todays pool with a 28lb Cod to take first place and a 22lb Cod to secure second place.

Feb 26, 2009
Captain Dave from the Viking Starship reports another day of excellent fishing. The pool was won by Michael Weimar of Selden NY with a 28lb Cod. Bob Zappulla of Riverhead NY was second place winner with a 27lb Cod. Captain Steven Jr reports another stellar day of fishing on the Viking Superstar seeing quality size fish again today. The pool was won by Louis Zanfardino from Pathouge NY with a 28lb Cod. Second place went to Jeffrey Bernstein of Brooklyn NY with a 27.5 pounder.


Feb 25, 2009 - Viking Fleet Report Best Ever
Captain Steven Jr just called Captain Steven Sr with PHENOMENAL news from todays trip on the Viking Superstar. The Viking Cod have shown up!! 20 and 30 pounders came flying over the rails and the only complaint was that there is no more room in anyones cooler. Over on the Viking Starship Captain Dave reports that they too had an excellent day of fishing with quality fish up to 41lbs coming over the rails from the beginning to the end of todays trip. Although fishing has been great through this entire season todays trip saw an extra special catch. The pool on todays trip was won by Andre Martone from Merrick NY with a 41lb Cod. Second place was taken by David Yellen of Brooklyn NY with a 30 pounder. We are adding a second boat for Thursday and as the weather now looks better for Friday we are definitely sailing on Thursday Feb 26, Friday Feb 27 Saturday Feb 28 and Sunday March 1st. Guys the big fish are definitely here!!!

Feb 22, 2009 - Viking Fleet report
8:30am Update- Captain Steven just called in for the Superstar with some great news! They went looking in a different direction today and it paid off. Early in the morning, there was a big mess of quality cod fish, nice green fish, which is filling up the guys' coolers as we speak. The cod seem to be scattered all over. A lot of good sized ling in the mix as well. Captain Dave on the Starship is doing good too, and putting a catch together.Feb 18, 2009 - on the Viking fleet
Cod fishing picked up again today, with a decent action throughout the day. Jeff Spath of Wappingers Falls won the first place pool and Paul Paris from Brooklyn had second place.

Feb 17, 2009 - on the Viking fleet
Captain Carl called in around 2pm to let us know that the cod bite today was steady. The day started off with a good pick of cod in the am. Things slowed down midday for a few hours, with the last part of the trip bringing in a few more cod. James Massimo won the first place pool with a 21lbs cod and Nick Gismondi took the second place.


Feb 15, 2009
Captain Steven Jr just called in from the Viking Superstar with some great news. Fishing started off nicely today with a nice steady bite all morning. The bite slowed down around lunchtime and they picked away for a little while. All of a sudden the bite really turned on and Steven decided to stay longer and was rewarded by an EXCELLENT late afternoon. As of 3.15pm Captain Steven was still fishing and the Cod were flying over the rails. Check back later for the pool winners and a report from the Viking Starship.
The Viking Starship made out with a decent amount of cod, with the bite being the best in the morning. After that things got quiet but fishing was still fair. 1st place pool winner was Wayne Beltrami from Huntington, who has a 25lbs cod. He also had a total of 8 keepers. Wayne's partner in crime- Courtney Kenny had 5-6 keepers on her first try as well. The second place pool winner was Ron Harvey from Middletown NJ. Honorable mention goes to Freddie Shae- high hook with 17 keepers! Check back later for a full report from the Viking Superstar.

Feb 6, 2009 - Friday
Captain Steven just hit the dock with a bunch of our fisherman friends from Captree. The gang headed out for a fantastic day on the water. Captain Paul G (yes the old man!) happened to be in town on business and jumped on with the guys. Well, Captain Paul could not believe his eyes!!. In all his days fishing in Montauk (since 1951) he has NEVER seen the likes of this cod fishing. Double headers were coming over the rail EVERY MINUTE. What an AWESOME day. Cod were ranging in size from 4-8 pounds with some larger cod in the 10-12 pound range. The pool fish was about 20 pounds. Capt Steven started the fishing about 3:15am and by 8:15am the guys were asking to return to the dock as their arms were tired! Captain Carl reports that the morning part of his fishing trip was phenomenal on the Viking Starship! but the fishing slowed off a little in the afternoon. By the end of the day all the people left with plenty of fish though. The pool on the Viking Starship was a nice heavy 22 pound cod caught by Tim Kolm of Carl Place, second place in the pool went to Richard Kwon of New Jersey with an 18 pounder. Captain Carl hit the dock early with another boat load of exhausted anglers... WOW !
Viking report Unreal Fishing

We had an absolutely phenomenal day of Cod fishing today. What a way to start the 2009 Local Cod season!! From the first drop to the end of the day we had Cod, Cod and more Cod. Artie Hartmann of Mastic Beach who is part of the Staten Island Hunt and Fish Club won todays pool with an 18lb Cod. Joe Andreoli of Wycoff NJ was second place winner with a 15 pounder and a total of 12 Cod. An honorable mention goes to Chris Viggiano who fished all day at the bow in 8 to 12 ft Seas and left with 30 Cod, winning him high hook honor and also labelling him a super star by the crew for braving the sea conditions and the lip service he was getting from Fred Motor Shay. Actually Fred was almost high hook but was beat out in the end by Chris. Mate Steve Martinez and Captain Anthony were on deck today and began fileting at 9am. By 10am they finished up a full tote of fish caught by Gil Parker and Paulie Walnuts. By 1pm Gil and Paulie filled another tote totalling close to 45 Cod for the day. Also a big congrats to Hank Lackner who landed 29 keeper Cod. There were so many fish that even old man Hank Lackner helped pitch in with the cutting thanks Hank!! And finally all of us here at the Viking Fleet would like to send our congrats to John Tzanes. John just became a first time Dad when his little girl was born 12 days ago and still had the strenght to land over 20 keepers. All the best to John and family. By days end we had 1000 Cod for the 80 anglers on todays sold out trip. Captain Steven Sr reports that he can honestly say that this was the best day of Cod fishing he has ever seen in 25 plus years of Cod fishing.

2/1/09 - Report from Montauk Marine Basin:

Captain Steven Sr just called in from the first Local Cod Trip of 2009 on the Viking Starship with the news that they had 500 Cod on the boat by 9am. Check back later for a full report.

Fished on Fri. 4 am COD trip on Capt Jamie's MISS MONTAUK we drifted all day in flat-calm conditions south of the island in 110' for EXCELLENT codfishing there were about 14 fares onboard and everyone had non-stop fishing the first 3 hours then a slow pick on slack water then good fishing on the next tide. Almost all fish were taken on bait with only a few on the jigs. Most fish were keepers 22-30" few 8-12 lbs and the pool was about 16lbs. I myself caught 34 cod and one pollock. Thanks for a great day Capt Jamie and John who worked the deck.


12/6/08 - The Legendary Gary "The Toad" called to report he and a few other guys went out to Cartwright and clobbered the Blackfish with 14 NICE KEEPERS... they also got a few nice Cod fish and some BIG Sea Perch. Some other boats in the area had some nice sized Ling too. There were a lot of dog fish around, but it was definitely worth fishing through them. There are still some good schools of herring around, but some days they are a little hard to find. Striped bass action has been a little sporadic, but there are still some nice fish to pick away at from time to time.

 

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