HRFA Fishing ReportsREEL ONES

STEPHEN LEO
Tappan zee brdige - Boat 7/19/2010 9:59:33
Species - Fluke(Rel),
Is anyone elese cacthing fluke.

Caught one just about 16 in just south og the peir. What is the regulation for fluke in the hudson

comment - Frank R. -
Didn't know there were fluke near Piermont, I gotta try it. Just went fluke fishing in LBI & regulation is 18"...

Tony n Richie
Highland - Surf 7/11/2010 17:54:37
Species - Carp(Rel),
Finally landed a 14 + pounds carp today !lost another 2 ,one of them broke my 30 pounds leader the other one I was able to bring it to the surface ,it got tangled by the belly until my mainline just got cut ,perhaps the serrated fins in her belly or the big scales caused the brake up .Used corn meal for bait and they arrive almost in high tide.All the runs were kind it normal carp runs, almost the same, nothing crazy today.

comment - Tony n Richie -
I forget to say that I spotted a huge fish jump in the water about 30 or 40 yards from me.If it was the stripper season I would say that was a striper, it look kind a striper for the shape, but color was kind dark gray .Don,t know what it was, it happen so quickly and I wan't speculate about the size, but it was big!.

comment - Bill Greene -
7/15/10 Could well be a sturgeon - they are big jumpers -- long fish rather than bulky like carp, and of varying sizes - some very big. I occasionally make a report to the NYS DEC E-Almanac - Hudson Estuary Project about my catches, and for that they put me on their weekly report list --- latest report was of JUMPING STURGEON. DEC says they frequently do that - jumping clear, and on rare occasions, landing in a boat.

comment - Tony n Richie -
thank you for check it out Bill.Have you done any carp fishing lately? any luck?

comment - Bill Greene -
7/18/10 - Glad you guys are getting out. I haven't been out for quite some time - just too hot for me. I just pass up on short sessions.

Tony n Richie
Highland - Surf 7/ 4/2010 16:33:34
Species - Catfish(Rel), Carp,
We went out for 3 hours trying to beat the heat the boaters and the jet skiers. 20 minutes after our fist cast we got a torpedo run again, I was able to fight it for a little bit until suddenly she pulled down and caught me off guard while I was adjusting my drag, it left my size 2/0 circle hook as straight as my fishing pole. We got 2 more other runs that ended up in our mainline getting cut again in the snags. Although, we did end the day with a 4 pound Channel Catfish that pulled the line the same way that carp does, and as soon as we were done we went across the bridge heading towards Dicks Sporting Goods looking for new gear. They were really biting again today. Happy 4th of July everyone.

comment - Bill Greene -
7/4/10

Looks like fun and action. Snags & rocks can be tough. In some spots I find myself having to use heavier tackle -- 9 foot rods, and reels - a Penn 650ssm - 250 yds. of 15 with a top shot of 100 ft of 25 lb tied in, and a Penn 525 Mag conventional - same line capacity, same top-shot. Even then I have to trim off the last 10 feet or so each time a fish is landed because the rocks scrape it up. And, as you mention - if you bear down heavily on drag, you risk a straightened or pulled hook.

comment - Tony n Richie -
I agree with you Bill the snags in the rocks are really tough to fish, you will lose a lot of tackle especially the Highland rocks they are pretty famous for that. I love the Penn Reels they are a good choice, our poles are a little longer we use 12 footers with 3 pound test curb. We do have Bait Runners on it, which I'm not to convinced about it I would rather use regular Conventional Spinning Reels, too many drags (: lol. Obviously we were dealing with some nice size carp for the explosive runs they were giving us. Well we can always try to get them another day they are still out there.

comment - Bill Greene -
7/10/10

Another thing - I've been using those flat "no-roll" pear shaped sinkers in the Hudson - 3 or 4 oz - drilled end to end so you can run your line through and fish them with a fish-finder set up. Bought them through "Catfish Connection". These sinkers tend to plane up in the water column when retrieved with a high-ratio fast retrieve reel -- I almost never lose one on the retrieve -- used to lose more when I was using egg sinkers, because the eggs don't ride as high on retrieve. Penn spinner is 4.7 to 1, and the Penn 525 mag is 6 to 1.

Tony n Richie
Highland - Surf 7/ 3/2010 15:34: 1
Species - Carp, torpedocarp,
Hot and very frustrated day...Four carp runs ,actually three carp runs and a "torpedo run" for the way that it took off on me WOW! we lost all four.Three of them they cut my mainline (and we used a 60 pound braid) like butter, the last one managed to take my Doughball without getting hooked up. It really was a very frustrated day for us, but they are eating that's good news.We also spotted some big fish jumping out of the water perhaps Sturgeon? Fished low tide with doughballs for bait.

comment - Tony T -
What kind of rig are you using?Just started fishing for carp at a local pond .caught a couple on cormeal dough and kernel corn. Have you tried the hair rig ?

comment - Tony n Richie -
Hey Tony, sorry it took so long to answer you I have been busy at work. No I don't use hair rigs, our rig is very simple it is almost the same as a Striper rig, but with a short leader. So now its a mainline with a slider, swivel, plus a 12 inch leader. Sometimes we use two leaders on the same swivel with circle hooks size 2/0 or 3/0. Sometimes instead of using a 2oz or 3oz lead weight (depending on the current) I attach my method cage in my main leader, filled up with cornmeal dough or just method mix. You should give a try at the Hudson River for carp they are just fun to catch and good fighters. Just make sure you release it back in the water so we can can catch it too next time. Good Luck

art
north of beacon bridge west side of the river - Boat 6/30-7/ 1/2010 17:35:34
Species - Catfish(Rel), smallsilverfish,
Got the boat out after work and motored up past the bridge and drifted in five foot of water. was rewarded with some nice catfish up to four pounds around 20 fish altogether. also caught some small silver fish that looked like monster shiners or maybe a juvenile striper? fish were in large schools, and were like pirahna when they found the bait. any info on what they are? also where should i be looking for some big channel cat?

comment - Bill Greene -
7/2/10

Bigger channel catfish are just mixed in with the smaller - no spots in particular to target ONLY big cats. If you're getting an occasional 4 lber, that's about all you can expect, with the VERY occasional 6 to 8 lb big male mixed in - they look like a different species entirely. Those big males are dark blue/black back & upper body, no spots and no olive color on sides, large heads, heavy bodies -- don't put your finger in their mouths.

What hook and bait were you using to get the small silver fish? Not the catfish bait or hooks I'd imagine. NYS DEC is looking for herring and unusual sightings -- I report to them from time to time, and I'll inquire -- if you can give some more info it will be helpful. - Bill Greene

comment - art -
i was using small i believe number four gamagatzu hooks, i'll have to check. these little fish were hitting chicken liver, worms, small spinners and even the powerbait catfish nuggets. even when i was using the larger hooks they would sometimes impale themselves on it. Thanks for the catfish info too!

comment - Bill Greene -
7/4/10

DEC guy who messaged me finds this a tough one. This year's spawned stripers would only be 2" to 3" long at this point, and last year's would be 5" to 6" --- and would only be found in concentration around Roseton or Dannskammer --- and the stripes would certainly be evident. Looks like these will stay a mystery. - Bill Greene

comment - art -
Thanks for checking it out anyway Bill, next time i'm out i'll have to take a picture of one. I'm reading on here about the carp fishing on the river and i'd like to give it a shot. Any pointers? i'm gonna be running the boat out of newburgh. Thanks

tony
hudson river - Surf 6/20/2010 7:24:53
Species - LargemouthBass, Smallmouth(Rel),
The state Department of Environmental Conservation is looking for volunteers to keep diaries of their largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing on the Hudson River.
DEC officials said the information would help study population, size and health trends of bass in the river to evaluate future regulations. Current regulations set a 15-inch minimum size for bass.
Interested volunteers should call Norman McBride at 607-652-7366.
abosch@th-record.com

John Villareal
mudhole - Boat 6/ 8/2010 13:19:28
Species - StripedBass, Ling5total,
5 Poud pool winner was one of them

freddiethej
castleton - Boat 6/ 5/2010 11:00 am
Species - Catfish, smallmouthbass, whiteperch,
Fished with Curt near the railroad bridge in Castlton on Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm. HHH, high tide. Caught white perch on worms, used them for bait live and cut up. One really nice channel, about 16 inches but heavy, maybe five pounds. Stripped line off my striper rod. Few other smaller cats and one 14 inch small mouth that chased my bait as I got it near the boat. Dropped it back down and he took it. Nice morning.

comment - -
Stripers are all done??

comment - freddiethej -
run is over but always have some luck in summer and fall with smaller holdovers using white perch or other small live baits fished in likely spots where the current runs fast and deep.

Jon Tangen
Ramapo River - Surf 5/ 29/2010 19:31:53
Species - Trout,

comment - Jon Tangen -
17.5 inches and 5 pounds

freddiethej
troy dam - Boat 5/31/2010 2:00 pm
Species - StripedBass,
fished the dam for a few hours, falling to low tide, using cut bait. one 12 inch striper.

skeeter
newburg/beacon bridge - Boat 5/22/2010 21: 6:50
Species - StripedBass,
caught a 15lb striper right under the bridge. bloodworm

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Lower New York Harbor - Boat 5/23/2010 7:00 AM
Species - StripedBass, Bluefish,
Got out Sunday little windy fishing not that great fish the in comming tide and had two bass at 30 inchs and two Blues at 8lbs. Bait for the day was fresh bunker. Also try some New York Fluking but no luck with that yet, will have to try that next weekend.

comment - Tom -
I have been fishing the Englewood boat basin and I want to know were are all of the fish? This year it is very bad for me can you help me with some advice?

freddiethej
troy dam - Boat 5/22/2010 12:00
Species - herring,
fished the troy dam at high tide on saturday, many herring,no stripers. can't imagine the herring will be around much longer so it appears its time to switch to summer tactics: small white perch fished around bridge pilings and suck holes on a moving tide. always good for a few 20 inchers through the fall. plus cats, drum, smallmouth and whatever else bites.

Bill Greene
Beacon/Fishkill area - Surf 5/24/2010 11:00 AM
Species - Catfish(Rel),
Caught & Released nice 5 lb, 11 oz. channel cat -
25-1/2" long &
13-1/2" girth -- lucky to have witness too, so it's can go in the HRFA contest entries.

fishnfanatic
newburgh - Boat 5/22/2010 19:11:12
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
we fished by the newburgh bridge from 8:30 to 2pm.
at times they were right under the bridge on the newburgh side. Drifted blood worms.we got 3 keeper size 5, 8 and 12 pounds.saw several other boats hooking up .most of the fish seemed to be schoolie size.

Marc
catskill - Boat 5/19/2010 6am
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Caught 2 stripers in 28-30" range on live herring.

striperdrew
esopus island / kingston - Boat 5/17/2010 12:13:23
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),
another poor year. best day was wed 5-12 in the rain all day. boated 5 stripers biggest was 10lbs. friday 5-14 caught one striper 14lbs tagged, and that was it for the whole week. using live herring all the time. good luck all, be back next year.

freddiethej
albany, bethlehem - Boat 5/15/2010 10:55:53
Species - StripedBass,
Fished Saturday in Albany, Sunday in Bethlehem, skunked both days. A few hits but one broke off, one got off. Couple of big cats, herring, one shad.

comment - Bill Greene -
5/17/10

Thanks for report.

There are those big channel cats again! Very happy to see this.

comment - freddiethej -
bill-actually one of them was a bullhead, squarish tail, 7-8 pounds, the other a channel about 20 inches.

comment captin bill- -
Fished albany last sat. with same results

Inline
Newburgh - Boat 5/16/2010 16:48: 0
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Was on the water at 7, started by Plum Pt. but nothing was hitting. Went up to the bridge and started drifting bloods and sands. Boated close to 40 fish, biggest was a 22 pounder. At one point they were hitting everything you threw at them including nightcrawlers. Left them biting because we ran out of bait.

fishnfanatic
plum pt - Boat 5/15/2010 18:51:45
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
fished from 8am to 2pm. drifted blood worms in the plum pt. area (new windsor).my friend and I caught and released 9 stripers. all small. a couple of 4 pounders, a 6 and 7 pounder and some dinks. fish were down about 15 feet.

Marc
Catskill, NY - Boat 5/15/2010 6am
Species - StripedBass,
Caught a 37" stripped bass on live herring. Then the wing turned up and we left.

John Francesconi
Piermont Pier - Surf 5/14/2010 20:53:12
Species - Sturgeon,
This fish weighed 11 lbs. and measured 36".

comment - Bill Greene -
5/15/10

Nice going with the sturgeon -- I seem to recall you got one a few years ago, and also a good carp, along with stripers.

beebs
troy - Boat 5/10/10
Species - Catfish(Rel),
Had a good afternoon on Upstate Charters. Wife caught 13lb catfish and I a 39 1/2", 26Lb stripe. Capt Joe did good

comment - Bill Greene -
5/13/10

Heck of a nice report.

I'm beside myself - delighted - with the fact that those big channel catfish are taking hold in the Hudson.

comment - -
Dan yes we have some huge cat's now the sturgen r's back too,got 10 at the dam

comment - micshtr -
WOW guess i'm fishing in the wrong spot...i always fish from shore on the rensselaer side between the rensselaer dock thats on the side of the bridge and where the creek comes out...right in the middle down on the rocks, i usually catch alot of white perch and usually a couple of cats, but never 13 pounders, never seen one that big from the hudson, nice...what was the bait?

miss mabel
kingston - Boat 5/10/2010 7am to 4pm
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
slow day but still caught 14 nothing bigger than 12 pounds. all released one tagged fish also

Robert Greene
NY/NJ BIGHT - Boat 5/10/2010 9:25:18
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass, StripedBass, StripedBass, StripedBass, StripedBass, StripedBass, StripedBass,

father and son fishing
troy - Boat 5/ 8/2010 9:31:38
Species - StripedBass,
caught only one fish had 2 other runs 31"er any other pepole fishing up by troy and how are you doing and what bait you using looking for some more info so my son can hook up a few more times lotts of bait fish

miss mabel
kingston - Boat 5/ 8/2010 6:30-noon
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),
another good day 15 fish only four were dinks. got a nice 30 pounder my friend got his first a nice 14 pounder. left before the winds picked up so it was a little wet morning but a good day again. be back out on monday.

comment - father and son fishing -
what you using for bait

comment - miss mabel -
trolling 1.8 to 2.2 mph all different color lures

comment - father and son fishing -
thanks

striperdrew
kingston - Boat 5/ 9/2010 6:22:54
Species - StripedBass,
guys save some fish for me, i'll be down monday morning from buffalo for another fun filled week of striper fishing, c ya out there.

freddiethej
henry hudson - Boat 5/ 8/2010 12:00
Species - StripedBass, channel,
fished with lenny from NYC today, 8:30 to 4:00. rainy, windy, but the wind was with the tide for the most part. slow going at first but managed two about 32". lenny busted his striper cherry with the second one, both on chunks.

miss mabel
kingston - Boat 5/ 7/2010 11a.m.-5p.m.
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),
best day of fishing yet boated 35 to 40 fish. some small but at least half were legal size or greater. brought home a 35lber and three over ten lbs.

eric decker
saugerties - Boat 5/ 6/2010 evening
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
fishing the evening incoming.. 18 fish..But most important got our first female of the year, she was 28 lbs..wheres her mother?

Tie One On Charters
Kingston-Hudson River - Boat 5/ 6/2010 17:47:46
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Fantastic day today. We caught 15 stripers today trolling.

Tie One On Charters
Hudson River-Kingston - Boat 5/ 5/2010 17:23:33
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Trolling today on the outgoing tide. Caught 5 stripers. Lots of fish in the area today.

cesarcap
NY/NJ BIGHT - Surf 5/ 4/2010 6:40am
Species - StripedBass,
Pleasant conditions from 5:30-7:30am with no wind. Water was clean and my bunker was fresh and not attacked my eels and catfish.

Thought it was going to be a slow morning but caught a nice 34" bass in about 8 ft of water.

Made it home in time to shower up for work in NYC right at 9am.

comment - freddiethej -
sweet

george navigator
tappen bridge - Boat 5/ 4/2010 11: 0:45
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass,

freddiethej
albany - Boat 5/ 2/2010 12:00 noon
Species - StripedBass, herring,
Fished Sunday with Curt at Albany. Many herring. I got skunked but Curt got one at 32" on a chunk of herring. His first big fish ever.

comment - pj -
when fishing with chunk what type of setup are u using?? were fishing live herring with a slide weight?? we landed 4 this yr biggest about 25lbs what do you think is better?

comment - rich -
sounds like you are hitting them well this year

Manitou
Cornwall to Marlboro - Boat 5/ 1-2/2010 9: 4:51
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass,
Fished Saturday all day trolling, 2 small 23" stripers boated. Trolled 10 hours on Sunday, not a single release. Bait fisherman are doing better but from what I hear...not much.

comment - miss mabel -
good luck. we will be out on fri and sat washing lures again. see ya out there.

Marc
Catskill - Boat 5/ 2/2010 6am
Species - StripedBass,
Had 3 hits but only landed 1 striper. 33" 18lbs on live herring

egres
Newburgh - Boat 5/ 2/2010 20:27:29
Species - Skunknomore,
After having my worse April ever started May of with a 24 pound fish, got him trawling. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come.

comment - anglerted -
I hope you mean "trolling". Trawling is dragging a large net behind your boat...

comment - anglerted -
anyway, congrats!

cesarcap
Croton Bay - Surf 5/ 2/2010 9:00-11:15
Species - Catfish(Rel), eelsandwhiteperch,
Since I wasn't having luck w/ the stripers, decided to take my 3 young kids (6 yr old twins and 4 year old) fishing. And what a morning it was. Small hooks and bloodworms bought us countless, white perch, eels and catfish. Best part is my daughter said she wants to go.

And bunker are in the bay...

comment - Bill Greene -
5/3/10

That's wonderful that the fish cooperated while the youngster was there.

Tie One On Charters
Kingston-Hudson River - Boat 5/ 2/2010 18:49:16
Species - StripedBass,
Caught 5 trolling today. Largest 8 lb. All were caught on the incoming tide.

Graff25
Germantown - Boat 5/ 2/2010 18:16:33
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Catfish(Rel),
went out friday caught & released 6 stripers 2 nice one 37 INCH & A 33 INCH.Sat spent about 10 hrs caught one schoolie, strange

charlie
selkirk - Boat 4/ 29/2010 09: 0: 0
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Catfish(Rel),
caught a 19 lber on the 29th and a18lber on the 30th both in about 32 feet

comment - -
what kind of bait

neil squillante
between piermiont and tz bridge - Boat 5/ 1/2010 12:30
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
caught and released a 30" striper. this is the biggest stripper i have ever caught

Fred Rung
Flynn's Knoll - Boat 5/ 1/2010 6:35 PM
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),
Launched the boat yesterday, Set up the slip and decided to go out for an evening trip. Heard at the docks that there were fish at 11a. Tried there, saw a few boats fishing there and the reach and didn't catch or see anyone catch. So we went over to Flynn's Knoll at low tide and started clam chumming. The tide turned and the fish started. We wound up catching 10 between 26 and 30 inches.
Nice but slow start to the season.

fishnfanatic
Denning's point area - Boat 5/ 1/2010 18:56:29
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
fished near Denning's point area. Drifted blood worms from 10am to 3pm.Caught 11 lb and 6 lb striper. Fish were about 15 ft deep.Saw a few other boats catch some.

miss mabel
newburgh bay @ marlboro - Boat 5/ 1/2010 sunrise to 5pm
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
still very tight lipped fish but at least we have caught some nothing bigger than 14lbs. ready for a big one.

comment - ray koziatek -
Im watching ,havent called ceelys yet ,,,daughter grads on 8th and moves on the 15 so im gonna be a little late this year........................or not

Tie One On Charters
Kingston-Hudson River - Boat 5/ 1/2010 16: 1:32
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Caught 18 lb. striper while trolling. Near Esopus Island.

comment - -
right off of the norrie marina right?

cesarcap
Croton Bay - Surf 4/30/10 11:59pm
Species - moreskunk,
local shop didn't have herring so I decided to try a live eel at night at the top of the tide close to shore. Nothing.

But I still have the eel and found some bloodworms. So will see what today brings.

Tight lines.

egres
Newburgh - Boat 5/ 1/2010 8:21: 2
Species - TiredoftheSkunk,
Tired of being with the Skunk. Fished last evening from 5pm to 2 am and only marked a few fish. ????

