Keyport Princess

The big news over at the dock of the Keyport Princess was the 48-inch striped bass that was caught on a bottom fishing trip this past week. Capt. Victor Hartley said the big bass was a pleasant surprise, however this last week saw a trio of trips find some better bottom fishing dominated by ling, sea bass and keeper and short fluke thanks to water temps that are slowly creeping up. The boat will continue to target fluke and other bottom dwellers on its daily trips and also be fishing magic hour trips on Tuesday and Thursdays.

“We got out on several trips this past week and when we did we saw better numbers of fluke and sea bass,” reported Capt. Victor Hartley of the Keyport Princess. Victor said it looks like the recent storm actually did some good and it will be interesting to see what the passing of the full moon will do to the fishing. He also mentioned that the boat will continue to fish every day for fluke as well as magic hours on Tuesday and Thursdays.