Fresh Keyport Fishing Reports

Fun catching striper on top water in Rariton Bay.

Today we boated 23 striper in three hours of fishing. All were caught on light tackle, and many were on top water baits. We released everything, but would have had a limit of 28" to under 31" plus we could have used tags on the five 25" to under 28" fish caught. We are only going to be on the Raratan Bay a few more weeks. If you would like to get in on some great action contact us.

The Babu captains trailer-ed the boat to Raritan Bay, and went striper fishing with light tackle exploring the area. They hooked and release over 12 striper once they found the location and bait the fish preferred. We were run and gun fishing most of the time and caught all the fish casting lures, buck-tails, and paddle tails. We are only going to be here for a few weeks. Contact us if you want to have some fun catching striper.

Captains Tim and John had a fun fishing trip aboard Babu III. A variety of over 35 fish were caught including a lobster and a 22" fluke. Everything caught was released including several keeper sea bass and a large kingfish. The boat will be going to Raritan Bay in about 10 days to get in on the striper bite.

The fluke season is over, and we are now going for striper. The boat will be in the Rariton Bay from October 14th until sometime in November. We will be catching the large striper that have been feeding there for the past several years. Then we will return to Brigantine until mid-December to fish for tautog and striper as the migrate south. If you're interested in catching big striper come try with us on the Rariton in the nicer weather, or in late Novemeber out of Brigantine when its colder. Thank you Riptide B&T for the great baits that allowed us to catch an average of over 35 fish per trip so far this season, and we loved to 5'6" contour spinning rods you hook us up with. I hope to see some of you on the Rariton.

The bay fishing continues to be good, and the ocean is producing more larger fluke along with keeper sea bass, and tog. Mahi-mahi are within the range of our boat now. Various southern fish are being caught.