Jerry
Castleton boat ramp - Boat 4/30/2010 13:30
Species - StripedBass, Herring,

GRAFF25
GERMANTOWN - Boat 4/28/2010 20: 2:17
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel), Catfish(Rel),
Caught 5 schoolies 1 33 inch stripped bass

comment - Stripper Man -
Where are all the fish? This time last year the fish where holding in the West Point, Newburgh area. It has been very very slow so far. No decent fish caught. These areas are usually very productive from both the shore and boat?

Tie One On Charters
Kingston - Boat 4/24/2010 11: 1:25
Species - StripedBass,
Caught 2 Stripers Trolling at 3pm , both 24 inches.

comment Striperman - -
Does anyone have anything to say about Sandy Hook or Belford or Leonardo, Union beach ?????????? Thank you

Bone Fish
Albany - Boat 4/23/2010 7:55:29
Species - StripedBass, shad,
Got first Stipers of the season in the boat. 15, and 10 lbs. Plenty of herring to be jigged, and caught 2 large shad jigging for herring. Saw plenty of other boaters catching Stripers. Get out and fish!

comment - dan -
where in Albany did u go,

Gail Ann charters
NY/NJ BIGHT - Boat 4/26/2010 7:36:13
Species - StripedBass,
Trolled some nice fish on stick baits.Still no action in new york harbor, any day now.

Miss Happ
newburgh boat - Boat 4/25/2010 22:43:32
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Caught 1- 8 pound male on bloods during slack tide out by gullys..Only fished for 2 hours..Tight lines..Jay

freddiethJ
Henry Hudson - Boat 4/25/2010 10: am
Species - StripedBass, bullhead,
Fished at Henry Hudson with Curt from 8 am to 1 pm on Sunday, cloudy, showers, cool, south wind, rising tide. Very few herring but boated one 36 inch striped bass on a chunk. Released.

comment - rich -
nice fish fred
saw some at the dam last week (thursday )

comment - fred -
saw but no catch? getting herring up there?

comment - rich -
no just strugeon

cesarcap
NY/NJ BIGHT - Surf 4/25/2010 10:41: 0
Species - Catfish(Rel), Skunk,
Did a good job of feeding eels and catfish herring from 1-5pm in Croton Bay.

But my 6 and 4 yr old boys enjoyed themselves, and kept asking me if the eels were electric. LOL

This was the longest trip they ever did on our 17 boston whaler Montauk--and nobody needed to potty, which is usually 5 minutes into a trip. So hopefully the next time will be for better fish.

Joel Black
Kingston - Boat 4/24/2010 12PM
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
This is my first year fishing in Kingston. Until this year I have always fish in Newburgh. We caught and released 20 small stripers today drifting blood worms from 16 to 21' down. It was a beautiful day and perfect for my little 16' aluminum boat.

comment - JohnMills -
Joel
I am glad to see that you are visiting use again this year.
i will probably be putting my boat at Norrie Point in the next couple of weeks I am just waiting on the fish to START Bitting
Hope to see ya out there.
John

comment - -
I missed last year because my wife was sick, but everything is fine now. I hope the wind isn't too bad on Wed. I have my boat in the Roundout so I suppose we can try that.

miss mabel
newburgh bay - Boat 4/24/2010 sunrise to 4pm
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
landed one only 24-25 inches. had two on but never got a look there up but tight lipped to bite.

miss mabel
newburgh bay - Boat 4/24/2010 sunrise to 4pm
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
landed one only 24-25 inches. had two one but never got a look there up but tight lipped to bite.

freddiethej
Albany - Boat 4/24/2010 10:00 am
Species - StripedBass, herring,
Fished with Curt's son Mark from 8 to 2 at Albany. Mark got his first ever striper and biggest fish of lifetime with a 32 incher on a live herring just north of the port. First cast. Moved down river to secret spot, my turn with a 36" on chunk. Shortly after discussing how one is never enough, Mark hooks up but looses it to a busted leader. Many herring, no shad.

comment - kevbo -
good job hook! mark should be glad his dad was sick and couldn't go!

comment - freddiethej -
PS, they were both released

cesarcap
Croton Bay - Surf 4/23/2010 6:`5
Species - StripedBass,
Got out of work early (5pm). North wind was howling against tide. Didn't have fresh herring but threw bucktails towards shore lost what looked like ok sized striper boat side.

He was lively and bucktail came out. Oh well 1 hit out of 500 casts is still better than working.

Will report this weekend!

Gail Ann charters
south of Varrazano - Boat 4/23/2010 15: 7:20
Species - StripedBass,
Trolled some nice fish 0n 4/18. Waiting for them to move up the river.

egres
Newburgh - Boat 4/22/2010 21:50: 5
Species - StripedBass, Skunk,
Fished in the Newburgh area this evening--skunked 1 fish in the last 4 outings, 30 or so in during the first 2 trips, been a horrible start to the season

ChasBo
Cornwall - Boat 4/22/2010 17:53: 6
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Slim pickens, but got one just the same, or Pete did. We had two other tickles on the bloods, and I almost got one up the the boat. The one Pete got went about 8 pounds.
They are there, just need that temp to get up some.

comment - ray k -
chase bro you alive out there thinkin newburgh next week . worth the trip??

LARRY WILSON
UP AND DOWN THE HUDSON - Boat 4/17/18/2010 16:27: 5
Species - StripedBass, NONE,
TALT TO A LOT OF FISHERMAN THE THE ONLY FISH WE WE CAUGHT WAS BAIT IF ANY ONE CAUGHT ANY FISH PLEASE DROP ME A LINE FISH EVERY WERE WITH OUT A BITE.

comment - hung4wheeler -
try fishing bye ravena and the new baltimor area we have been doing good up here so far.. weve already caught 40 inchers up here

ChasBo
Anywhere - Boat 4/21/2010 16:20: 0
Species - Anything,
I will continue to badger you all until the posts get going. Give it up.

comment cesarcap -
was out yesterday morning for 1.5 hours before work (6-7:30pm) of croton bay. fed fresh herring to catfish which were safely released :)

water was 51-53 degrees and saw multiple splashes. cast swim shads and small rapalas for naught. couldn't tell if it were carp or bunker (i think it's a bit early) but i like to think it was stripers chasing something.

comment - ChasBo -
Thank you for the report....you are very good to keep us posted. I am submitting one today.

comment - RamBob -
I would bet they were carp.

Frank Maresco
Newburgh - Boat 4/20/2010 1600
Species - StripedBass,
Too beautiful of a day not to go out ... snuck out of work and had the boat in the river by 4 pm on Tuesday ... It was so nice out that the "launch lady" was not there collecting fees ... River was like glass.. fished till 7 pm ... was marking fish but no takers using bloodworms .....

comment - ChasBo -
Thanks for the posting.

Bone fish
Albany area - Boat 4/20/2010 11:28:54
Species - StripedBass,
I am surprised not to see any heering in the river yet, and few stripers caught. I noticed that there was a derby last weekend down south. Does anyone know how that turned out being so early in the season with the fishing slow the way it is?

comment Fred -
It was an HRFA derby. Go to http://www.stripedbassderby.com and find out all about it.

fredddietheJ
Henrey Hudson - Boat 4/17/2010 12:00
Species - StripedBass, bullhead, channelcat, whiteperch, StripedBass, bullhead, channelcat, whiteperch, StripedBass, bullhead, channelcat, whiteperch, StripedBass, bullhead, channelcat, whiteperch,
Fished 12 to 3 on 4/17 across from Henry Hudson. Cool but not much wind. Few showers, little hail. Got white perch on worms, chunked one up, 22 inch striper. Dead low tide. Hit like a catfish, didn't run 'till I got him to the boat. Swallowed the hook so I kept him. Yes, him. I could tell. Also bullhead, channel cat, multiple perch.

comment -
Any luck getting herrings?

comment - Tony n Richie -
I see in you report that you stop fishing around 3 that was the time we star fishing , we whent out with crawlers to have some fun with the cat's ,and we did .. We caught a nice 10 pounder and a few perch, we did the same as you we tossed a live perch out and let it drift and BINGO we got a run , my baitrunner was screaming but no hook ups .... white perch is working better that frozen baits, bloods o anything else for me hell yeahh!

comment - Bill Greene -
4/18/10
I'm not too surprised, but I am encouraged to see you got a 10 lb channel cat. The channels seem to be getting pretty well established in the River -- and that means we'll have another fish with a 10 lb + potential. This is a great River resource in the making - and a year-round one at that -- very welcome.

comment - freddie the j -
no herring yet. tried again sunday at the mouth of the normanskill, one channel, small white perch which i used for bait but no hits.

comment - rich -
fred

when is moot going to get out with that nre boat

comment -freddiethej -
he's a deadbeat. i have an email to him about going to kingston this weekend, probably wont even get the decency of a reply. makes his wife screen his emails in case he gets an invitation, that way he can say he never got it. basically, he is afraid of the water. too bad, he's a nice guy.

ps, send this link to him if you know how, i dont.

comment - rich -
fred
i will send him the link

chuck1
croton and denning point - Boat 4/15/2010 10:00 am to 5pm
Species - StripedBass,
Started day in croton bay fished for 2 hours before high tide,caught one schooly 12inches at best. PAcked it up boat back on the trailer went out of newburgh fished Denning point, fishkill creek, nothing. Fished Bannermans island with herring chuncks, nothing, a beautiful day on the river nice and warm no wind but no fish either still 10 better than being at work

ChasBo
Newburgh - Boat 4/16/2010 12:33:12
Species - SKUNK,
The "Launch Lady" is there noow collecting your dues to launch at Newburgh.
Also, I spoke to 4 others that were out yesterday, and they go the "SKUNK" also.

comment Tony n Richie -
I thought the word "SKUNK" was stitched to our backs in these last 4-5 weeks we have been in the water...... Meanwhile Channels, Bullheads, and Eels are growing bigger. And once and a while a little White Perch. Patience is the word for us lately.

ChasBo
Beacon/Newburgh - Boat 4/16/2010 7:48:49
Species - YellowPerch,
Three in the boat, and can not buy bit one stinking yellow perch.
We threw it all at them, and even drowned some worms. The only ones catching out there yesterday was the D.E.C. They got prenty drgging fish to check up tp the shores at Denning Points Cove. All those fish we could see them netting, and not one would entertain us. Oh Well.

cesarcap
NY/NJ BIGHT - Surf 4/15/2010 noon
Species - StripedBass,
Took the red eye from Santiago Chile and landed at JFK this morning. Went home, showered got fresh herring and was out just before high water slack. Water was 54 degrees.

Landed first keeper striper of 2010--a 30 inch-er, which I think tastes better than Chilean Sea Bass.

So all within 20 minutes of getting there. Even better, got to meeting all 3 kids at the bus stop, take them to baseball practice, eat some pizza and grab Cold Stone--all before the wife came home from work--what a day!

comment cesarcap - cesarcapiojr@yahoo.com -
hmmmm....this was supposed to be just south of Teller's point.

Just Casting
Croton PT - Boat 4/14/2010 21: 2:21
Species - StripedBass,
Fished from 4 to 7 pm with a floatila of other boats.

Skunked Again.

Nice day on the water with the Kids

freddietheJ
troy - Boat 4/11/2010 9:00
Species - sturgeon, drum, whiteperch,
Fished with Curt from 9 til 2 on Sunday, 4/11 at the mouth of the Poestenkill, low tide to almost high. Curt got a sturgeon and a freshwater drum, me, only a white perch. Waded up to the falls by First Street, but did not see any herring. saw other sturgeon caught in the vicinity.

comment dan -
hi guy is that by the red boey and where blue building in troy

comment - -
Yes it is.
freddietheJ

JP
Piermont - Boat 4/11/2010 8:47:26
Species - StripedBass,
Went out on the morning tide, caught a bunch of shorts in 12-18 ft of water.

Just Casting
TZ Bridge to Bear Mnt Bridge - Boat 4/12/2010 3:30: 7:30
Species - StripedBass,
Fished from TZ Bridge to Bear Mnt Bridge.

From 3 to 7 PM

Incoming

No fish and only one other boat fishing which was suprising.

comment - sean -
no fish

ChasBo
Beacon/Newburgh - Boat 4/11/2010 22: 5:28
Species - Largemouth(Rel),
I am not surprised very easily but The Hudson River got me today. I went out at 3PM todat to one of my favorite, Low Tide ends and High incoming, spots. First cast, a big swirl, and gulb away goes my swim bait. The fight is on, but soemthing doesn't feel right. After a good time, and an audiance of about 5 I bring in a 5 Pound Largemouth. Confused yet delighted, I give it another go...same results, smaller 3 pounder. Long story short. At twelve Largemouth rangeing from 2 to 5 pounds, the action just plain stops after about an hour. I knew there where Lagemouth in the river, and have caught a Smallmouth at the same spot last year, but this! That's the good news. The bad news I got the SKUNK instead of a Striper. I think that is a first for this year. Not complaining. I will take 12 Bass of any species any day. Pete, sorry you wern't there, and you know where I was. We will be doing this at low tide every time, that is for sure.
YaHoo!

comment - Bill Greene -
4/12/10

Nice going. Quite a story. Maybe some of them are getting ready to set up on spawning beds, and very agressive in defending against intruders.
That's still quite a large number of fish -- some folks would be lucky to get that many in a whole season. I see boat fishermen beating the weeds around there each year up near the Bridge, and I've never seen them even get a strike.

comment - ChasBo -
Really, what a session. Where I was fishing they could not be making beds. It was around a rock pile out in the River...they were just sitting there waiting for bait, and very hungry.
Have Fun...go fish!!!!

chuck1
Croton point - Boat 4/10/2010 18:00 to 22;00
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
All good things must come to an end at least for now, nothing in croton bay last night trolled the point caught 2 shorts , bait fished with herring on the point caught one cat fish about 5 lbs.

comment - Bill Greene -
4/11/10

Thanks for report -- and nice to see the cat item too. That was probably a white cat. Further up-river there are channel cats -- very encouraging to see there are cats - year round fishing - and for fish that can get over 10 lbs.

comment - sean -
1 12 pounder
1 3 pounder
5 shorts
cats and eels

all weekend

chuck1
croton bay - Boat 4/ 8/2010 18:00 to 20:00
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Another banner night on the bay, smaller fish but good action, 1lb to 5lbs , boated about 25 fish in 2 hours.

hung4wheeler
south of albany - Surf 4/ 9/2010 19:37:17
Species - StripedBass(Rel), herring,
caught 2 stripers today on my stoolie when i was trying to catch herring. one was 19inches the other was 22. ...its a start..and we are still catching herring.

NYSGSP
newburgh orange lake - Boat 4/ 9/2010 9:48:27
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Casbo
please send me an email I live on Rock Cut Rd and fish on Orange Lake and the Hudson would like to talk to you about the recent report of Strippers on Buck Tails
Thanks John 973-219-5187 cell

chuck1
croton bay - Boat 4/ 6/2010 8:49:22
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
If i told you how many you wouldnt believe me, too many to count, ranging from 3 to 12 lbs, caught on the end of the high tide, friends went out again last night 4/7 and hit them again, cant see this lasting much longer, enjoy.

comment - Jaycr3183 -
Bait or lures?

comment cesarcap - cesarcapiojr@yahoo.com -
good report and you're right. i hope this morning's rain doesn't mess things up. i've not been able to get out of work early enough so had to go early/daybreak which sometimes not as good to me this early in season.

to jaycr....(for what it's worth), i've found that both work but the lures "avoid" catfish and eels.

comment - -
Hey Jaycr3183, fishing with lures 5 inch rapala`s and rebels

hung4wheeler
south of albany - Surf 4/ 7/2010 23:33:51
Species - StripedBass, herring,
caught herring today at high tide. had one good run. but no hook up.

comment willie d - -
thanks for the update
hope to hit the river this weekend

comment - freddietheJ -
how did you catch the herring, sabiki's or net?

comment - hung4wheeler -
used a stoolie and the dip net. from shore . this is only the first wave of herring. they are still spotty up and down the river. in about another week it should start to really kick off depending on the weather...''NO MORE RAIN'' .TIGHT LINES

comment - freddiethej -
thanks for the info. never tried a dip net. will probably go to the poestenkill this weekend sometime, i can generally sail up to just below the first street bridge, tie up the boat, and then wade up to the pool below the falls and use a sabiki there. lot of junk in the water though, so gotta watch the prop.

cesarcap
Croton Bay - Surf 4/ 7/2010 7:00
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
out at sunrise and caught 2 schoolies on bucktails. others looked like they got keepers. wanted to stay longer but had to go to work :(

Tony n Richie
Sandy Hook - Surf 4/ 5/2010 19:18: 7
Species - StripedBass(Rel), AmericanEel,
With the Stripers fever we decided to take a trip to Sandy Hook last Saturday...
BIG MISTAKE, we should of stayed by the Keansburgh area. It was foggy, windy and cold, we threw them everything we got, clams, sand worms, frozen bait and we caught nothing but a lot of sand in our gear. We didn't give up and the next day we stopped by the Hudson to burn some of our left over bait and we finally broke the spell and we caught an Eel our first catch of the year. Bank fishing sucks for us lately. Just a few more weeks and things will change, at least we hope so.

comment - ChasBo -
Can I buy the eel from you. You see we are not allowed to buy them up here in NY.....Nor are they able to be sold in NY. The New, and improved bait laws?

comment WILLIE D. - -
I JUST SEEN A REPORT THE HERRING ARE IN CATSKILL, AND SOME SMALLER STRIPERS.
TIME FOR ME TO GET THE BOAT OUT.

comment cesarcap -
ChasBo, try the storm eels or rigged sluggo's which you can put on a 3 way if you're in deep somewhat moving water.

comment - art -
Dont know if it will help, but north past the newburgh bridge second hole on the left under the low i beam train bridge i'm always catching eels at night when i go for catfish. some worms and chiken liver gets em easy. you could catch them at night then stripers in the morning

comment - chasbo -
I know that bridge, and I relly appriciate the heads up.

ChasBo
Orange Lake, Newburgh - Boat 4/ 4/2010 22:52:10
Species - Largemouth(Rel), Pickeral,
Action was tremendous for the 1-2 hours I got out. Baoted about 5 Bass, and 2 piceral all bass about 2 pounds+/- and a Pike looking 30+/- Pickeral that bit my finger realy good.

comment - pete -
hey,chas. is orange lake open to the public?do they have a launch ramp,motor restrictions etc? thanks

comment - ChasBo -
Unfortunatly not open to public. There is a Fish and Game Club there but the waiting list is about 5 years long. I have lived on the lake my whole life and that is why I fish there. I know all the fish by name.

chuck1
croton point and bay - Boat 4/ 3/2010 7:49:59
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Beautiful day to be on the river. Started on the point with blood worms, white perch picking our hooks clean caught one. Plugging in the bay finally turned some fish boated 7 from 3 to 8 lbs.

comment - ChasBo -
Thats waht I have been talking about upriver...sane type of action...good fun heh?

comment - chuck1 -
Hey ChasBo, what do you consider up river i am looking to try fishing wappingers, beacon area never fished up here before, any suggestiions.Tks

cesarcap
Croton Bay - Surf 4/ 3/2010 17:37:46
Species - Catfish(Rel),
Just got in from Disney after lunch and got an email on my bb that the boat was IN! After taking care of fatherly duties and finding my licenses and safety gear, I soaked some Gulp worms and got a catfish. Not what I was hoping for but it was good to be out there. The other 2 boaters out there didn't have any bass to report.

comment cesarcap - cesarcapiojr@yahoo.com -
whoops. That was supposed to be From:Boat! North wind against outgoing tide made conditions tough--no place to hid from the wind.

Kevin
beacon - Surf 4/ 3/2010 21:32:14
Species - StripedBass,
Catching smaller school size fish from Dennings point to chelsea marina north of Newburg beacon bridge

ChasBo
Beacon/Newburgh - Boat 4/ 2/2010 9: 6:38
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
I give reports that are for better or worse. Yesterday we went oput for 5 hours, and caught 4 fish. We knew it would be tough with the wash of rainwater making its way out in the river. Anyway, it was our day off, and a beautiful day. The bass caught were again on casting bucktails. The conditions should improve quickly with the upcoming weather for the next week. Happy Easter to all.

