Viking Gulfstar

Captain Rich reports a slow start on our half day fishing trip. For the first three or stops it was a slow pick.  We moved to a little deeper water and the fish started biting a little better.  We had Gag Grouper, Red Grouper, Hog Snapper, Porgy and Key West Grunts.  Although we had good variety, the bite was still sluggish.  We stayed late for one more stop and the fishing improved as we had to start heading home.  The weather was fantastic; sunny, warm and calm.

Tuesday 1.31.2012, 5:30 AM. There are lots of familiar faces on the Gulfstar along with some new faces.  The weather is chilly with a northeast breeze.  Today's target: Red Grouper. Target depth: 70-100 FT.   We departed at 6 AM and arrive at the first fishing spot just around 9 AM.  Gag Grouper, Gag Grouper, Gag Grouper, aah there's a Red Grouper, but it's just short..... as the day went on this scenario kept repeating itself.  On almost every spot we had Gag Groupers up to 16 LBS and a few Red Grouper just under keeper size.  We could not find where the keeper Red Grouper were hiding.  With Gag Grouper season being closed we had good fishing action, but we weren't putting any fish in the box.  Captain Rich decided to run further offshore and hit a wreck in hopes to find some Amberjack and maybe Red Grouper.  It didn't take long for the Amberjack to start biting. With rods bending and reels screaming, the crew rushed around the boat assisting fishermen land their big Amberjacks.  We also caught Red Snapper and large Gag Grouper, which we released.  Although we didn't catch any keeper Red Grouper, we did have lots of action and took some fish home for dinner.  We have to wait two full months before Red Grouper reopens.  Captain Rich is licking his wounds and planning his revenge.  Click here for pics!

Captain Rich reports a killer weekend aboard the Gulfstar. The passengers had a good steady bite of all the regular reef players at the Middle Grounds. First time Gulfstar customer Ronnie Milsap popped a nice Cobia along with 3 nice Red Grouper and a cooler full of assorted Snappers and Red Porgies. The jackpot winners were Jim R with a Red Grouper of 17.5 lbs, Jerry with a Mangrove Snapper hitting 6.5 lbs on the scale and Andy with an Amberjack just a couple ounces under 40lbs. Anthony, Les, John and Paul K caught their Grouper limit and a boat load of Snappers, Porgies and Amberjack.

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This weekend we had awesome weather and great fishing, the was steady and it seems like the January weather is going to mild so get out fishin!

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Captain Jerry reports all the passengers aboard the Gulfstar had great fishing action with lots of Key West Snapper and Grouper coming over the rails. Captain Steven Forsberg Jr from our Montauk office had a bussmans holiday and went fishing for the day with his girlfriend, Angelina.  The whole boat had a great time and the weather was cool, clear and calm!

Captain Jerry once again reports fantastic action on todays half day trip. Lots of Grouper action and non stop Key West Snapper action. A Great way to end 2011.

Captain Jerry Rathey reports excellent fishing with loads of Key West Snapper a.k.a Grunts caught and fileted. Gag and Red Grouper were also in the zone with many being released. A fun filled action packed day with great weather.

Capt Jerry reports awesome fishing on Thursdays 12 Hour trip, everybody caught and released loads of Gag Grouper up to 15lbs. A Hogfish, Keywest Snapper's, Red Grouper and some porgys we also in the mix. Call for more info!
Next trip is a 5Hr Halfday on Monday Dec 26 2011 stay tuned !!!!