Keers Cape Adventures - Fishing

The striped bass range in size from school fish in the 3-6 pound class up to legal bass in the over 20-pound class. They arrive a few weeks after the blue-backed herring and alewives which is when the shadbush blooms, or early May. Prime time is May, June and September, but they're here all summer long. As the water temps warms, bluefish make their appearance. The early runs of bluefish arriving in early June are the bigger fish in the 8-14 pound class. New Englanders frequently call bluefish the Northeast tarpon, and if you hook a double-digit fish on a flat, be prepared for jumps and hard runs. The bluefish, as with the striped bass, stay through October.

The Outer Cape is also tuna country, and in recent years, the school bluefin fishery has gotten a lot of press. Most of the school tuna arrive in late May and stay through Thanksgiving. The 20-30 pound tuna from a few years ago are now in the 40-70 pound class. Their long, powerful runs tests tackle and exhaust anglers - leave the 8-weight at home.

Guides use a variety of boats, with many of them being either shallow-draft Florida-style flats boats to shallow draft center consoles. So as to ensure maximum fishing time, we accommodate two anglers per boat.

For fishing fanatics, there are countless opportunities to continue fishing after the guided trip is over. There are 28 miles of National Seashore beaches with long flats, harbors, and estuaries to work.