Tony n Richie
Marlboro, Highland and Milton - Surf 3/31/2010 20:20:32
Species - Carp(Rel),
We haven't put our hands on a carp so far this year, the water has been pretty cold so far that's what we blame on it. Meanwhile, I will like you to check it out last year catches we made. Just go to Youtube.com and in the search box type "Hudson River Carp" and you will see us there. Good luck this year to everyone out there.

comment - ChasBo -
Thank you for the report. I am on my way to You Tube for a look.

comment - Bill Greene -
4/4/10

Took a break (from Easter festivities) and looked at your video -- very nice carp, and I saw you got into a couple of those nice male channel cats that pop up from time to time. Also caught you surf trip -- If you're an HRFA member, you can enter those fish -- need length & girth & weight - witness's name - you could witness for each other. I do that all the time with Berkely hand-scale - and then release the fish.

comment Tony n Richie -
Thank you for taking a look at the video guys. Unfortunately we are not HRFA members yet, but we are thinking about it. We started carp fishing last year and we loved it we thank you for the tips you gave us too. We are not interested in contests and competitions yet, but the carp fishing tournament in Baldwinsville is our dream we just don't think we are ready yet. As we said in the video most of our carp were caught in the fall right in Highland. We usually use a method cage to attract them and for weighing we do have a scale and we put the carp on our net. We always do release our fish.

fe
reerr - Surf 3/29/2010 14:47:43
Species - StripedBass,

comment - Toggy -
Thanks to Chas for the reports.Anyone else on this site know how to post? Most uninformative, illiterate site on the net.

comment - ChasBo -
You know, there was a time, when Charlie Stamm was on here, everyone posted,. Anymore I fell as you do...no participation. I have sent my dues this year,but every year it gets harded. If it were not for the fact that the site does do good in the enviromental aspect., I would not belong.

comment Tony n Richie -
Hi there folks, this last report will be ours the one named "Reerr" and I will explain why it came out like that we were trying to make out a carp report but we couldn't submit it, and this is a copy of the email that we sent to the HRFA web master...
We are trying to post a fishing report on your website and after we
> submitted it kept asking "Please submit a valid name". We have posted in
> the past and we didn't have a problem. My question is do we need to be
> registered now? Or are you guys having any problems on the site. Thank you
> very much Tony and Richie.
This was his very quick answer...

Hi Tony and Richie,
As far as I know any name is valid.
However we have had problems with spammers and so our program looks for things like $, @, & and other symbols and tags those reports as spam.
So try putting a different name in the box and see if that works.

Sorry for the troubles.
If the spammers would go away we could be a little more lax but they insist on trying.
Fred

Besides that I am glad I just received my NOAA registration card in the mail today. And it starts like this...

Thank You for registering... You just joined over 12 million other Americans in the National Salt Water Angler registry. You are now part of the network of fishermen to conserve our oceans and sure the future of recreational fishing. By registering, you help NOAA make your catch count.
And that's what it's all about folks on this website too "conserve" and "ensure the future" and make your catch count.

will brrr
croton point - Surf 3/29/2010 12:35:43
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
the last two saturdays with not a single bite, caught nothin but a cold

art
newburgh - Boat 3/27/2010 6pm
Species - StripedBass,
dont know if it was the muddy water or the weather that blew in, but could not boat a single fish. started at dennings point, moved south past bannermans, then up past the bridge to the first oil docks.

comment - chasbo -
Keep you eye open at eighter tide change for the water color change from muddy to clear around Dennings. Cast into the muddy water and bring it into the clear. Most of the rest of the time it is a waste of time. also the water temp needs to be at least 50. +/-

comment - art -
water was def too cold then that day. must have been the weather bringinging it down. Now with this rain i think its gonna be a new ballgame

CHasBo
Anywhere You Are on the Hudson - Boat 3/28/2010 12:18:59
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Anything,
Here I go again. With all the members out there noone but I have anything to report the whole length of the Hudson River. I want this membership to get involved again, like it used to be. WTF

comment - mike -
march 16th started catching channel cats in albany. any word on herring?

comment - -
boats ready, tackles ready, i am ready. i am in albany, thinking of heading south. were you getting any in the beacon area? or should i go down to haverstraw?

comment - Chasbo -
In my reports if spefifically mentions that the only place we are fishing is Beaci/Newburgh, just no with bait. Light tackle and casting lures.

comment - ChasBo -
Havastaw , if you are going for shcooled up fish and useing abit. There are reports of a few lage fish caught...one 30, and a supposed 50. What we have been catching is 1-a5 pounds.

comment -Chasbo -
That is 15 pounds

comment - -
sorry i didn't read your posts more carefully. what with sunday being Easter i am thinking i dont want to go all the way to haverstraw, would do beacon newburgh instead. which is the best launch and do you know anyone selling bait, like sands and bloods or herring?
freddietheJ

comment - ChasBo -
Newburgh Launch, and get you bait at Wards bait shop on Rt 52 town of newburgh...845-518-4274, tell him Charlie sent you. He has it all.

comment - -
Thanks for the information. Supposed to be nice saturday!
freddietheJ

comment willie d - -
iam from the other end of the river, i hope this weather report
pans out , hope to hit the river on monday, first time this yr.
to check things out, and see if the river is fishable up here.
let know.

comment - aokfishing -
Only reports of a couple schoolies off piermont pier, did see a nice rainbow trout from down the road in local creek.
Any info on Striper tourney on 17th, where are weigh ins, and where is the headquarters ?

ChasBo
beacon - Boat 3/25/2010 16: 9:22
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Just striped bass ,and one carp. The bigest bass was 10 pounda not 1

comment cesarcap -
great reports here and noreast (nice carp)! down in tampa now w/ inlaws..but my boat is being worked on as we speak, and i hope to contribute as much as you from croton/ossining area :)

question: this early on, do u do better at dawn or dusk. my guess is dusk. do u also fish the river at night? fatherly duties limit that for me.

comment - ChasBo -
Not a night fisherman on the river. On the lake here yes. I am not seeing a big difference as to dawn or dusk on the river, but the tides change is of utmost importance.

ChasBo
Newburgh/Beaco - Boat 3/25/2010 16: 5:39
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel), Fluke, Fluke(Rel), Flounder, Flounder(Rel), Blackfish, Blackfish(Rel), Weakfish, Weakfish(Rel), Catfish, Catfish(Rel), Carp,
Another great day at the tide change. Racked up 7 fish in all. Another carp in there that accually took Pete's bucktail. 15 pounds. Today's best Striper was 1 pounds.

ChasBo
Denning Point - Boat 3/220/2010 11:37:18
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Carp(Rel),
2 days in a row...out for about 2 hours, and both days got 6 fish. average weight 5 lbs, one at 15 lbs.

A lotta fun out there.

ChasBo
Dennings Point - Boat 3/19/2010 13:37:31
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
And the season has officially started. Good luck to all this year. Please keep your eyes open and be sure to report any violators of the law. Even littering. Let's contiue to keep this beautiful River all it can be. Thanks to you all.

comment - Jaycr3183 -
Did u catch any out there bud?!!?!?

comment - Tony and Richie -
Good luck to you too its good to see you back with your posts.

comment - Bill Greene -
3/20/10

To: ChasBo

That's the right message. Good Luck to you this season.

comment - ChasBo -
Thank you all for your support. Yes am catching plenty.....bucktail madness!

Bill Greene
Beacon/Fishkill area - Surf 3/17/2010 12:35 PM
Species - Carp(Rel), Carp(Rel),
3/18/10 - Very happy to C&R
17 lb, 10oz carp yesterday 3/17 on corn kernels & bread. Witness available, so I entered in HRFA contest. Had one other decent run-off, but only momentary hook-up. Saw others fishing shore - I guess with worms - but did not seem to be catching. Saw lots of anglers fishing at Scarborough later in day as I traveled back south.

comment - Tony and Richie -
Nice fish Bill, its good to see your posts back on again. First day back in the water? I have been in the water myself twice this week without any luck using corn meal. Water still feels pretty cool to my point of view.

comment - Bill Greene -
3/23/10

Tony & Richie

Yes, it was my first day out. Water temps are higher this year than last - about 5 degrees more, but it was slow -- I was fishing about 7 hours. I use one of these weighing slings I bought on one of the carp websites to weigh fish in -- keeps from having to hook/hang fish on scale -- then just adjust for the sling weight.

Good Season to you. - Bill Greene

Poncho
Croton Point - Surf 3/12/2010 10:51:49
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
30 inch 14#

comment - jim -
wow nice fish

comment - Roland -
Maybe you should hold your report until the season opens!!!

comment -fishhead hoop -
saw DEC POLICE nailin poachers keeping 20/40 fish last wk at the piermont pier near the sparkill creak in the woods hideing.they told me they have been thier everday cathcing non licensed persons!probably non citzen non english speaking!The ones I saw fit that criteria. HANGEM FROM THE BRIDGES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

comment - Jim -
Hang 'em from the bridges? Can you be more ridiculous? In all my years of fishing, I've seen more white, english speaking fishermen abuse the environment and the fishery than anyone "non citzen non english speaking." Nice to see some good ol' American hatemongering out here on a fishing board.

comment - -
go to the pier1

comment - -
have seen for 15 yrs, at the pier the same thing over and over. and ive seen all walks, and that is the worst fresh and salt.they have thier hands on my wallet and my passion too.this gotten out of hand!!! MY WORK LIFE SUFFERS BADLY BECAUSE OF THEM!!!

comment Poncho -
I don't keep the stripers from the hudson. I like my fish without PCBs. DEC cops checked license that day, you can fish before the season as long as you dont keep any!

fishhead hoop
wallkill river national wildlife refuge pine island .NY - Surf 2/21/2010 3:00 pm
Species - Largemouth(Rel),
MY FIRST BASS THRU THE ICE.caught on a live minnow it was about 16" long.Not much time on the ice left?

comment - -
still 18 inches of ice up by me, will be here for a while.
freddiethej, rensselaer county

fish head hoop
green turtle pond ring wood state park - Surf 2/12/2010 3;00 PM
Species - perch,
Was out scouting out a spot to fish on greenwood lake and came across this spot so idrove my truck down a long snow covered path and found several other trucks parked and also saw a that it was also trout stocked,so i gave it a try. this time i brought a crow bar and broke thru the 8" ice in less than 3 minuits.used mouseys and minows on two holes fish 4 about two hrs got 3 perch.

comment - -
If you are going to get into ice fishing you may want to check out iceshanty.com.

comment - FISH HEAD HOOP -
THANX I WILL.

fish head hoop
sterling forest NY - Surf 2/9/2010 3:00 pm
Species - pickeral,
my first time ever ice fishing!Did some reading on the matter a few winters now,and I finally got out on the hard water. chopped a hole with a claw hammer what pain in neck Ihave to get an auger next.got two nice pickeral one about 18"and 24" on 2 lb test ultra lite ice rod with minnows.I am now ofically a frosty fisherman

comment - fish head hoop -
oh yeah I also had fun watching some musk rats comeing thru the ice in spots bringing up I think water cress seeds I call them devil seeds because the look really wierd with black hard husks and sharp spines. I think they are also invasive, at least the musk rats like them,counted 8 on the ice at one time beutifull day no wind,calm before the storm...

comment freddietheJ -
I think they are called water chestnuts. very common in the mid_hudson area. but chopping a hole with a claw hammer? that shows dedication. when you buy an auger get a six not eight inch. eight inch is a lot more work.

comment - fish head hoop -
yes they are water chestnut, I read up on it.

freddietheJ
Grafton State Park - Surf 1/23/2010 2:00 pm
Species - trout, pickerel,
Fished thru the ice on Saturday, Jan. 23, with Curt and Harald at Long Pond in Grafton State Park, Rensselaer County, NY. Beautiful day, sunny, no wind, 25 degrees. Few pickerel but then one of Curt's flags went up, he was busy so I ran to it. Could feel it was big right away, began to pull, he pulled back, let line slip thru fingers a few times, but then saw it flash below the hole: brown! Few more runs but then birthed him through the hole, 20 inches of gleaming brown trout! Curt's tip up so he got to claim it. Heard it was delicious. Hey ice fishermen out there, how about a few reports?

comment -FISH HEAD HOOP -
want to catch trout thru the ice! nice catch fred!

freddietheJ
GLass Lake - Surf 1/ 1/2010 12:00
Species - pickerel,
January 1, 2010. Fished through the ice on Glass Lake, Rensselaer County, NY on New Year's day with Curt and my brother Dave who was down from Saskatoon for a visit. Pretty slow but Curt managed about 5 small pickerel. Too tired on Saturday to fish, and Sunday was too cold, windy and snowy. Try again next weekend. Any other ice fishermen out there with something to report?

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
New York Harbor/Coney Island - Boat 11/ 1/2009 14:29: 4
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel), Blackfish, Blackfish(Rel),
My self and Lauri Knospler got out this past Sunday and did some bass fishing in the harbor the fishing was slow but we got two keeper bass both thirty seven inchs and one bass at thirty six that was released. We were using eels for bait also caught one bass on the gulp eel. Then we went over by Coney Island and try for some Black Fish we fish some rock piles and caught eight keeper black fish with the biggest being 7lb. We also had some throw backs. Not a bad day. The bait for black fish were green crabs.

Lots Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Hudso River New York Harbor - Boat 10/25/2009 7:57:25
Species - StripedBass, Blackfish,
Got out Sunday Morning with my buddy Angelo and hit the river for some bass. Could not hold bottom by 31 even with 10oz.Had one keeper bass at 37 inch.up river. Try to fish by Diamond Reef but some people still don't get about anchor on Diamond Reef there was a boat there and you could not get a good drift with out running over his anchor line so that was a waste of time. Ran down by the Coney Island and found some black fish by the jetties we had 7 keeper up 6.5 lbs. Over all not a bad day

MIKE SANTIAGO
SHONNOCOCK SAND BEACHES - Surf 10/18/2009
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
9 KEEPERS TO 17 LBS ALL RELEASED ON A ROARING SURF
INCLUDING 3 SUBMITED TO CONTEST 37.36.34 IN

Lots Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Hudson River - Boat 10/12/2009 7: 2:29
Species - StripedBass, Bluefish, Blackfish, Blackfish(Rel),
Got to fish with my buddy Capt Ralph on Weigh Point Sport Fishing on Sunday. We caught four keeper bass. The largest being caught by my nephew Brenden Cardinal 28lbs 43 inchs. Second largest fish was my Buddy Terry Elliot 20lbs 39 inchs. and two smaller bass at 30 inchs. Then we try some black fish we caught a total of ten keepers and a lot of shorts the biggest black fish was 5.5 lbs. Had a great day I will hit the river next weekend to try to catch some of those black fish. Bait for the day was live eels and green crabs.ps also got some nice blue fish.

comment - striperman -
where did you catch Blackfish in the Hudson? Thanks

comment - -
Also curious where there's Blackfish on the Hudson ? ......Big Stripers too ? ....Are you sure you were on the Hudson? .....Thanks , Jim

comment - Chuck Lots Of Luck -
There are a lot of black fish in the Hudson, you have to work the old broken down peirs. But you have to be care full because there are a lot of shallow rocks.

freddiethej
Albany - Boat 10/ 4/2009 8:00 am
Species - Smallmouth(Rel), whiteperch,
Fished the mouth of the Normanskill from 7 to 11 am on Suday, using worms, white perch, and lures. One 12 inch striper, one 14 inch small mouth, one 10 inch channel cat. High tide was at about 5 am, should have got there a little earlier. Try again next weekend if the weather holds up.

LARRY WILSON AKA THE TUBINFOOLS
HULL MA - Boat 9/19 TO 9/25
Species - StripedBass(Rel), BLUE, S,
WE WENT WITH HIGH HOPE,S BUT THE BAIT WAS NOT THERE IT BY PAST BOSTON OR DID,NT COME WILE WE WERE THERE BUT WE STILL CAUGHT 20+ FISH ADAY 0N BLUE + RED TUBE,S ALSO BLACK WORKED WELL TO NO LIVE BAIT AS OF WHEN WE WERE THERE. BUT A WEEK LATER IT,S THERE BUT WERE NOT .MAYBE WE WILL HAVE BETTER LUCK IN NY .WITCH WILL BE OUR FIRST TIME AROUND LONG ISLAND. AYY HELP OUT THERE.

Rich P
Hackensack River - Boat 9/26/2009 7: 3:26
Species - StripedBass(Rel), WhitePerch, StripedBass(Rel), WhitePerch, StripedBass(Rel), WhitePerch, StripedBass(Rel), WhitePerch,
Had schoolies ranging from 12 to 26 inches at various locations from Jersey City to Secaucus. Some spots had only a few bigger fish and some had dozens of smaller fish. Fishing in the afternoon/evening we had 60 or so fish in the boat. Maybe a dozen were at or over 20", not a bad trip.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Coney Island - Boat 9/21/2009 8:51:51
Species - SeaBass,
Myself and Lori went out early Sunday AM to fish the East River for bass but had no luck. So we went down by the VZ for weak fish and had no luck there. So I went over by Coney Island and we found a spot that had a ton of Sea Bass there. We finish up with 10 nice size keepers with the biggest fish being 16 inchs.

comment - Fisheye -
Where? Coney Island is a big place

comment fish head -
If you look at sea map, I think it could only be the largest area of stucture?

comment Chuck Lots Of Luck- -
Look for the mussel bed south of the C can

freddie the j
NY/NJ BIGHT - Boat 9/13/2009 12:00
Species - StripedBass, Smallmouth(Rel), whiteperch,
Fished the mouth of the Normanskill below the port of Albany from noon until 2. Immediately got some bait sized white perch on worms. Using them go two nice small mouth about 16-17 inches and one 5 pound 24 inch striper. First one this year for me including the spring run. about time.

freddie the j

Tony n Richie
highland - Surf 9/12/2009 17:36:28
Species - Carp(Rel),
Well I feel sad to report this because its going to be one of my last carp reports until next year. We have been fishing for carp since the Striper season ended this year with some good catches and some missed. My son and I have been fishing all over the place places like Rosendale,Walkill River,Marlboro, Beacon... Talking about Beacon it seems to be a place almost impossible to do some fishing over there, its always crowded but we did pull a couple carp out of that place with the biggest one being 10 pounder between the old dock piles and the weeds. Beacon is definately a good place for carp fishing . Our last day fishing was Labor Day weekend spending about 9 hours Sunday and about 5 hours Monday. We did have a run Sunday and we lost our baiting cage too and Monday the only thing we caught was a baby carp measuring about 12 to 14 inches long, I didnt even bother to measure it. For bait we used cornmeal doughballs its seems to be the best to catch carp in the Hudson River. Pretty soon we will be heading down South to Sandy Hook for some Fall Stripers.

MIKE SANTIAGO
MONTAUK - Boat 9/ 5/2009 0:59:35
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel), Fluke, Fluke(Rel), PORGY, SEABASS,
WENT OUT WITH FELLOW MEMBER LOU THE COFFEEEMAN AND CHRISTENED HIS NEW 2`' GRADY WHITE
WE DIAMOND JIGGED BLUES TO 12 LBS PORKCHOP PORGY SEABASS AND FLUKE ALL EXCEPT PORGY AND SEABASS WERE RELEASED
WE THEN HEADED OVER TO RIPS AND PROCEEDED TO CATCH BASS TO 35+ LBS WITH EVERYONE HAVING BASS OVER 20
KEEPING 2 FOR TABLE
HAD 7 FISH OVER 40"
NICE FIRST TRIP

Tony
Higland - Surf 8/29/2009 16: 2:47
Species - Carp(Rel),
Caught 3 carp today the first one was 18 pounds and the second one was 14 pounds and the last one was 17 pounds. They all were released. For bait we used doughballs. WHAT A DAY!!!!!! Planning to go back tomorrow

comment - Bill Greene -
9/6/09

Nice going with the carp! If you join the club, and have a witness, you can enter it in the contest, and still release it.

comment - StriperZiffy -
What body of water were you fishing?Hudson?

comment - Bill Greene -
Nice going! Please see my comment to your other post about weighing, getting the length and girth measurements with a witness and entering in Contest.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
VZ Bridge - Boat 8/16/2009 18:44:21
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
Fish today with Lori we fish by the VZ Bridge Lori and I caught two 5 lb Fluke and two 21 inch keepers. We also caught some shorts and sea robins. Nice day on the river. Bait for the day was spearing and squid. We fish the out going tide only.

Dave Butterfield
Stellwagen Bank Mass. - Boat 8/10/2009 9:58:51
Species - Bluefish, Bluefintuna,
Fished with Blue Water Charters on Monday, 13 hour marathon trip. Landed this 185 lb.blue fin tuna and loads of cod, haddock, and a few red fish.

comment - Joe Schmoe -
Looks more like a yellow fin to me buddy!!! 185 lbs.?????

Bill Greene
Beacon/Cold Spring Area - Surf 8/10/2009 22:26:16
Species - Carp(Rel),
8/10/09

Due to threatening weather 8/9, I tried a new spot on a speculation and lucked out with a 10 lb/5 oz carp. Got a small channel cat at 11:00 AM, then no bites at all until the carp hit at 3:00PM. During the 4 hour wait, I kept telling myself I shouldn't have even left home. Stuck it out to prevent my making the same mistake again. Then 3:00 came and Bingo! - no mistake - I have a brand new spot!

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
New York Harbor - Boat 8/10/2009 7:52:29
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
Got out Sunday AM on 8/9/09 and wanted to fish Ambrose Channel but the weather was not that good. So I try a few spots in the harbor and caught a 8lb fluke,4lb and three other keepers. Not bad for staying above the VZ also did not use much gas at all. Bait for the day was killie and squid.

Tom Guyre
Hoffman Island - Boat 8/ 3/2009 12:49:16
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
Drifted between Hoffman and Ambrose. Caught fluke 12 -24" all morning. Tagged 6 or 7 for the ALS. My fishing buddy John landed a 21" while nypd harbor patrol was checking my paperwork. Whole smelts, whole squid and Robin belly did the trick. As my Father once told me "BIGGER THE BAIT....BIGGER THE FISH"

freddiethej
colorado - Surf 7/31/2009 15:20:43
Species - LargemouthBass,
went to colorado last week to visit my daughter. caught some nice rainbows in lake dillon in the mountains. However, had a really interesting experience with largemouths. they live in a development with a pond. me and my son in law mike decided to fish it from shore with worms. after a short time i got a bite and then a bigger bite. when i got it in i had a small perch and a 3-4 pound largemouth. a light went on and we caught a bunch of small perch and used them for bait. cast way out and wait. BAM, one strike after another, it was like striped bass fishing with herring. many were lost in the struggle when they jumped or wrapped themselves around an obstruction. since the bait was large they ran 2 to 5 pounds each. quite the time. big bait equals big fish.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
New York Harbor - Boat 7/26/2009 19:26: 0
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
Fish the incoming tide and caught two keeper fluke.Not that many fish around where I was fishing. Bait for the day was gulp and live killies. Maybe better next week.

ChasBo
Orange Lake, Newburgh - Boat 7/24/2009 6:36:39
Species - Largemouth(Rel),
I just could not do anything wrong last evening. Started out with a 4lb6oz on a Pop "R". It did not seem to matter what I threw at them they where just hungry. Then as it started to sprinkle they shut down. It was getting dark anyway. What a great way to spend two hours at the end of my day off.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
New York Harbor VZ - Boat 7/19/2009 20: 6:45
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
Fish Sunday AM left the dock about 8:30 AM from Bayonne Elco Marina. There were a lot of fluke in the lower harbor above the VZ Bridge. Caught a lot of shorts 17 to 20 inch. I fish all over the harbor and got four keeper fluke with the biggest 23 inch 4lb. I only fish the out going tide and made it a short day. The bait for the day was fluke belly and killies.

Rich and Christian
Lower Harbor - Boat 7/18/2009 11a - 6p
Species - Fluke, Robins(twilidee, tweet, tweet), Fluke, Robins(twilidee, tweet, tweet), Fluke, Robins(twilidee, tweet, tweet), Fluke, Robins(twilidee, tweet, tweet),
Awesome day, lots of flaties and a few doormats. Kept us busy all day. East side, West side all around the Haror.

Rich watched as a tanker came within 200 feet, Chris had no idea it was coming. What a sight (still from a safe distance).

We have our boat, Nothin' II Fancy at Liberty Storage facility. Very convient and no towing (hardly), fifteen minutes and we're in the water. Almost as good as a slip and a lot less $$$.

ChasBo
Orange Lake, Newburgh,NY - Boat 7/18/2009 9:41:27
Species - Largemouth(Rel),
I have lived on Orange Lake for 50 years. This is the best fishing we have had that I remember. There must have been some extra spwning going on in the past few years. Having a good time until thing pick up again down in Raritan Bay.

comment - tubin fool -
take a trip to hull ma and fish you will catch stripers from shore or boat sept is great if you can,t i will let you now how we make out . the tubin fool(aka) larry wilson

comment - ChasBo -
Thank you for the heads up. It gets hot and heavy here starting September all the way til Christmas.

comment - tubinfool -
thanks for the heads up iam from ma but now live near copperstown so were should i fish from down there.

larry wilson
hull ma - Boat 7/6to7/15 daytime
Species - StripedBass(Rel), bluefish,
we fished red blue tube and worm all around islands in boston harbor wecaught about 150 stripers from 15 in to 40 in blues were about 6lbs it was good week but not agreat one this time of year we most often catch around 250 plus for the week .most of the bass were still down the cape should be better insept. we will be there then with rods ready well by for now the tubin fool.

comment - ChasBo -
Now that is a great report. I have been blessed with those type of days. They tend to be in the fall in my neighborhood. For now I will fish vicriously through you. Thank you for the report.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Nortons Point/Ambrose Channel - Boat 7/12/2009 20:55: 4
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
Got out this Sunday to fish the incoming tide for fluke. The conditions were not that good I had wind against tide. I fish by the VZ Bridge and had some shorts and one keeper. Went out to Nortons Point and caught a lot of shorts and one keeper. Fish the Ambrose Chanel and caught two more keepers and some shorts. You had to work hard to catch fluke today with the wind conditions. Bait for the day was squid and live killies. Also caught one short bass on the way back to marina the bass was 24 inchs and was released.Had a total of 4 keeper Fluke from 21 to 24 inchs.Maybe conditions will be better next week.

Garg
City island - Surf 7/ 6/2009 22:55:47
Species - StripedBass,

Nick Gargiulo
NY/NJ BIGHT - Surf 7/ 6/2009 22:55:47
Species - LargemouthBass,

ChasBo
Hoffman Isl Area - Boat 7/ 6/2009 18:24:13
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Fluke,
The Fluke fishing is great as Fish Head Hoop explained. But I had my personal worst day for Striped Bass and Blues. I got two 5Lb+/- Bass, and count them, 0, none, skunked, on the blue fish. No hits, runs, or even a foul ball. Where are all the blues that are always available to break some lines, and steal some lures? I'll try to get back Thursday, if you know where they are hiding please let me know.

Ted Sheola
Atlantic - off Elberon - Boat 6/23/09 4:00 - 7:30 PM
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),
Belated report - been having trouble posting from a Mac.

Caught my personal best striper, 47.5" long (released), as well as a 42" one (25.24" girth) released, and a 36 lb. 12 oz. one, 45" long, 26" girth. A great day of fishing on an open charter boat out of Brielle.

FISH HEAD HOOPS
lower harbor - Boat 7/ 5/2009 21:33:35
Species - Fluke(Rel),
got out today for only four hours and started out in the upper harbor looking for fluke,the bight was a little slow and only got six shorts then went beyond the VZ to try a spot that I found on a friday afternoon last week not another boat in the area great!thru down the usual stuff and had non stop action for four hours on fluke lots of shorts and some decent fish and also got three dog fish in the teens at another spot neer rockaway largest ones I ever caught what a great day! Any way I returned to this area with my buddy rich today and we caught about 50 fluke between us with several fluke 4+lb 22" and over! got them on a rig I devised from 5" light wieght trolling spoons with neon glow beed on a three way set up with a fluke belly for smell and wiggle worked very well! see ya next week.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Rockaway Reef and New York Harbor - Boat 6/28/2009 10PM
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel), Fluke, Fluke(Rel), PorgyandSeaBass,
Myself and HRFA member Mike Budney left the dock from Bayonne Marina and went out to Rockaway Reef. Did some drifting at first then anchor up for a while. Fshing was a lttle slow we caught four keeper sea bass and a lot of shorts also we caught four keeper Porgy 14 inchs at 2lb and some shorts.A few dog fish were also caught. While we were out there a school of blue fish came through feeding on spearing and we caught a lot of cocktail blues some we kept and some released. On our way back we stop at the Jersey Flats in the harbor and did some Jersey Fluking and had a lot of shorts and three keeper at 21 inchs. Had a fun day and caught some fish also.

ChasBo
Orange Lake, Newburgh - Boat 6/29/2009 7:21: 4
Species - SmallmouthBass, Pickeril,
I will continue to bore you until I get to go down to Raritan Bay and do some Big Boy fishing. I fished Thursday, and Friday Evening and the piceril were on the attach both days. There really is something to those expensive titaniun spinner baits. The bass love them also. The frogging in the lily pads continues to produce lots of excitment it is just very hard to hook up they love to mess with you. Anyway, go fish whrever you can, and tell us your story.

Tony
Marlboro area - Surf 6/28/2009 8: 1:11
Species - Carp(Rel),
We went out Saturday morning for a few hours, the tide was low and no luck. We came back in the afternoon with the high tide, and cauhgt one and lost 2,(they dropped the bait). On the high tide it has been more successfull for me.For bait I am still using canned corn and fresh Italian bread it works great. The carp we caught were all about 27 inches long. I have been using #2 circle hooks that cauhgt the carp right in the corner of their mouth (perfect hook ups). Once again they are awesome runners and good fighters, just the same as Stripers. This time I did bring my net and i was able to release it with no harm. Thanks to Chas, bo, and Bill Greene for their great tips. Sorry I took so long to answer too buisy at work.

Richard Marshall
Old Tappan Res. - Surf 6/23/2009 2:10:27
Species - LargemouthBass,
4.97 lb. weighed at The Country Store. Used 2.oz. bucktail jig

comment - Bill Greene -
I think they catch largemouths right in the Hudson River - starting at Newburgh and north. - Bill Greene

comment - ChasBo -
You are right about that, and I have caught smallmouth right in the bay at Dennings point.

ChasBo
Orange Lake, Newburgh - Boat 6/22/2009 8: 8:15
Species - Largemouth(Rel), Pickrel,
Lots of topwater froging going on yesterday with my friend Pete for Fathers Day. We fished back in where we have not been in many years. The water is at it's highest level that I can remember for 50 years in June. We had them chase our Spro Frogs from 3 until 7PM. Nice surprise as we thought it was a complete rainy wahout for the day.Please keep the reports coming.

tony
Marlboro area - Surf 6/21/2009 14: 7:32
Species - Carp,
I was browsing the last reports in the HRFA web site , and decide to give it a shot for carp ,Well I got two today! my first Carp from the hudson... My first one lost it I was able to touched with my hand when the line snap.. (din"t carry a net wit me) second one, hit my best pole and iI was able to bring in to rocks ,what a blast! they are really runners, beautiful fish,awsome fight took a long time to bring in ,my reel kept screaming wow! for bait corn and bread ... thanks again to Bill greene for the tip it really works on Carp thank you! have a happy father day@ beacause my was great. by the way my second one was release too.

comment - ChasBo -
Funny you should give a carp report. I have been reserching them this week and in Europe they are up there in the top 3 game fish. What fighters they are. One of the baits was a huge surprise. Nuts, any kind of fresh nuts that will stay on the line. Another thing that was pointed out was to always keep a can of spam in your tackle box. It is always a well recieved bait. The Hudson has cark up there in the 40 LB range. No matter what size they give your rod and reel a good workout. Thanks for the report.

comment - Bill Greene -
6/22/09

Tony:

Thank you for your kind words -- I'm glad that worked out.
If you join the HRFA, and have a scale, tape & witness, you can get the measurements, release the fish, and enter it in the contes using the on-line form. They sell weighing slings on the carp websites -- Carp Anglers Group for one -- lists a number of providers. You wet the sling, then put the carp in the sling, so you don't have to put the scale hook in its gills, then subtract the sling weight. I do this and release most of my fish. - Bill Greene

comment - Bill Greene -
6/25/09

Fishing nuts can be tricky -- what they do in England is shell the nut, then drill a small hole in the nut, run the line through it, then put on the hook. A bit of a nuisance, but in England they have far fewer carp, and have to go to great lengths to fool them. I actually own one of these drill bits - never used it. We have it so good in USA it's hard to believe. - Bill Greene

comment - Tom -
What do you use to catch them? I heard that they are catching some big carp in Alpine boat basen.

comment - Bill Greene -
6/29/09

Tom:

Check my posting of 6/13 -- in particular my response about canned corn kernels and bread to an inquiry someone else made.

Alpine is down in the salty area - I think you're much more likely to get steady carp action around Croton/Haverstraw/Peekskill & above. - Bill Greene

comment - -
when i was a kid we used to fish for carp on the lower esopus in the hurley area. this older kid's sister (yeah she was cute) showed us a carp bait technique. if i remember right she would take some corn tassels, not the silk from the ears but the tassel from the top of the plant, and grind it to make a kind of flour. she would then add water, some sugar and a bunch of cotton. then bake til done, then smush it up into balls. the cotton would help it stay on the hook. flour would work just as well i suppose and i must admit that i was only 7 or 8 so my recollection of grinding the corn tassels is a little hazy. the cotton was key though. bacon worked good too.

comment - -
ps, forgot to put my name on the last post
freddiethej

ChasBo
Everwhere - Boat 6/15/2009 14: 9:54
Species - FISH,
Hey, thank you for the eager, and glowing reports. I love it. Keep them coming. I did not get down to Raritan on Sunday, but did fish at home on Orange Lake. Fish with my nephew, and his friend from 3PM until dusk. We caught about 10 Largemouth, and 4 pickeral. We missed twice as many. We were using topwater frogs and fishing the lily pads. It is tough to hookset them when they come crashing up through. They miss most of the time besides. Great weather for a change, and we all had a great day.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
East River and VZ Bridge - Boat 6/15/2009 9: 9:41
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
Got out Sunday early and fish the end of the outgoing tide in the river. Myself and a friend of mine John. We had two keeper bass one at 34 inch and the other at 29 inch we also had a lot of bass between 22 and 24 inch that were release. Cauht a few blues in the river also we were fishing with eels. Then we fish the incoming tide for fluke had a lot of shorts and four keeper from 22 inch to 24 inch all fluke were 4 to 4.5 lbs. Over all not a bad day.

comment - Tom -
I found fishing with a diving rapala black and white in color works good for fluke.

Bill Greene
Beacon/Newburgh - Surf 6/13/2009 21:31:49
Species - Carp, channelcatfish,
6/13/09

Carp were spawning in great numbers, but some - apparently males - were still feeding. Got my biggest yet of year so far - 19 lb 3 oz --- 3 others in 10+ lb range, and 2 smaller channel cats - first I've seen of the channels all season. - Bill Greene

comment - richie -
what are u using for bait?

comment - Bill Greene -
6/19/09

Canned corn kernels and a piece of fresh bread - the bread squeezed into a small pancake and put across the bend of the hook. Also, plan to spend some time waiting for a bite. I got these 4 carp and 2 channels over an 8 hour session. 4 carp is a very good day.

comment - richie -
thank you for the info. im new to fishing in the hudson. just got a small boat which is docked in haverstraw. now i need to find the fish :)

fish head hoops
upper harbor - Boat 6/13/2009 18:17:44
Species - Bluefish, fluke,
went out in the am and found birds working aroud the statioary barg the one with all the terns nesting on it,is also covered with scub brush and weeds groing on it, has the buchanon quary rock barges tied next to it, they were nailing spearing and then returning to the barge to feed thier nestlings it was prety cool to see with the city and the statue in the background. would be a good segment for animal planet. any how my buudy rich and myself put our a17 diamond jigs on and casted into the crowd and caught many snappers 1-4 lbs on light tackle kept 16 for the table for fillets and fish cakes for the freezer. left them biting after two hours to try for fluke a little further down the harbor,got only shorts and headed in around 3 when the weather turned, all and all a fun day in our old stomping grounds. go gettem chasbo.

comment - ChasBo -
Thank You for that report. I have done what you explained, and run into adolesent Strippers also. What a blast. Useing bucktails.

comment - richie -
in regards to the barge and rock quary you talk about, is that located just south of indian point?

ChasBo
Anywhere - Boat 6/11/2009 23: 0:52
Species - Anything,
Has the whole HRFA given up fishing? It is over up here but I know there is good fishing all around the Big City, The Harbour, VN Bridge, Raritan Bay to name a few. How about sharing from down that way. I have my yearly pass for Great Kills already and with any luck I will be there this Sunday. You know if I get to go you will be hearing about it here at the Report Board. Come on you Fish Faces get off your butts and get some excitment going. Perhaps it really was only Chas Stamm that gave all those great reports from days gone by. I miss you Charlie thanks for all the great tips you shared with us. Good fishing to all.

comment - cesarcap -
Croton area was quiet for me this week--weather and work didn't help--though I hear some big blues are around. But went out last night near Execution Rocks/Hempstead Hbr on a party boat from 7-1am. (I got out of work late, didn't want to take my boat all the down Hudson/Harlem at night).

Bass bite was on though not for that long--but for 10 fisherman there were nice 7 keeper bass including 3 in mid-high twenties. I had 1 of fattest 29" fish (post spawn). Tons of bunker but surprisingly not that many blues on the boat.

Mates think bass have yet to come to sound--and believe next two weeks will be good. But if that's the case, there should be a few in NY Harbor or maybe even in the Hudson, no?

comment - ChasBo -
I will let you know about the Harbour if i go. I appritiate the report. Good Fishing to you.

Bill Greene
Newburgh/Beacon area - Surf 6/ 6/2009 10:00 AM
Species - Carp,
6/6/09 Got an 18 lb, 2oz carp today, and with a witness available, was able to enter it in HRFA contest. Carp really biting today - my fish was one of 5 I caught. Another shore-fisherman got a 19 lb'er. - Bill Greene

fish head hoops
lower harbor off the point - Boat 5/29/09
Species - Bluefish(Rel), fluke,
drifted in the upper harbor for fluke to start the day and got one keeper then me and my buddy rich went to the lower harbor with a tip from our friend chuck and trolled up the two of the biggest blues of our lives! one 13lb 10oz and another 15lb 2oz on sretch plugs 28 ft down what a fight!!!

comment - -
Where is the lower harbor? What is a sretch plug???
Thanks
johnmills24@yahoo.com

comment - -
manns strech 25's

freddie the j
NY/NJ BIGHT - Boat 6/ 2/2009 15:38:48
Species - StripedBass, shad, herring,
Fished the Troy to Bethlehem stretch of the Hudson from mid-April to last weekend. Probably went 10 times and put in 60 to 70 hours. One shad, no stripers. Many herring but I think they were all or virtually all alewives. No bluebacks. I heard it wasn't so good up here this year, but last year was bad too. Hate to say it but I think too many people are keeping too many big cows. In my opinion whatis needed is a slot limit. Maybe one fish between 18 and 32 inches. Everything else goes back. Contests could still be run, whoever gets closest to 32 wins. Maybe even a hi/lo prize.

Or do I just suck as a fisherman?

comment - christian hoops -
its not worth killing a cow just for a trophy. the big ones dont taste good and are loaded with mercury.If the fish died i would eat it other wise i would release it.

comment - christian hoops hrfa membr -
its not worth killing a cow just for a trophy. the big ones dont taste good and are loaded with mercury.If the fish died i would eat it other wise i would release it.

ChasBo
Newburgh Beacon Bridge - Boat 6/ 1/2009 7:25:52
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
I know there are still fish out there but I am packing it in for the season. I went out from 4-9Pm yesterday, and until the last 2 hours I caught nothing. No one else I talked to was either. Then on my way in I slid by the bridge pilings. The fish finder sceen went blank with fish. Well, I had to give it a try. They where stripped Bass allright. The thing is that none of the 20+/- that I caught were more than a pound. No regrets though, I was catching for the whole time. I stayed until dark. A mediocore season for me for the big ones. But as always a great place to be for the spring. Onto the next species. Warm regards to all.

comment cesarcap - cesarcapiojr@yahoo.com -
I think you're right--I went out Tues and Wed morning (before work) so had limited time...and caught nothing but eels. Missed 1 bass though (on bunker head) but still for 5+hours with right tide/ decent conditions...

comment - ChasBo -
Thank you for your affermation. Today I bid farewell to my favorite spieces, and launch my boat in fresh wat on Orange Lake. I always enjoy the Hudson River experiance, but it does end at some point up this way.

cesarcap
Ossining - Boat 5/31/2009 7am
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),
bunker worked today in the morning for a 26" and a 37" bass, which was released.

LARRY WILSON
HULL MA - Boat 5/28/2009 Â Â Â 17:57:27
Species - StripedBass(Rel), STRIPEDBASS,
WE CAUGHT 12 BASS FROM 8 TO 24LBS CAUGHT ALL ON TUBE&WORM BLUE TUBES RED TUBES ALL AROUND BOSTON HARBOR&ISLANDS

comment - JOHN -
HEY LARRY PLEASE EMAIL ME JOHNMILLS24@YAHOO.COM
what are tube lures and what speed were you trolling?
where is it that you were fishing
Thanks
John

comment - -
TO JOHNMILLS SURG TUBES I MAKE MY OWEN 22IN LONG SOME WITH SPINNERS SOME WITH JUST BEADS OF DIFFERNT COLORS CALL ME AT 607 6385012 GIVE ME YOUR ADDRESS I,LL SEND YOU SOME TROLL SPEED ABOUT 3MPH OR AS SLOW AS YOUR BOAT WILL GO,HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU LARRY

comment - -
you can reach me at tubinfools yahoo.com

comment - -
WHO IS JOHN MILLS CAN ANYONE TELL ME PLEASE DROP ME ANOTE ABOUT HIM IF HE IS REAL?

Marc
catskill,ny - Boat 5/28/2009 3:31:21
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Went yesterday morning in the wind and rain and boated 5 strippers. All males with the largest being 32". All on live herring. I also had about 5 more run offs. Great morning on the hudson.

ChasBo
Newburgh - Boat 5/26/2009 20:51:18
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
When the cottenwood blows across the river the oldtimers say the bass run is over. Somebody tell me that is not so.Yesterday I fish with my friend Pete, and his son Mike. In 4 hours we had some nibbles, and one, just one 17.10 pounder. Let's have some chatter out there please, and try to convience each other that the fat lady has not sung.

comment cesarcap -
sunday was at croton bay--didn't catch anything-but 5 and 3 yr old son got bored after 30 minutes right after slick was established. but other ppl had action.

monday was near west point and had almost nice almost 20lb that was ready to spawn... i had a brain fart and didn't have net handy-tried to get her by tail--not mouth :) yes it was dumb but it's kind of funny too.

i've had more luck in western sound of late--and wonder what this cold rain will do to hudson run....

comment - ChasBo -
Thank you for the follow up. It is good to hear someone else is still in the game. I went out today and got a 9 Pounder. After work in the two hours left of the day. I feel good.

comment - -
We fished in newburgh on the 20th and crushed them with the biggest 30lbs tight with eggs.Too many to count.
Went out again on the 24th and couldn't find any good marks and got skunked.My buddy hit it on the 28th found good marks but no biters (skunked).I hate to say it but I done, time to hit the lower river and RB.

chip
beacon long dock - Surf 5/15/2009 21:44:18
Species - StripedBass,
i cought a 43 pounder at longdock in beacon on blood warm

chip
beacon long dock - Surf 5/15/2009 21:44:18
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass, StripedBass,
i cought a 43 pounder at longdock in beacon on blood warm

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Lower Harbor - Boat 5/24/2009 17:18: 4
Species - Bluefish, Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
Got Sunday Morning and fish the incoming tide for fluke. Got two keepers 22 inchs and lot of shorts. Went down by Nortons Point and caught a lot of short fluke say some birds working and ran over and fill up with blue fish 2 to 3lbs they were feeding on spearing. Over all not a bad day except for the fog down below.

Bill Greene
Cold Spring/ Beacon area - Surf 5/21/2009 20:36:59
Species - Carp(Rel),
5/21/09

Caught & released 5 small to medium carp - top just short of 9 lbs. Lost 3 others due to hook pulls - clamping down on lightly hooked fish running toward obstructions, and leader cut-offs on obstructions.

Amazing sight - for the 9 hours I was there, big carp - most larger than what I caught - were constantly jumping in the bay area and main current.

Soon they'll be spawning - very active along the shoreline - but not feeding.

There was a report among some of the shoreline fishermen of a shore-caught 43 lb. striper last weekend at Long Dock Fishing Pier at Beacon.

comment - chip -
yes there was a 43 lb striper cought on long dock im the one that cought it

comment - Bill Greene -
5/27/09

Chip:

Nice going - I saw the picture on the internet too.

Bill Greene

comment - -
i broke a net landing her and its my first big fish i take every one one and they get the big ones

comment - Bill Greene -
6/2/09

Chip:

I hear about the landing net too from one of the guys who is often around up at Denning Point and Fishkill bird watching.

I think he was down at the pier when you caught the big one.

Best of luck for the rest of season.

bob taff.
raitan bay - Boat 5 20 09 5-9 pm
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, porgies,
big porgies 14 inche biggest

Bone fish
Troy - Surf 5/18/2009 11: 2:41
Species - StripedBass,
Not much going on Saturday 5/16/09. Wind blew hard in the pm, couldn't mark a fish at low tide. Fish have headed south.

ChasBo
Cornwall Bay - Boat 5/17/2009 21:31:31
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Now were're talking. Fished from 2-6, and boated 10 keepers, and 4 bait snachers. It's all good.

james holbrook
kingston - Boat 5/16/2009 18:31:29
Species - StripedBass,
one 30 inch caught a few other hits no takers chunh herring

Baddog1234
Patroon Island bridge - Boat 5/16/2009 12:00
Species - StripedBass, Herring,
Caught lots of herring below Patroon bridge and Troy dam but no stripers.. Wind was a pain. Still better than working!

ray koziatek
north of new burgh - Boat 5/14/2009 10:14:32
Species - StripedBass,
well last year we skipped our ten year treck to the hudson but made up for it tues. and wensday.after a couple of tips we ran up river a few miles with bloods in hand (hook) and started trip 11 cinda slow as we searched but when we found them it was worth the trip from Corning ny.did between 40 and 50 on tuesday with 15 keeper size,boy those circle hooks are a real fish saver not one swallowed hook all but 2 realeased with only a sore lip .We had our first double in the net with a female on hook and the male jumped in the net as we scopped her up, what a surprise for us. wed the 13 was a tad slower with ONLY 38 landed 14 lost and too many short hits to count did a nice 37 in cow she had her compainoin with her but not so lucky for the doube dip action (we released the first male not hooked)were gonna stay till friday but the wind and rain forcast made us head for home to end another perfect trip to the "HUDSON" so thank you chas and others who keep up the good reports.....till next year(hmm maybe a day trip could be in order still)

comment - ChasBo -
Great report. Thanks for sharing your visit.We aim to please here in The Valley.

ChasBo
Newburgh - Boat 5/13/2009 20:55:19
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Dirty little bait steelers they were tonight. I went out about 5PM. They snuck 4 bloods from me, but we are even. I landed 4 of them. No keepers though. Strong south wind. Needless to say I had a good evening.

goggle daddy
troy - Boat 5/13/2009 12:28:20
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
14 strpiers caught all above 15 lbs.

comment - -
goggle daddy dave and netman bill and the dirty mexican chris catch more stripers then any other boat from here to long island.

comment - -
also the smallest!

comment - -
the dirty mexican chris catch's goggle daddy dave's and netman bill's worm.

comment - striper king -
goggle daddy? do you wear goggles when you illegally fishing next to the dam?

comment - -
caught more fish in one year then you have your whole life and have pics to prove thanks for your comments.

comment - -
a pic is worth 1000 words but i have just 1 truth,o yeah i have about 1000 pics. set the hook! where all the white women at?

comment - assbone -
hey are you the the guy I see fishing at the dam, you know the guy with the bigass ears

where all the white women at

comment - assbone -
put a seat cover over my seat if that other guy is gunna sit in it

excuse me while i whip this out

comment - assbone -
i woudlnt call that chris guy a dirty mexican i would call him chris the fag

comment - capt-hook -
you talk big stores about big fish .we call them wish fish .next time bring a camra.thats worth a 1000 words see you out thare vhf#16 aka capt-hook

comment - sunfish -
chris is not a fag...you are

comment - sunfish -
you guys cant fish

comment - -
goggle daddy. sound's like a molester. are you sure your only hobby is stripper fishing!!!!!!!! and your pic's are only of fish!!!!

comment - sunfish -
more like the homo crew

comment - assbone -
hey sunfish stay out of this this is for grownups . you might get your feelings hurt

comment - -
sound's like (sunfish) want's some of the homo crew's assboner!!!

reeldeal
troy dam - Boat 5/12/2009 15:49:23
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
i must have found a honey hole and i stopped on my way home to play the lottery! started fishing a daylight,on in comeing tide. caught 8 stripper 4-36" to 38" 2 at 40" 1-41" and the keeper was 47" also 1 gray cat. all on very small cut chunk's of herring and i only fished for 4hr's. goodluck everyone,they are still here!!!

comment - liar -
liar

comment - comment - liar -
were you there?

comment - -
show pics with weights

reeldeal
troy dam - Surf 5/10/2009 11:50: 4
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
hit the mother load!!!! put first pole in at sunrise and before i could cast the second,i had a 42" female and release'd it.caught five more in less than a hour all from 39" to 43"

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
New York Harbor/Newark Bay - Boat 5/9/2009 6:59:51
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel),
Got out early Saturday to fish the HRFA Derby. The fog was real bad in the bay and river. Only caught two bass at 28 inchs on bunker. After the fog lift I fish by the VZ and caught a lot of blues on bunker the biggest fish be 31 inchs. Have to try it next weekend.

Kenny
Tarrytown - Boat 5/9/2009 13:50
Species - StripedBass(Rel),

Dave
Coeymans - Boat 5/09/2009 10:30 AM
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
36" 34 Lbs Cow...live herring

comment - -
Nice try....36" fish won't come close to 34 lbs......

comment - -
16-25 lb's max for a 36"

comment - -
maybe the PCB'S that far up river,make's them (FAT!!!)

comment - -
Almost everyone overestimates the size of these stripers........i have fished hardcore for them for about 10 years now and the average fish that ev4eryonbe calls a 20 lber is more like 15!!

comment - -
i would have to agree with the last comment about everyone over estimating the size of these fish. saturday we boated about 20 fish biggest was 17lbs and we kept that one. fisherman at the dock were like wow that must be 25lbs when it was only 17lb male

comment - Fred -
That fish should be between 16 and 22 pounds.
We have a striper size calculator I wrote based on the current research. You enter a length and it gives you a range of weights. If you know the Length and Girth it can give you a better estimate of the weight.
Just go to http://www.hrfanj.org/stsize.htm and fill in as much data as you can.

Marc
Catskill, NY - Boat 5/ 7/2009 12:40:45
Species - StripedBass,
Caught 2 strippers this morning. One at 39" and the other 36". Both on live herring on the out going tide.

Todd & Ray
Newburgh, NY - Boat 5/ 6/2009 12: 55:41
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass,
We caught 25 stripers on the rising tide. The largest 35" 15lbs. Several in the mid 20" mark the rest smaller. We also marked a lot of fish on the fish finder

comment - John -
Congrats to you guys sounds like ya had a great day.
what did ya catch them on

I have not been out yet gotta get out soon

HAVE A GOOD DAY

JOHN FROM WALDEN

Andy
kingston - Boat 5/ 2/2009 09:11:41
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
NW Wind 5-10knts, cloudy,out going tide. We caught 28 stripers on blood worms and chunk herring. Most were short but 3 keepers to 27". 1 around 36" spit the hook out right next to the boat. (the usual story - the big one got away).

comment - David -
1stwhat is the best time of day to fish? time Striper fisherman,

comment - jerry -
how did you have 3 keepers when the limit is one?

comment - bill -
He said WE...that means...MORE THAN ONE...so three keepers and the limit is one a day which equals...there must have been 3 fishermen.

Joe D
Troy - Boat 5/5/2009 11:11:12
Species - StripedBass,
Fished a few hours late yesterday afternoon, plenty of bait. Quite a few bluebacks have shown up in addition to the alewife's which have been here for a couple of weeks now. Water temp is slowly droping. Very good conditions and finally NO SOUTH WINDS!!! Went 3 for 5.

cat daddy
troy - Boat 5/ 4/2009 20:24: 0
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
went out with dog today,boated a 22 pounder in the morning,then picked up a buddy we did 2 fish about 10 pounds fished for while with out anything,we moved locations an started getting fish on,but for some reason lost about 5 fish in about 20 minutes,the bite picked up late today,i guess thats why they call it fishing,well good luck evry one.

Joe DeMarco
Troy - Boat 5/ 4/2009 8:31: 4
Species - StripedBass,
Put boat in on 4/24, water temp was 47 (surface) fished everyday since, boated 26 fish. Watertemp reached 57.8, was glad to see the cold front come through and start droping the temp a bit. The south winds have been tough, focus on where to be and current breaks during the tides.
Tight Lines & good luck!

brian
tivoli - Surf 5/ 3/2009 21: 0:40
Species - StripedBass,
cought 9 fish today 8 to 25 pounds big school must have went by good luck every one

comment - Ed -
Did you use bait or artificial lures?

cat daddy
troy - Boat 5/ 3/2009 16:48: 7
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
went out yesterday,very tough fishing up in troy,went down to rensselaer to visit some freinds on the river,put bait in the water,about ten minutes go by and my wife landed a 15 pounder,that was it allday,then took a couple of buddys out today,it took a while but we did 3 fish in the 10 to14 pound range,had one other rip but that was it for the day,well hopefully we will have some more fishing reports soon good luck everyone.

T. Miller
Cornwall Bay - Boat 5/02/09
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Drifted Bloodworms from Plum Pt. to Cornwall. Fished from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Caught one Striper 12 lbs. and 3 smaller ones. 14 inch to 3 lbs.Fish were caught about 18 to 20 feet down.

rbeeble
troy/watervliet - Boat 5/ 1/2009 10:23:55
Species - StripedBass,
cold, very windy, used upstate charters which we were very happy with, Joe worked his butt off to put us on fish which was hard with the fronts moving in and the water conditions. We landed a 29" and a 30". Use Joe for a good experience.

cat daddy
troy - Boat 5/ 1/2009 21:11:46
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
went out about noon today had no problem getting bait anywhere on the river,did some drifting,had a freind on the boat,it was his first time out striper fishing,the first hookup was a lunker,it would not come off the bottom,the fish was real powerful,it ended up getting under a bridge and must of rubbed up against some debris or something,the whole rig just snapped the line was all chewed up,after that we boated a 10 pounder and missed 3 more,marked a lot of fish,tommorrow should be good,good luck every one

cat daddy
troy - Boat 4/30/2009 20:16:58
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
went on a bait run for tommorrow,that wind and them waves were brutal tonight,but i did jig up about 3 bait right in the middle of the channel,hopefully tommorrow the conditions are a little better,but first i need to get in the woods in search of big spring gobbler,then i will be out on the river,well good luck to all you turkey hunters and fishermen,remember hunt safe.

comment -Capt. Steve K -
I found large schools of Herring down by the port of Albany. check the flat at 24ft. where it comes up from 40ft. Depending on the wind they shift up or down stream. There was a lot in front of the construction barge on the east side. Latter they were closer to the port side. We loaded the live well. That wind was tough.

ChasBo
Denning to Bannerman - Boat 4/30/2009 14:24:46
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Carp/YellowPerch,
17 Short Stripers, a dorsel fin hooked Carp, and a very brave tiny Yellow Perch. All that from 9:30 til 12:30.

joe bass
newburgh - Boat 4/30/2009 10:27:36
Species - StripedBass, herring,
are their any herring in the newburgh area

cat daddy
troy - Boat 4/29/2009 20:50:55
Species - StripedBass(Rel), StripedBass(Rel),
went out about 530 pm till about 800pm had a real tuff time getting bait,took about 1 hour to get 4 herring,same problem with other boats having same problem,did not get any hits tonight,a buddy in another boat in front of me did 1 18pounder right before dark,hopefully this weekend gets a little better,well good luck to everyone, keep up the reports.

comment - bonefish -
I hope its better tommorrow, were putting in at Albany.

Mike
Newburgh - Boat 4/28/2009 2:30 pm
Species - StripedBass,
cought 1 20 lb. lost 1 big striper downriging lost big one just north of bridge on red and white bomber only color i got hits on

comment - jay -
Nice ...i plan on using some legal eels up here over the next few weeks,,,,cant wait,...dennings back to the stacks..then to the bridge...Miss Happ will be ther drifting all weekend

comment - jacks bai -
Im bringin legal jacks bait eels out thre...and im bringin 30 of em

comment - jay -
you bringing extra like 20-30 eels I ``will a take off you hands..I will meet yiu in cornwall and buy bthem,.,otherwise im going to city island myself...and luck for the eels,,,let me kne...I;ll pahy for em
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cat daddy
troy - Boat 4/27/2009 20:39:20
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
took a freind out sunday his first time striper fishing,within 20 minutes we put a 28 pounder on the boat.he also boated a 18 pounder and i boated a 15 pounder and we lost about 3 fish.went out tonight with the wife an we boated 2 fish under 10 pounds. so far its been a great start to the year.

comment - capt .Steve K -
I was out 4/27. We had one pick up near Brunos and that was it. Would you care to share your riging tecknique? Are you ancored up or drifting? thanks for the info.

comment - cat daddy -
all my fish came off the drift,the way i rig is a 3 ounce egg sinker a barrel swivel a 3foot leader with the hook going threw the nostrils of your bait and drift the bottom,hopefully that will help you out, good luck.

comment - Capt. Steve K -
I use the same set up. I assume straight down as close to the bottom as possible with out getting snaged. I will be out next week in my white and beige Triton Mag. with a white Evenirude -e tec.Whats your boat look like? give a wave if you see me. Thanks Cat-daddy. and good luck. Capt. Steve K

comment - cat daddy -
i have a 16 foot starcraft black on top an white bottom with long white vhf radio antenna,an a black 50 horse mercury.

bubbabass
NY/NJ BIGHT - Boat 4/26/2009 18:23: 0
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),
3 of us out for my boats first trip of the year. the fleet was out clamming amongst the clam boats. did not see any action or hookups so we decided to troll 2 umbrella rigs. got one short and two keepers with one being close to 20 pounds and one probable keeper being lost

Willard Bierwas
South of the TZ Bridge - Boat 4/26/2009 16: 1:44
Species - StripedBass,
Artie Cole, Walter Hasset and myself had a great day on the water today. The three largest were 39 1/2", 38" and 32". Fresh cut herring was the bait of choice. 2/26/09

comment - cesarcap -
was this on the ebb or flood tide? i do better on ebb (but in fall) don't have enough experience in spring. tks

comment - -
Full incoming tide.. Low to high. Sorry for the late response

ChasBo
Newburgh - Boat 4/26/2009 13: 4:48
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Fished from 6:30 until 11:30. Caught 2 Keepers, and 4 shorts. 4 trolling in the shallows on the west shore, and 2 on bloods off Dennings point. The Newburgh Ramp is busting at the seams. Don't be surpised if you don't get a place to park. Remember it is $8 to launch. Lots of fish out there. A few more degrees warmer water and it should really turn on out there.

comment - -
any sign of herring

tony
marlborough - Surf 4/26/2009 6:55:19
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
first of all ,thanks to bill green for the "tip"
Caught two, 24 " on bloods last tuesday with the cloudy skies and the misty rain beautiful day for fishing, tide was starting to come up when we got the bites .Brought my son and his friend and he was the one to catch the 24" it was his first striper.
take your kids Fiishing folks!

cat daddy
troy - Boat 4/25/2009 20: 5:14
Species - StripedBass(Rel), StripedBass(Rel), StripedBass(Rel), StripedBass(Rel),
had a great day on the water,between the wife the nephew and my self we boated about 12 stripers between 10 to 17 pounds (all released)and lost about 8.all this happend between 8am and 1pm, one for the books for the start of the year so good luck to all the fisherman on the same quest

comment - strpedbassman -
I think you should play the new york state lottery because I fished up near the dam down through Rensselear and know one that I talked to had any hook ups let alone landed anything. Quit trying to build that part of the river up because the fish clearly are not up that far yet BUDDY. They will come but they aint there yet.

comment - Greg -
Went to the Dam Friday.. Only five others there all day from sun up till sun down.. I saw a few Herring not real heavey yet.. Ths smaller stripers seem to be there.. The guy is right we saw a few stripers caught but all small and caught early and shut off near 1pm.. Just arent there yet.. look out next week maybe..Good luck

comment - -
I caught fish on 4/25 and watched other guys land fish too strpedbassman so mellow out

Kenny
NY/NJ BIGHT - Boat 4/25/2009 17:39:13
Species - Herring, Shad,

lagraff
saugerties - Boat 4/24/2009 14:36:10
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Had A great morning caught 10 on clams. 3 fish were between 30 & 33 INCHES

comment - -
clams?

ChasBo
Newburgh - Boat 4/24/2009 7:23:15
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Only 4 in a 3 hour trip. All shorts, but fish just the same.

Jay
Bear Mountain - Surf 4/22/2009 16: 0:17
Species - Catfish,
I only caught a big fat catfish but a Mexican family was catching some small stripers and filling up a bucket and putting them in their car. These are the kinda fisherman who mess up the fish population. Are the fish police doing their job. I suggest they visit these hot spots and prevent this.

MRHUMOR
castleton hudson river - Surf 4/20/2009 20:15:56
Species - StripedBass,
wHAT A WAY TO START THE SEASON!caught one 42" stripper on cut herring.
(ps. one happy fisherman)

Blackdog
South of TZ - Boat 4/19/2009 10:00
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Catfish,
Caught 1/2 Stripers. All shorties. All on Bloodworms. Didn't even nibble on Herring Chuck

Willard Bierwas
South of TZ Bridge - Boat 4/19/2009 8:44:39
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass,
The biggest was a 10# 8# 7# and a 6# 4# and a lot of shorts . They wanted bloodworms only. We used fresh herring chunks and they never touched it....

ChasBo
Denning to Bannerman - Boat 4/20/2009 7:59:16
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
And that is why they call it fishing. One boat gets 40-50 and I get 2. Nothing different from days that I was catching. The fish God was angry with me. The boat right next to me trolling the same path was hooking up every time they put the line back out. I could not buy but 2 dinks.

muddy rudder
dennings point to bannermans island - Boat 4/19/2009 23:55:29
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
boated about 40-50 fish today up to about 12 lbs trolling. it was a great day, all fish released healthy. It was great to see this many healthy males we should have a good spawn this year!!

Hung4wheeler
the pound - Surf 4/19/2009 19:39:27
Species - StripedBass(Rel), herring,
we caught plenty of herring and only had to runs. but the fish are definatly here

cat daddy
troy - Boat 4/19/2009 17:34: 0
Species - StripedBass(Rel), StripedBass(Rel), StripedBass(Rel), StripedBass(Rel),
boat 1 14pounder 1 8pounder and lost 3 others all on live herring/alwifes

tony
Plum point - Surf 4/19/2009 6:58:33
Species - StripedBass, Catfish(Rel),
What a waste of worms...fished plum point for about four hours with the out going tide , no a single bite .move up to the highland rocks for about couple hours and just a few cats to kill the day ...
Try everything bloods, chunk, and my best rapala and
nothing ...
Does anybody knows a good recipe that works for carp in the hudson ? thanx

Mike B
south of TZ - Boat 4/18/2009 1 PM
Species - StripedBass,
2 small stripers on bloods, no hits on chunks

freddie the j
albany - Boat 4/18/2009 19:57:51
Species - StripedBass,
Fished all day. Not a bite.

Jaycr3183
Hudson River - Boat 4/18/2009 15: 6:19
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
One 15 lb striper on chunk herring. 7 others trolling. Lost about a 15 lb on a rapala right behind the boat yesterday. most fish came on flatlines and just had that one 37" (15 lb) on the chunk. Find the warmer water right now and find the fish. God luck all.

ChasBo
Dennings Point - Boat 4/16/2009 23:49:14
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
From 11AM until 2PM trolled/casted on the East shore from Dennings and South some. Steve and I caught 12 in the 2-6 Lb. range.

Tuch76
Plum Point (Newburgh) - Surf 4/15/2009 16:00:00
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
2 little guys 17" on bloods "Where's your daddy?"

Jaycr3183
Kingston "Area" - Boat 4/15/2009 21:28:43
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Slow pick today of schoolies, all trolling with planer boards.
All on flat lines with deep diving rapalas.
Got 6. 12-23 inch.
Good luck everyone.

freddie the j
Poestenkill - Surf 4/14/2009 9:11:30
Species - herring,
Visually inspected the Poestenkill this morning, water low and clear, no herring observed.

Mike B
South TZ Bridge - Boat 4/14/2009 4 PM
Species - StripedBass,
Nice day, flat water with very light wind. Tide going out.

Caught about 15 to 20 schoolies 18" to about 26" inches average on bloods.

No hits at all on herring or bunker

CAPT. RICH
RARITAN BAY - Boat 4/13/2009 7:57:25
Species - StripedBass, Flounder,
HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYONE ! The Striped Bass are in! Thursday we had aboard, Bluefish Bob Donahue, Flounder Bob, Doug, and Jack. We fished with clams down the back of the bay and had Striped bass up to 35"! The next smallest striped bass was 32". We also had winter flounder to 15". It turned out to be a super day, no wind, sunny, and a high of over 60 degrees. Water temp went up to 46.9 degrees. We were fishing in "T" shirts during the first week of April ! See the picture below of Bluefish Bob with the two he caught.

Who wants to fish with the legend himself??? On Friday, April 17, Bluefish Bob wants to split a charter with 1-2 anglers. Full day striped bass fishing. Not only will you catch stripers, you will laught till your side splits. He is one of the funniest anglers on the water. Please call to book this trip. 908-472-2684.

Also, next weekend is open if anyone wants to book a charter for Striped bass. April 18, 19, Saturday and Sunday. THANKYOU.

CAPT. RICH NEWALLIS JR.
"JUST ONE MORE" SPORTFISHING
www.just1morecharters.com

Mike B
South of TZ - Boat 4/10/2009 4 PM
Species - StripedBass,
Cold and misty
caught two perch and a catfish on bloods.
0 stripers 0 hits

ChasBo
Denning's Point - Boat 4/10/2009 14: 5:22
Species - TheSkunkFsh,
The water temp has dropped with these cold nights. Ergo, I got "Skunked" on Thursday morning. Not even a pass by. Yes, there was frost on the boat.

Willard Bierwas
None Caught - Boat 4/10/2009 8:46:39
Species - StripedBass, Nonecaught, StripedBass, Nonecaught, StripedBass, Nonecaught,
Fished from 10:00 AM till 3:00 PM South of the TZ Bridge to Croton Point. No fish caught. Bloods and bunker was the bait. Talked to several other boats - no fish caught.....

capt tom
haverstraw,piermont,croton - Boat 4/ 6/2009 21:54:58
Species - StripedBass,
8am to 430pm clams, bloodworms,jigs,trolled,everything and more notta,small hit one all day water dirty wind up no one home....

ChasBo
Dennings to half mile south of - Boat 4/ 5/2009 20:31:22
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
The count today is 13 with the help of Pete. Stay in the driveway, and believe that the fish are never here before late April. I love the tranquility.

ChasBo
Newburgh - Boat 4/ 3/2009 7:51:18
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Refer to previous report for Bass.

ChasBo
Newburgh - Boat 4/ 3/2009 7:39:50
Species - Carp(Rel),
I went out to get my boat ship shape yesterday. I realized it was the beginning of the incoming tide when I was done with my boat/motor check list. So, I gave it a try along the east shore between Denning's, and Bannerman's Island. Trolling a small shad looking rappalla. I hooked up immidiatly. Long story short, 12 nice strippers all in the 5-8 LB area, in an hour and a half. What a nice surprise. Then last but not least I foul hooked a giant carp while casting at the stripped bass. It towed me around for awhile then as I got it near the boat it got free leaving me with a gigantic scale for a momento.
Those on the shore where hooking up regularly on bait of some sort also. Have a great season, and I will check in when I have news as always. I do hope you all contribute your reports wherever you are.

robert taylor
alpine nj boat basin - Surf 03/31/2009 4pm to 630pm
Species - tommycod5,
used blood worms/pieces of clams nice healty looking fish.. high tide going out

capt Tom
havestraw sat afternoon - Boat 3/28/2009 3.00
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
some small bass on worms,dropped my wallet outside the boat ramp in the road and was found and returned with all contents by a local man named fredy There are good people in this world thank you fredy.....

F.Munde
piermont - Boat 3/ 7/2009 5:27:27
Species - StripedBass(Rel), catfish,
caught/released many small stripers and some cats....squid/clams great nite !!!!

freddie the j
Trout Lake, Bolton - Surf 2/21/2009 11 to 6
Species - LargemouthBass,
Fished through the ice hoping for trout, but only got bass. They should rename this lake. About 6 of em, all from the same hole. I think they should have a one week season in winter where its legal to keep a few bass. Coming from that cold clear water they would be delicious. Ice fishing has generally been a bust for me this year. Bring on the Spring and Stripers.

FRANK MARESCO
NY/NJ BIGHT - Boat 2/ 6/2009 14:48:15
Species - StripedBass,
NY State DEC Striped Bass changes - I see it hasn't taken long for the Current Administration to scare the DEC to propose a license to fish Striped Bass in the Hudson ... I hope this is just a rumor but the DEC's website does not list any regulations for Striped Bass freshwater fishing and only lists a phone number to call about the chnages

Tony Evangelista
Sebastian Inlet, FL. - Surf 1/23/2009 12.00
Species - Sheephead,
He drove to Sebastian Inlet from St. Augustane this morning and using sand flees for bate on the first cast caught a 8 lb Sheaphead.
Way to go Tony!!

freddie the j
black river pond - Surf 1/ 3/2009 12 to 3
Species - pickeerel, pickeerel,
Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009, Black Rivir Pond, Cherry Plain State Park, Rensselaer County, NY. Mostly sunny to partly cloudy, 20 degrees, blowing snow, wind NW at 20 to 30 mph. Fished through 8 inches of good ice topped with 5 inches of powder using tip ups and minows. Three pickerel, 16', 18', 20,. Happy new year!

freddie the j

Ernest Hofmann
NY/NJ BIGHT - Surf 12/ 1/2008 17:13:10
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass,
I fished the first 2 hrs. of outgoing tide on NW side of Hacken-sack Riv. bridge at Rt 46. Water is 48 deg. Used Rebels,Creek Chub poppers,Dura Shads,& Hopkin spoons. Weather was beautiful - - Couldn't even cahch a cold. Arnie Fence Co

Art Hyslop
Between the channels - Boat 11/23/08 noon till dusk
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish(Rel), StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish(Rel),
Trolled up two keeper bass to 34 inches and then @ 2:30 P.M. jigged, bottom, surface whatever. 25 plus bass all shorts and jumbo blues all under acres of birds till dusk

Tony Evangelista
East River-- - Boat 11/18/2008 6:45: 0
Species - StripedBass(Rel), none,
11-17-08
Capt. Glenn put three of us on to Strippers up to 20 pounds we were working the outgoing tide driffing eels and plastic worms most fish released.

Tony Evangelista
East River - Boat 11/14/2008 20: 4:46
Species - StripedBass,
Capt. Glenn Blank and Capt. Darren Cardinal put Wayne Gieder and myself on to fish up to 30 pounds we kept a few and tagged and released alot of keepers We were using plasic worms and live eels on the out going tide.

Dave Butterfield
Scotch Caps L. I. Sound - Boat 11/8/2008 7:30-1:00
Species - Blackfish,
Fished on the Molly Rose a 46' Post fishing yacht with Captain Steve and his son Lee out of Mamaroneck, NY. Used asian crabs, green crabs and clams. Landed fifty blackfish with 9 keepers. Largest fish was 5.5 lbs. Allan D. another HRFA member has about 10 shorts and 1 keeper. I had one keeper which was the largest fish. High hook was Lee (I lost count on his fish).Molly Rose is a fabulous vessel to charter and the captain and mate are first rate. What a great day on the water.

Bill Greene
Hudson River Cold Spring/Beacon area - Surf 11/ 4/2008 12:25:48
Species - Carp(Rel), None,
11/3/03 - Caught & released 21 lb/12oz carp - 34" length, and a 10 lb/1 oz an hour later. For the STRIPER fans, I'm using a CIRCLE HOOK, NON-OFFSET point - Eagle Claw Octpus L7228BPF - the kind of hook that may be mandated for striped bass -and for ALL species - in the Hudson next spawning season. This is a WIDE-GAP circle - advertised as "Tournament Approved". I was worried that circle hooks might ruin my Spring carp fishing, but these things are razor sharp, wide gap, and they hook up fine. At $11.00 or so for a box of 50, this looks like a good buy.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
East River - Boat 11/ 2/2008 20:29:13
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),
We got to fish with my good friend and HRFA member Al White on his 23ft Parker.Chuck,Lori and Shawn left the marina at 8:30 AM Sunday.It was nice fishing on Al boat did not get wet at all today like when fishing on my center console. We hit some spots in the morning with the incoming tide and caught a few small bass. The tide turn around and on the outgoing we hit the normal spots in the river but the fishing was real slow. Al made a few drifts by one of the bridges and Shawn hook up with a nice bass and he had a light action rod. When he got the fish to the boat AL net the fish and it turn out to be a bass that was 41 inchs and 21 lbs. Fishing was slow today but we had a real good time with Al and still got to take home some nice fish for the pan.

Angler Sportfishing Charters
NY Harbor- Sandy Hook - Boat 10/29/2008 22:12: 8
Species - StripedBass, Bluefish,
On Fri. the 24th we had the Lembo party on board. We started the day off Sandy Hook and the first fish to come aboard was a small keeper bass, then things slowed up as we were on the last of the out-gowning tide. We decided to take advantage of the slack water and ran south on the Jersey coast about seven miles and set up on a piece of ground that showed a ton of life on our screens. As it turned out we were mugged by large blues and sharks with one more bass in the box. The main problem of the day was the unavailability of bait (Bunker only able to net about thirty bait). Of course the sharks and blues made short work of that. At the end of the day everyone went home with fish and we had plenty of action.

Sat. 10/25.

Day and night trips canceled because of weather.

Sunday 10/26.

Well yesterdays blow brought in a new body of fish (bass). We left the dock with the Joseph party and decided to make our first drop on the Ambrose. Plenty of bait available today, we had non-stop action all tide with huge blues and bass up to 30 lbs. A great day for all on board. I think this will be the start of the larger fish showing up and they should be available into Dec. due to water temps dropping at a gradual pace.

Get in on the action. Open dates available. Give us a call for some good fall fishing.

Capt. Chuck,

518-965-3718

Angler Sportfishing Charters Report photo

Bill Greene
Hudson River - Cold Spring /Beacon area - Surf 10/27/2008 - 10 AM
Species - Carp(Rel),
10/27 - Caught and released 20 lb, 8 oz carp and 16 lb 11 oz carp shortly after -- no witness so no contest entry. Also c & r 3 channel cats - all just shy of 22" - weighed one of them before release - 4 lb, 1 oz. These are nicely proportioned and well-filled-out channel cats.

Capt. Art Hyslop
Between the channels S.H & Swash - Boat 10/26/08 17:15
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass,
Woody's Personal best to datecaught trolling Mann's Stretch between Sandy Hook and Swash Channel in 32 feet of water. 150 feet of line screamed off the reel & 20 minutes later Capt. Art netted the fish. 45 inches 36.7 lbs.previous report is wrong the fish was caught on Capt. Art's boat by John Woodruff.

Capt. Art Hyslop
Between the channels S.H & Swash - Boat 10/26/08 17:15
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass,
My personal best to date 45 inches 36.7 Lb. caught trolling Mann's Stretch between Sandy Hook and Swash Channel in 32 feet of water. 150 feet of line screamed off the reel & 20 minutes later Capt. Art netted the fish.

Rich P
Hackensack River - Boat 10/18/2008 15:57:23
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
3 of us worked bridges and creeks for a few shorts here and there untill we found a nice concentration near one bridge. That spot produced maybe 35 fish up to 28". We had a total of about 45 fish.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Shrewsbury River - Boat 10/19/2008 18:21:11
Species - StripedBass,
We fish the Shrewsbury River today Chuck,Angelo and Lori for Striped Bass. The bait we use was live eels and sand worms. Got on the river at 730AM to fish the incoming tide. The wind was blowing about 30 KT.The wind was out of the North and when the tide started to move we were flying in the river.We had a few hits but no hook ups until noon, then Lori Knospler caught a 40 inch 22lbs bass what a nice fish. That was the only bass caught. We did see about six dolphins in the river not sure if that affected the bass fishing? When we got back to the dock the water in the river was two feet over the dock what a problem getting out of the boat. Also the water was flooding some of the streets in Sea Bright I have never seen the river that high. Over all we had a fun day. PS. When I cut open the bass it's stomach was full so I took a look and found six three inch crabs in it and it still took the eel.Did not get to go to Rockaway Reef this weekend did any fish out there last week. Can use some reports from there.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
EastRiver - Boat 10/11/2008 21:17:30
Species - StripedBass, Bluefish,
Got to fish on WeighPoint Sport Fishing Charters with my friend Capt Ralph Roth and Capt Darren Cardinal. We took out my nephew Jake and Lori and here daughter Shannon. Fishing was slow on Sat as we fish the outgoing tide in the East River. We had a few Blues the biggest be 14lb caught by Jake Cardinal. AWe pick up a few bass in the River two thyat were keepers. It was getting late and the tide was slowing down and Capt Ralph said let's try one other spot before we head in. Well that was the spot we had four more keeper bass with the biggest being 23 lbs and 42 inch caught by Shannon Knospler age 8. Not a bad day after all. Bait for the day was live eels. The end of the day we had six keeper bass and seven nice blue fish.
I have a question can anyone give me a report about Rockaway Reef I am thinking about trying it next weekend for some sea bass or blackfish. Thanks Chuck Mitchell.

Uncle Joe
East River - Boat 10/4/2008 12:30
Species - Bluefish(Rel),
Finally got my wife Nancy out on the East River to try her hand. She caught three blues on light tackle, the biggest being a nine pound fish that made three nice runs and two jumps. I had more fun watching her fight this fish than I've had all year on the water.

ChasBo48
Raritan Bay - Boat 10/8/2008 8: 1:32
Species - AbsolutlyNothing,
My last post curst me, as I fish from sunup until 2PM, and caught absolutly nothing. The only saving grace of thee day was that it was clear, and calm. Oh well, you just have to be patient, and better days are a comeing.

Carl Bruger
Mill Creek, wading - Surf 10/ 5 2008 7:50
Species - Salmon,
My yellow nurple egg fly took a 38" hen chinook that ran her battle for a half hour all the way back into the lake! Se weighed 22 1/2 pounds with almost six pounds of eggs

Carl Bruger
Black River Bay Lk Ontario - Boat 10/ 3, 10/ 4/ and 10/5 2008
Species - Smallmouth(Rel), bucketoflargeyellowperch,
Salmon run is peaking with heavy rains drawing fish up all the tributaries. There aren't as many fish as in other years

freddie the j
albany - Boat 10/ 5/2008 12:00
Species - StripedBass(Rel), whiteperch,
Fished with Curt Sunday, October 5, from about 11 to 3 at the mouth of the Normanskill just below the port. Falling tide, no wind, beautiful weather. Water very clear. Using worms caught a great many white perch, some perfect bait sized, 2-3 inches. Got 4 or 5 yearling stripers, about 4-5 inches, on worms. Also a 15 inch striper on a worm, and a 15 1/2 incher on a white perch. No catfish or small mouths. Nice day.

Fred Rung
NY/NJ BIGHT - Boat 10/ 5/2008 22:16:22
Species - Bluefish,
Found some blues on the outgoing tide this afternoon. They were just south of the large bar west of Chapel Hill Channel. Haven't been able to get out there much lately. Got out there in the middle of the afternoon and the fish weren't very active. Marked several schools and managed to get hits on a diamond jig / tube teaser rig. There should be some blitzes going on in the early AM. Anyone see them yet?

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
East River - Boat 10/ 5/2008 10:00AM
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel),
Myself and HRFA member and good friend Angelo Guistino got to get together today and fish the East River.We left the dock in the rain at 9:00 AM to fish the in coming tide. For bait we had eels, sand worms,Gulp sand worms and jigs.It was a wind against the tide so fishing was not as good for us this weekend.We stop at a few spots on the way up but had not luck. Got up to Hell Gate and when the current start to move we caught a lot of blue fsih and two keeper bass one at 34 inchs and one at 36 inchs took some pictures and then release both fish. Fishing for us was good there for about 45 min of none stop action then it was like someone turn them off.Most of the fish caught there were on diamond jigs and live eels. Took a ride up the back and caught some short bass and more blues.After that we head south and ran into some small bass that all were released after we took a few tags out of them these fish were also caught on jigs.After that we ran down to the VZ and had no luck at all. Over all we had a fun day caught some fish and had some laughs.Will have to try it in a few weeks.Only keep one blue fish for my other buddy.

Rich P
Hackensack River - Boat 9/24/2008 12:19:54
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Spent most of the day swinging away for a few schoolies and then I tried a good incomming bridge spot and I found about a half dozen bass from 24 to 27 3/4 inches. The current was ripping good so they felt bigger on light tackle. Good cap on a slow day.

ChasBo
Raritan Bay - Boat 9/19/2008 16:50: 0
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
I truely believe that you can always find Bluefish, and Stripers in Raritan Bay on an given day. Huge Blues, and Short Stripers, but it's all good. We pulled in at 2PM when the wind started to howl. I'll be back.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
New York Harbor VZ - Boat 9/14/2008 6:00 AM
Species - Bluefish, Weakfish, Weakfish(Rel), SeaBass,
Went out Sunday AM to try to catch some weak fish. Ran down to the VZ and fish the incomming tide and we did some drifts for weak fish. There were a lot of action there but a lot of the fish were New York shorts at 14 inchs but we did get one 23 inch weak fish that was caught by Lori Knospler. Then we went by Nortons and caught six keeper sea bass. Went back over by the VZ on the outgoing and there was a fleet of boats there caught some more shorts and then went up the East River.There was a lot of boat traffic there. We were going to do some drifts at Diamond Reef but there was some jerk anchor up there so we went up to the bridge, we caught blue fish and one short bass at 26 inchs.Had a good day on the water will have to try it this weekend.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
East River and VZ Bridge - Boat 9/ 7/2008 9: 2:17
Species - Bluefish(Rel), Fluke(Rel), PorgyRelased,
Went do to the marina to check on the boat Sunday then went out for a few hours to try some fishing. The water in the river was clean for after the storm.I went up the East River and caught some nice size Blue Fish around 8 to 10 lb. I was using live snappers that I caught at the marina no bass at this time. I went to head back to the marina but the river was close for the boat race so I went down by the VZ. I caught some Blues by the Bridge and some Fluke and Porgys all were relased. Have to try it next weekend.

Tom HUNGRY Guyre
KEYPORT - Boat 9/ 4/2008 07:07:11
Species - Bluefish,
Took the fresh water boat out of keyport. Fished just north of the sail boats. Picked up 3 cocktail blues, and 4 Shorty Fluke. The Fluke season ended WAY WAY too soon.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Rockaway Reef - Boat 9/ 2/2008 9:11:32
Species - Bluefish, Fluke, Fluke(Rel), SeaBassandPorgy,
Went out Sunday 8/31 to Rockaway Reef and caught alot of sea bass and porgy the only problem was that they were just all under the legal size limit, we had double headers almost every timw we put the lines down. The water was so clean out there that you could see your fish coming up at about 15 feet below the surface. I also had two short fluke there. Left that spot and stop at rockaway inlet and the wind kick up try some drifts at the inlet and caught some short fluke. Took a ride to Ambrose channel and had two keeper fluke and three big blue fish around ten lbs.Early in the AM on the way out we stop by the VZ but had wind against the tide and had no luck. Over all the wather was great and maybe a little early for the SeaBass I will have to try it in a few weeks.

ChasBo
Raritan Bay - Boat 8/30/2008 7:28:47
Species - Bluefish(Rel),
A little help here. I am planning on making my first of the season trips to Great Kills on Thursday to chase the Blues. Would someone please let me know how the action is down there from Great Kills to The VN Bridge?

freddie the j
albany - Boat 8/23/2008 12:00
Species - StripedBass(Rel), many,
curt and i fished from 11 to 3 on a high tide falling at the mouth of the normanskill. many small bait sized white perch but no luck on them. but curt, just letting his piece of worm sit out there, got a 12" striper. and then 6". and then another 12". and then a 16" small mouth. and then a 20" channel cat. meanwhile, i got nuthin!! curt got one good hit on a white perch, but otherwise, they was loving them worms. stripers on a night crawler, a piece of nightcrawler. who'd a thunk it?

Freddie the j

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
East River and VZ Bridge/Ambrose Channel - Boat 8/24/2008 20:39:58
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel), Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
Went out Sunday morning with a few guys from the HRFA club. Al White,Kevin Morgan, Angelo Giustino,and myself Chuck Mitchell. We fish on Al parker. The first stop was the East River and we had bass and blues with the biggest bass being 32 inchs and with the biggest Blue Fish being 7lbs. Caught a lot of blues and bass on the outgoing tide. When the tide stop we went for fluke. Hit some spots in the harbor then went to Ambrose Channel. We had about fifty fluke but only five keepers with the biggest fluke 24 inchs at 6lbs. Overall a good day and had a blast with some good friends that I do not get to fish with alot.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Ambrose Channel/East River - Boat 8/17/2008 20:10: 0
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish(Rel), Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
I fish Sunday with my friend and HRFA member Angelo Giustino. We left the dock at 6:30AM and ran all the way down the end of Ambrose Channel. We caught a lot of shorts and only had two keepers.Went up the East River had fish there small bass 24 inchs and a lot of blues. There was so much boat traffic in the River we call it a early day. We had a reat time the weather was great and we did catch fish, what more can you ask for.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Ambrose Channel/East River - Boat 8/16/2008 10:00AM
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel), Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
Fish on WeighPoint Sport Fishing Charters on Sat. We went fluking and had alot of fish with the biggest keeper being 8lb 2oz We had alot of shorts and sea robbins. Then we hit the East River and caught a lot of Blues we fill the cooler up. Also we ran into some Bass and had one Keeper and alot of shorts. Great day on the water and a funday on WeighPoint SportFishing Charters. Good job Capt.Ralph Roth

ChasBo
Anywhere? - Boat 8/16/2008 8:11:17
Species - Bluefish(Rel), Bluefish(Rel), Bluefish(Rel),
Come on Fish Buddies, give us some chatter as to what the action is out there in Raritan Bay, and NY Harbour. It is a 2 hour hall with my boat, and I want to come down, but not if nothing is happening. Tell us all something, even if it is nothing?

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Nortons Point/Ambrose Channel - Boat 8/9/2008 14:14:20
Species - Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel), Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
Went out Sat morning and went down Ambrose Channel on the way down we stop by Nortons Point to catch some blues under the working birds there were tons of birds and lot's of blues kept 10 blues and released a lot more. After that fish the outgoing tide down the Ambrose at the 7 can had lot of fluke with the biggest one being 22 inchs at 4lbs also one other 4lb and two 3lb fish. Had atotal of 8 keeper fluke all were very fat lots of nice fillets.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Ambrose Channel - Boat 8/ 3/2008 19:52:32
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel), SeaRobins,
We got a early start today and it look like it was going to be a great day for fluke fishing, wrong. The wind was blowing and we had wind against tide for most of the day. We were using 12oz in the channel and still had a problem holding bottom. We caught about 12 fluke. The biggest fluke caught by Lori was 24 inchs and a fat 7lb. 2oz nice fish caught at the 19 can in the channel. I also caught a 20.5 inch fluke down by the 10 can. Overall not to bad of a day. Bait used was large spearing and squid, and some sea robins.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Point Pleasant - Boat 7/27/2008 9:49:34
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
Was down Darren house this weekend and took the kids out for some fluke fishing. We went out to the manasquan inlet and caught six fluke, only had two keepers that Jake Cardinal caught. We were using peanut bunker that I caught at the dock behind the house. Had to make it a short day the storms came in and got a little wet on the ride back also had my brother inlaw Joe Cerro out with us he caught a few fluke also. There were a lot of boats out and a lot of traffic in that area. Overall the kids had a fun day. I will be back fishing the Harbor this comming weekend.The biggest fluke down there was 19 inchs.

Tom HUNGRY Guyre
Hoffman, West Bank, Ambrose - Boat 7/14/2008 09: 01 :01
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel), Bigdogs&Bird,
Went out Monday to a wet start, wind was light, outgoing tide. waited til 7:30 to launch because thunder boomers were passing through. Once we arrived south of the VZ we went to work on tagging fluke.The channel was ripping, could not hold with 10 ounces on so we went in around Hoffman and swinburn. Did I mention I was wearing and catching SHORTS.

Came to Jersey and put a 19.5 and an 18 incher in the box. Total for the day between the 2 of us was about 15 fluke, 10 Birds, and 2 dogs. It was a day of catchin!

CAPT. RICH
Sandy Hook, N.J. - Boat 7/15/2008 8:21: 6
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
The largest fluke ever landed on the "Just One More" was boated on Friday, the 11th. of July. We had aboard the Shawn Mallery charter. We were fishing in pretty deep water, about 45'. We had plenty of short fluke and some more keepers as well. A lot of the fluke were just under the limit at about a 1/4" to 1/2" below the legal size. Havi Rodreguez had never been salt water fishing before and broke in with some fluke and sea robins. Around 11am, he started reeling in a fish and thought he was stuck on the bottom or the drag was too light. I slighlty tightened the drag and the "bottom" started to move! After a short battle it was netted and I immediately weighed it. The fluke was 10.1 lbs. !! It was the largest ever landed on this "Just One more" or my last boat. We had come close many times but never broke the magical 10 lb. mark. But Havi did it!! It was a beautiful fish that measured 28.5" long!! Congratulations Havi !! Pictures will follow in a later email as I forgot the camera on the boat.

We need 1-2 more anglers for the OPEN BOAT fluke trip this Wednesday the 16th. of July. $80.00 per head fishing from 7am to 1pm. Just give me a call at 908-472-2684.
THANKYOU.

CAPT. RICH NEWALLIS JR.
'JUST ONE MORE' SPORTFISHING
www.just1morecharters.com

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Shrewsbury Rocks - Boat 7/12/2008 19:53:46
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel), SeaBassandLing,
Went out Sat. 7/12/08. Got a envite from HRFA member and good friend Angelo Giustino to fish on his boat out of Sandy Hook area.Fish with Angelo, Lori Knospler, and myself Chuck Lots Of Luck. We got a early start and got to the Rocks early. We fish for sea bass and had a lot of shorts and also caught 8 keeper sea bass all over 14 inchs. Also Lori had two keeper Fluke one 20.5 inchs and the other 19.5 inchs. Also we pick up a few ling. Caught some short fluke and lost a ton of rigs in the rocks but we had a great day fishing and joking around. It's nice to get out with friends that you don't see all the time we had a blast.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
East River and VZ Bridge - Boat 7/11/2008 19:40:43
Species - Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel), Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
Went out Friday 7/11/08 at 6:00 AM. Took out HRFA member Lori Knospler and her daughter Shannon. We hit the East River for the outgoing and caught some nice size bluefish. Had a total of 8 blues with the biggest one being 9lbs 33 inchs all other blues were in the 6-7 lbs range there were birds working all over the river. After that went down below the VZ and caught some short fluke by the C can. As we were fluking Shannon caught a 14 inch sea bass the kid had a great time. Then I fish the incomming for Fluke and we had 7 keepers with the biggest Fluke at 4.5lbs and one at 4lb. and the others just over 20.5 inchs. Bait for the day was big Spearing and squid.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Rockaway Reef - Boat 7/ 8/2008 20:58:19
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel), SeaBass, SeaRobinsandBigDogFish,
We got a early start today Lori Knospler and myself set out to go to Rockaway Reef to do some sea bass fishing. We got there and the first drop we made we caught a lot of sea bass all under size. Made a few more drops and we caught two keeper sea bass at 15 inchs the rest of the sea bass were shorts, but we had a lot of action. After that we were drifting whole clams along the out side edge of the Reef for Fluke. We had 6 keepers one at 5.5lbs,two at 4lbs ,one at 3lbs and two 20.5 inch Fluke. We also had some big Dog Fish with the biggest fish being 4 feet long we caught them on whole clams. The weather was good and the sea was calm.

Tom Guyre
Ambrose Ch Green 21 - Boat 7/ 7/2008 9:21: 4
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
Drifted BIG BAIT on the channels edge just east of Hoffman island. My son Joel was high hook with 10 fluke. He put a 3 lb. 21.5 incher in the box. Only to be beated by his 6 year old nephew Robbie, who put a 3.5 lb. 22 incher in the box. Thats my Grandson! I tagged 6 with ALS tags. Some were Jersey keepers.

OUCH!

christian hoops
pochuck creek - Surf 6 /30/2008 0:17:44
Species - Smallmouth(Rel), smallmouthbass,
this was the largest smallmouth i ever caught!to think it was in a river right next to my house.caught at dusk on A #3 blue fox spinner,I estimate it was 2o in and 4lb.

freddie the j
castleton - Boat 6/29/2008 11 am
Species - freshwaterdrum,
Caught a five pound drum on a piece of worm near the railroad bridge abutment just south of castleton. Had to be over 20 inches long, didn't have my tape measure. biggest one I have ever caught, fought like a son of a gun.

Bob Fanslau
HRFA WRECK - Boat 6/21/2008 9:37:39
Species - Mako, Hammerhead, &blueshark,
Fished the Mako mania tournament between Me , Kevin, & Sergio, we boated (9) sharks (1) 5 1/2Ft Mako, (1)4 Ft Hammerhead, and (7) more blue sharks all from a mix of 3 1/2 Ft to around 6 Foot all caught over our wreck the HRFA Wreck, what a day to remember

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Hudson River - Boat 6/28/2008 20: 1:10
Species - Bluefish, Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
On Sat June 28 Lori Knospler and my self went out to try and catch some fluke. We hit the water at 6:00 AM.The day start out slow with some bird action by the VZ which produced blue fish played around with the blues for awhile and boated 10 fish. Went back to fluking and we caught about 50 fluke. Out of that we had 10 keeper fluke one at 5.5lbs,two at 4lbs, and one at 3.5 and the rest over 20.5 inchs. all fish were over the New York size limit.The bait for the day that work was gulp. It was a long day got back to the dock at 4:30 PM. But it was worth it. Had a great day.

joanne
keyport - Boat 6/06/2008 16:58:13
Species - Fluke(Rel),
out fish capt bob on the circle hook

Lots of Luck Chuck Mitchell
New York Harbor - Boat 6/23/2008 7:40:25
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel), Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
Went out on Sunday with lori knospler and her daugther Shannon. We hit a few spots for Fluke and caught 3 keeper fluke all over 21 inchs and had a lot of shorts. Then we went up the East River and had lots of action with blues kept a few and released alot. The only bass we caught was a 20 inch striper that Shannon caught on a jig. Over all good day came back in before the storm. All fluke, blues and bass were caught on jigs. Bucktail and diamond jigs.

ChasBo
Raritan Bay, Great Kills Harbor - Boat 6/21/2008 7: 7:29
Species - StripedBass(Rel), StripedBass(Rel),
On the water at 7:15 and caught up with the birds/Blues between Great Kills, and Verizanno Bridge. They stayed active for about an hours then disapeared. We got them to surface, but not as many hook ups as usual. We worked all rock piles the rest of the day and produced a contiuous mixed bag of Stripers/Blues. All at least 8+ Lbs. We called it a day about 3PM and went into Great Kills Harbor from were we launched. Surprise, the harbor was full of bunker, and Gorrilla Blues. Forced to stay another two hours we had our fill of muscle tesing Gorilla's. Great Fishing, Great weather, Great Kills. I would love to see more of you telling your tails so as to help with where they are biting best, and keeping this report page alive.

Lots of Luck Chuck Mitchell
New York Harbor - Boat 6/15/2008 20:47:41
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel),
Sat. myself and Laura Knospler fish the JCAA fluke tournament. We had fluke from 3lbs 4lbs and one 5.58 lbs at 25 inchs that fluke took 6th place in the tournament. We had five keeper fluke at the New York size limit. Also we caught a lot of 17 to 18 inch fluke. The bait for the day that work was squid and large spearing.Had a great day on the river just got caught in the rain at the dock.

Fred Rung
Raritan Bay - Boat 6/8/2008 06:00AM - 1:00 PM
Species - Bluefish(Rel), Bluefish(Rel), Bluefish(Rel), Fluke(Rel), Fluke,
Went out with my cousin John and we caught all the blues from 1 - 4 pounds you would ever want. You could troll, cast to breaking schools or fish bait on the bottom to hit them. Had double & triple headers on the boat going all morning.
Switched over to fluke and caught a couple of throwbacks in the hole in the bay. Then the crowd closed in so we went over to the ammo pier. After stopping along the way to catch some breaking blues we caught a 22 and 18 inch keeper right next to the restricted zone. All in all a nice day on the water.

ChasBo
Raritan Bay - Boat 6/ 9/2008 10:21:13
Species - Bluefish(Rel),
I went to get my yearly parking pemit for Great Kills yesterday, and brought the boat, just in case. Well, it looked Ok out there for my 16' Bass Tracker, and my son and I headed out about 4PM. Birds everywhere, and blues, blues, blues. I said to my son, "We Got Da Blues." His first cast caught 2 on one. We caught, not fished, for 2 hours, and left them biting with the T-Storms moving in. What a great Sunday trip from Newburgh we had.

Lots of Luck Chuck Mitchell
East River and Hudson River - Boat 6/ 9/2008 7:50:39
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel),
Fish Sunday 6/8/08.Myself and Lori Knospler fish the end of the outgoing tide early in the east river and caught over 50 cocktail blues in the river, they were all over the river. We also caught small bass up tp 24 inchs. Then we fish the incoming tide in the Hudson River and caught a 20lb Bass. Had a great day on the water. Did not see to many people out fishing that day maybe the heat or gas prices.All bass were caught on eels.

Tom HUNGRY Guyre
Leonardo - Boat 6/ 2/2008 11:27:28
Species - Fluke(Rel),
Made drifts all morning from Earl to almost the atlantic highlands.
lot of wind, drift was faster than I prefer, with wind against tide most of the day. I managed to land 6 short Fluke largest was 17.75 inches. That one hurt! 2 were under 12 inches. three out of six went back with ALS tags. Around 1:30 the cocktail blues came in and the hot action begun. My fishin buddy and I put 12 in the boat before they were gone. 3 on a troll on the way into the beach. All in all a very good day of fishing.

Lots of Luck Chuck Mitchell
East River - Boat 6/ 1/2008 20: 9:33
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel),
Went out early today and hit the East River we had ten bass all 32 inch to 37 inch and 12 Blue Fish 8 to 10lbs. We fish the end of incoming and some of the out going. The weather was great it just got a little windy on the way back in. Over all a great day on the water. Chuck and Angelo

CAPT. RICH
Raritan Bay - Boat 5/28/2008 7:25: 7
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel),
The BIG BASS are in ! On may 20, the Jeff Grabiac charter had a full limit of striped bass to 38'. All nice big fat ones. We started off the day casting to breaking bluefish in the bay for constant action. We landed and released 40 blues. On the 21st. the Bobby and Pete Daly charter had a full limit of striped bass also up to 38'. plenty of bluefish as well. On the 22nd. the Frank Blanch charter had 50 bluefish caught casting. They were hitting metals of any kind and Frank was having a ball with the top water plugs. He kept trying to see how many bluefish he could pull the plug away from ! Great strikes. On Friday, the Bill Stephens charter from New Century Transportation had a great day with the bluefish again, casting to them. But only had a pick of bass. Saturday, Bluefish Bob Donahue was out with a great day on the big stripers. He had a full limit of stripers to 40" and 20 lbs. Again, plenty of bluefish were caught in the morning casting to the birds. On Sunday, the Frank Mimichetti charter had a really good day catching stripers. A full limit was landed with others released. Frank not only caught the largest striped bass of his life, but also the largest fish of his life!! It was a beauty at 30 lbs. !!! Monday saw another limit of striped bass for the Don Moser charter. Another full limit was caught and more released. Don had the largest of the day at 40".
Soooo........... the big bass are in. Time to go !! The water temperature has only been in the mid to high 50's. We will be catching these fish thru June and into July. Open dates in June are 24, 25, 26. July 1, 2, 4, 6, 7-11. We could even do a striper and fluke combo.

Below you will find 2 shots from the Don Moser charter mentioned above. Hope to see you soon ! THANKYOU.

CAPT. RICH NEWALLIS JR.
'JUST ONE MORE' SPORTFISHING
www.just1morecharters.com
908-472-2684

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val grimley
lower hudson - Surf 5/26/2008 13:39: 7
Species - Carp(Rel),
we caught and released many carp, we had 13 over 20lbs and 2 over 30lbs.The biggest was 34lbs even.The carp were caught on different baits from maize to boilies(boilied flavored dough balls)Hard fighting fish..even the smaller ones!!

freddie the j
Albany - Boat 5/27/2008 9:11:57
Species - StripedBass, herring,
After putting in about 60 hours of fishing since mid April, finally got two on Sunday, May 24. One 23", one 32", both on live herring just north of the port in about 22 feet of water. Also fished Saturday and Monday, no hits. Still plenty of herring.

marc
catskill - Boat 5/26/2008 6am
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),
Had 3 runs in 20 minutes on live herring. Boated 2.

1-41' with tag 29#

1- 37' 20#

Lots of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Sandy Hook - Boat 5/26/2008 19: 9:45
Species - Bluefish,
Went out on Sunday early to try to catch some fluke down Sandy Hook. Ran into birds at the Sandy Hook Channel and caught seven blues from 8 to 12 lbs. Did not have any luck with the fluke maybe next weekend.

Sea Sons
Newburgh - Boat 5/26/2008 14:13:13
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Catching Stripers on the outgoing tide this morning 7:30-10 Bite was on!!! Fish from 12-29 inches. Used sand worms 4ft off the bottom 2-3 oz sinker. Plum pt 42ft deep.

Todd
Newburgh, NY - Boat 5/23/2008 23:11:48
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
We caught 1 26", 1 25". 1 19" and 1 17". All were caught on blood worms on the rising tide.

Ray
Highlands Bulkhead - Surf 5/21/2008 15:53:12
Species - Bluefish, SeaRobins,
Caught 2 nice Blues about 7lbs on bunker after realsing about I,m not kidding about 15 sea robins, They were biting like Bluegills in fresh water beautiful day to be out.No rain gown there.

Tom HUNGRY
Hoffman Island - Boat 5/21/2008 12:27: 9
Species - Fluke(Rel), Skates&32,
Hi all,
Tagged and released my first Fluke of the year, a 17" fish just off Hoffman island, caught on killie. It was a nice day, got to watch all the fleet week action up close.

marc
catskill - Boat 5/20/2008 6;15am
Species - StripedBass,
Caught 2 stripers in 15 minutes on live herring. 37'-20# and the other 43'- 31#
Good morning fishing. Saw many stripers caught this morning

George S
New Hamburgh - Boat 5/17/2008 12:30 1
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass,
Drifted out going tide in the flats,lost 2 big fish,while landing 2, 1-42 inch weighing in at just under 30lbs,and another 37 1/2 at 23lbs. all hooked with bloodworms.

Lots of Luck Chuck Mitchell
New York Harbor - Boat 5/17/2008 8:46: 4
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Fish on Friday May 16 2008. Fish with capt Ralph Roth WeighPoint SportFishing Charters and his crew from Old Harbor Outfitters in the Manhattan Cup in New York City. The largest catch and release tournament in New York. The day started out with helping a boater that his engines went out my the Morris Canel and his Mako daul outboard fishing boat was slamming up into the jetty rocks. So we stop and help him get off the rocks and tow him into Liberty Marina. Then we got on our way to Chelsa Piers to pick up our clients. We left to go fishing then we saw a other boater that had engine problems and stop to help him then we lost one of our throttle cables so we were stuck in the Hudson, Quick thinking and we made a quick repair and we were on our way to fishing grounds. what a start to the day, But it all work out. We caught seven big bass and five bluefish. We return to Chelsa Pier for the Weigh In and WeighPoint Sport Fishing won the Manhattan Cup bait division for the largest bass over 30lbs

striperdrw
esopus flats - Boat 5/16/2008 6:13:21
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),
came down from buffalo for 10days. fished black creek and esopus flats only. camped on esopus island for 3 days. 14ft. blue boat, many saw me out there. did great this year. 3-8#'s, 1-10#, 3-19#'s, 1-20#, and on thursday 5/8 at dead low tide 1100 am, landed a 36#, 42" fish, getting mounted. also had one snap my line. great year, good luck all, see you next year. oh yeah, all on live herring, which were the easiest to catch in recent years.

Ray L.
Chart House Pier - Surf 5/14/2008 20:28:27
Species - Fluke,
Caught and released 2 Fluke one 17.5inches and one 25onches 3lbs on bucktails incoming tide

Joe M
1/4 mile before Newburgh bridge on the south side - Boat 5/13/2008 5:45
Species - StripedBass,
I wasnt out there 15 minutes and this one hit pretty hard!! After that we were marking fish all over by the bridge area, but no takers.

boatname-PLAYTIME

Jason G
Hudson river - Boat 5/13/2008 4:30 pm
Species - StripedBass,
Nice 19 pound 34" striper. Their out there going back out all day tomorrow.

christian hoops hrfa e board member and merchandiser
pochuck creek - Surf 5/12/2008 23:37:10
Species - Smallmouth(Rel), Bass, largemouthsmallmouthandrock,
This creek is about 1000 feet from my home in pine island NY. I moved hear last july and only fished it once catching one nice largemouth.I just wanted to see what was in thier? It was the first time I ever caught all three species in one day.pretty cool a sweet water bass slam. fish from 12 inches to 18.At dusk mothers day

Richard A Saville
Castleton-on-Hudson - Surf 5/9/2008 10:30 am
Species - StripedBass,
42 inches long

27 inch girth

38 pounds

caught on live bait right off the docks of the Castleton Boat Club looks like the fish will be here for their annual striped bass tournament for the weekend of May 17th and 18th 2008

bubbabass
NY/NJ BIGHT - Boat 5/10/2008 23:55:30
Species - StripedBass, Bluefish, StripedBass, Bluefish,
went out for the derby. tough bite today for us. nothing like watching everyone around you pick shorts. took awhile.2 keeper bass to 32", 1 nice blue about 7 pounds...fresh clams

Capt. Art
Old Orchard , Romer Shoals - Boat 5/7/08 8:00 _ 18:00
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish(Rel), StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish(Rel),
Caught in excess of 50 plus blues to 13 lbs. trolling and chunking. Clammed Romer on outgoing nothing but skates. Clammed SE of Romer and caught 6 bass to 35". Trooled the ammo pier edge of channel and caught 1 blue and 6 nice bass to 36". Later Capt. Art

Btal
kingston area - Boat 5/ 9/2008 14: 1:20
Species - StripedBass,
Went out yesterday only for a couple of hours trolling didn't have much luck. Going out hopefully saturday. Anyone think the rain is gonna hinder saturadys luck?

CAPT. RICH
Raritan bay - Boat 5/ 9/2008 7:11:22
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel),
The striped bass run is in full swing! On monday, the Keith Reardon, Mick and Marty Golabek charter limited out with striped bass to 31". Shorts were released and the bluefish were everywhere. On Tuesday, the Scott Lavenberg charter had another limit of striped bass up to a high of 36". They are getting bigger. Also, plenty of bluefish were landed as well. On wednesday, we had aboard the Steve Shoemaker charter from PA. We started out with plenty of bluefish. Made a move, more bluefish and then we finally got the bass going , but when the strong south wind came up, the bite stopped, even with the blues! They landed bass to 33". I had a high of 63.2 degrees water temp. on some of those warm days. And the water must be warming up as there are spots in the bay with algea blooms. Fishing will only pick up now on the down side of the moon, and after this storm.
Afternoon / evening trips are available for the months of May and June. Dates left to charter are winding down. Nothing in May for a day trip. Day trips available in June are: 17, 18, 24, 25, 26 THAT'S IT ! ******** July, 1, 2, 4, 6. Striper and fluke combo anyone ??

Below you will find Bob Stiers with his striper on one of the open boat trips and Joe Ruscica with one of his bass on a recent charter.

THANKYOU,

CAPT. RICH NEWALLIS JR.
"JUST ONE MORE" SPORTFISHING
www.just1morecharters.com
908-472-2684

Jaycr3183
Kingston Area - Boat 5/ 7/2008 19: 8:37
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Lots of good marks out there today, trolled most of the day and did well just as the tide turned for the incoming. Largest today was 44 inch caught trolling. Good luck and tight lines all.

Joel Black
Newburgh Bridge to RR station - Boat 5/ 7/2008 18:36:29
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
My niece caught this one and s few others today in 34' drifting a worm down 18'. For the last 4 days fishing has been best on the incoming tide. Its a shame I have to go back to Wisconsin tomorrow.

racerx
sharrots pier staten island - Surf 5/ 4/2008 13: 4:16
Species - Bluefish(Rel),

DAVID DILLER
ENGLEWOOD BOAT BASIN - Surf 5/ 6/2008 7:45:00
Species - Catfish(Rel),
My first catch of the season. Used some bunker another fisherman gave me. (Normally I use shrimp.) Weight was about 10lbs. Very healthy looking. Swam away as soon as I tossed him back.

Jerry
Below Schodack Island State Park - Boat 5/ 5/2008 5:15 P.M.
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass, StripedBass,
Striper was 38 inches long, weighed 20 lb. 8 oz. and was caught on live bait (herring)

Chillycon
Newburgh-Beacon Bridge - Surf 5/ 6/2008 20:51:17
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),
Fished yesterday from 9am to 2pm caught alot,4 of them range 18" to 26". All caught on Bloodworm.

Todd
Newburgh, NY - Boat 5/ 6/2008 20:50:33
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
We caught 14 Stripers. Two 31",two 23" two 21" the rest 20" and under.

All caught on bloodworms on the rising tide.

These fish were caught between batterman Island and the Newburgh Beacon Bridge.

Tom
NY/NJ BIGHT - Boat 5/ 5/2008 07: 15:00
Species - Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel),
Pushed the old Jon boat off the beach just north of the state $$LAUNCH$$ in Leonardo. There's a dirt road a Yak fishermen showed me. Good launch for you guys with light boats.

Windy at sun up, but the blues were all over the place, 7 to 10 lbs. Wind died down but action didn't. Great fun was had by all.

Joe B
Albany area - Boat 5/ 5/2008 14:24:34
Species - StripedBass,
Tons of boats out there now - Rensslear Docks will not be going in anytime soon - State told them they were illegal - they ordered new ones...will take awhile...Lots of bait...come on in Mr. Striper...

JayG
Newburgh bay by Dennings - Boat 5/ 4/2008 12:28:44
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Caught 8 stripers. 12 pounds was biggest, 8lbs, 6lbs and the rest smalls. 1/2 on Bloodworm, 1/2 on sandworms. The slack and incoming tide was great..then died off.

Blackdog
Hudson River North West of Croton Point South - Boat 5/ 3/2008 10:29:59
Species - StripedBass,
Hooked a 28" 16lb Stripper on Clam. Released 18" and a handful of little strippers

Jaycr3183
Kingston "Area" - Boat 5/ 4/2008 21:45:40
Species - StripedBass, Theriverwasdead,
Welllll fished all day from Kingston to 10 miles south and 5 miles north......Couldnt fidn one solid school of fish. Very sparadic, not even alot of big marks. Tried trolling and live bait. Nothing. Seems to be the name of the game today out there from everyone out there. Who knows, maybe this week

Lots of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Lower Bay and New York Harbor - Boat 5/ 4/2008 20:22:28
Species - StripedBass, Bluefish,
Chuck and Lori went out this morning a little fog had live bunker. Fish down by Old Orchard got blues to 10lbs. On the way back made a stop in the Harbor and pickup a 30 inch bass 14lbs.
Nice day on the water maybe more bass will be around next week if we get some good weather.

Hornet
south of bride - Boat 5/ 3/2008 12:52: 5
Species - StripedBass,
Pick up a nice 10lb stiper and a small schoolie on bloods.Seems like its time to be out there as much as you can because its started.

Sullyonhudson
Newburgh - Boat 5/ 2/2008 19:55: 1
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Trolled all day...7 fish, all small. Fish scarce today. Saw a few meat guys catch some small ones.
Sully

P.J.'s
newburgh - Boat 05/01/08 5pm - 9pm
Species - StripedBass,
cold and windy last night, tried trolling and worms. Fish were all over the place No takers.

Jolly Roger
Kingston Area - Boat 5/ 1/2008
Species - StripedBass,
A 47 lb---37 lb.--- and a 19 lb. Striped Bass. Weighted in at Certified Marine Marina. Worms and Herring both are working well.

sullyonhudson
Dennings Point - Boat 5/ 1/2008 13:35:44
Species - StripedBass(Rel), StripedBass(Rel),
Sorry, this is a late report. Last Sunday (4/27)caught about 30 stripers mostly 4-7 lbs, largest at 12 lbs. We were out for 10 hours, trolling the entire time between NBB bridge and Dennings Point, 22-34' of water. All colors worked. Temp down 20' was 46 degrees, 52 surface.

Lou the Coffeeman
Piiermont Pier - Surf 5/ 1/2008 11: 9:39
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Hi Guys,

I went to Piermont Pier and hunkered down on the South Side. I was appalled at the amount of litter that surrounded me. I was so disenchanted as I can't believe how thoughtless and ignorant people can be. I have lost my hope for the human race since I see how we abuse our environment. And I know it's not the regular's fault but I couldn't help venting about this. So, like a good and concerned citizen, I cleaned it all up and nearly filled a garbage barrel with the crap that I picked up just in arms length of where I was standing. Since when is drinking allowed? I picked up more beer bottles than a liquor store! Unfortunately, I think I'm shoveling crap against the tide! By the way, no fish were caught but certainly lots of garbage...PEACE

Fletch
South of Bannerman's - Boat 4/29/2008 9:23:41
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Lost 2 and released 1 17" shortie. Plenty of fins on the finder just light action. Water needs to warm up a tad. Be back next week.

clint
denning point - Boat 4/27/2008 21:16:39
Species - Catfish(Rel),
don,t know think my fish finder was lying to me. the only thing i caught was catfish and small one at that

George C
1/2 mile southof Newburgh Bridge, beacon side - Boat 4/26/2008 8.00
Species - StripedBass,
We werent marking alot of fish. On thursday 4/24 same spot we were marking tons offish but no luck!

Kirk
Newburgh - Boat 4/27/2008
Species - StripedBass, Catfish,
Water Temp 52 Incoming Tide started catching schoolie stripers and catfish..halfway through the incoming tide bait used bloodworms..... SEA SONS BLOOMINGBURG NEW YORK

tKirk
Newburgh - Boat 4/27/2008
Species - StripedBass, Catfish,
Water Temp 52 Incoming Tide started catching schoolie stripers and catfish..halfway through the incoming tide bait used bloodworms..... SEA SONS BLOOMINGBURG NEW YORK

freddie the j
albany - Boat 4/26/2008 10: 6:13
Species - herring, shad,
Fished Saturday and Sunday, from the I-90 bridge south to below the Normanskill. High tide and falling. Herring and shad near the bridge, one good run off down below the port but couldn't hook him. Try next weekend on a rising tide.

CAPT. RICH
Raritan bay - Boat 4/28/2008 8:15:15
Species - StripedBass, Bluefish, Flounder,
Hello to all my fellow fishing friends out there. There has been a variety of different species caught aboard the "Just One More" lately. Last Tuesday we had aboard the Tom Smith charter and stripers were landed on clams up to 31". Wednesday we had aboard the Scott Lavenberg charter and we had striped bass and bluefish. The bluefish seem to be everywhere in the bay. On Thursday, the Dave Taub charter had, what I think is the last gasp of winter flounder, and a mix of bluefish. Friday, the Bob Abel charter had a "Sandy Hook Spring Grand Slam". They landed striped bass, bluefish, and winter flounder ! With the water temps. up over 50 degrees and all the bluefish in the bay, the winter flounder will make a hasty retreat. With some more nice weather predicted for the end of this week, the striped bass fishing should break wide open.
Dates left to charter are: April 30. June 5, 16, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26. With the striped bass season starting late this year, those June dates should really be super fishing.
The next OPEN BOAT DATE, not filled is June 4. Come fishing by yourself or with a family member or friend. 7 am to 2 pm. Everything included as usual. $100.00 per head. This is a great way to get out by yourself and fish if you can't find enough people to charter the whole boat. And always, lot's of laughs !!!!

THANKYOU,

CAPT. RICH NEWALLIS JR.
'JUST ONE MORE' SPORTFISHING
908-472-2684
www.just1morecharters.com

Lots of Luck Chuck Mitchell
Raritan Bay - Boat 4/28/2008 4: 7:16
Species - Bluefish,
Fish down the Bay caught a ton of bunker then went bass fishing we were live line bunker and caught a ton of blues in the 8 to 10lbs. The cooler was filled. Got a few short bass nothing to talk about. Had a great day fish with Capt. Ralph Roth, Capt Steve Cherry, Lori Knaspler and myself.Will have to try and get the bass next week

Jaycr3183
Kingston Area - Boat 4/27/2008 23:16:54
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Fished the evening out on the river, pulled plugs, went 4 for 7 on fish, most came on riggers, painted alot of good marks today. Kept 1 for the pan. Biggest was maybe 35 inches. Good luck to all, tight lines.

george mentiply
troy ny - Surf 4/27/2008 8: 8: 2
Species - StripedBass(Rel), herin,
not much going on yet 1 more week had only one run all day

Joel Black
Newburgh Bridge to Plum Point - Boat 4/25/2008 14:36:26
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
We fished Newburgh all week drifting blood worms. We caught plenty of schoolies, but nothing to brag about yet.

Todd
Newburgh, NY - Boat 4/25/2008 18: 9:33
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),
On april 25th Between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM we caught 3 Stripers on Blood worms two Schoolies and one 26 inch 8lb. 8 0z. Fish. the fish finder marked alot of school fish throughout the day.

Enjoy the run

Robert Litz
Kingston - Boat 4/20&23/2008 9:21:38
Species - StripedBass,
Launched for first time on Sun. caught 2 (schoolies) lost one trolling. Weds. fished 8am - 2pm from Kingston Rhinecliff bridge to almost Marlboro and only washed lures. Some fish deep and on the bottom. I marked more fish Sun.

Marc
catskill - Boat 4/23/2008 6;45am
Species - StripedBass,
Caught a 41'- 30# striper drifting on a live herring. What a fight.

Look at picture on riverbasinsports.com

Scott Baker
Peekskill, NY - Boat 4/22/2008 16:31:28
Species - StripedBass,
Hit my Peekskill spot for the first time this year with nothing to show. Not even a run off!!!! Used fresh cut bunker. Will try again tomorrow.

Marc
Catskill - Boat 4/22/2008 8am
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Two strippers on live herring driting from a boat. Both around 32". Finally starting to see some action.

kevin
haverstraw,ny - Surf 4/20/08
Species - Largemouth(Rel),
caught a couple of small smallmouth bass at the docks of the haverstraw marina

GARY
south of albany - Surf 4/21/2008 19:34:42
Species - StripedBass,
I CAUGHT A 34 INCHER AND A FRIEND OF MINE GOT A 23 INCHER .HERRING ARE EVERY WHERE
AND THE STRIPERS ARE CHASING

Jaycr3183
Kingston Area - Boat 4/20/2008 21:16:55
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Trolled most of the day today, Yes it wa very expensive. Ended up with 4 Fish from 14-37 inches. All on flat line. Beautiful Day. Painted alotta good marks, wont be long now, I would say in about another week you will see things explode.

Steve Niemis
Hudson River Glasco,NY - Boat 4/17/2008 21: 1:41
Species - StripedBass,
2 Stripers caught 1 41 inches 33 lbs and 1 31 inches ..Both caught on chunk herring.

clint
newburg/fishfill creek area - Boat 4/19/2008 19:47:10
Species - Catfish(Rel),
didn't have good luck today with the stripers...maybe because i had the wife and kids with me fished from 10am to 2pm

Rosenite
west point area - Boat 4/19/2008 18:18:31
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),
5 20-24 inch on bloodworms between 10 and 2pm

MR.CRAB
GW BRIGE - Boat 4/18/2008 10:46:26
Species - StripedBass,
MY 2 BOYS LANDED A 12 LBS FISH YESTERDAY ,

ChasBo
Newburgh Harbour - Boat 4/19/2008 7:48:51
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Fishermen/Fisherwomen,
Just wanted to say that i like the fact that this fiahing report board is really getting active again. It is a great way to stay stoked, and informed. Thank you all, tight, very tight lines to all us crazy fishing fools.

GARY
south of albany - Surf 4/18/2008 22:40: 1
Species - StripedBass, herring,
caught 2 stripers today and herring wer plentyfull today .one striper was 28 the other 22 inches .guys on the boats wer having problems jigging but us on shore had no problem getting bait

Todd
Newburgh, NY - Boat 4/18/2008 17:24:41
Species - StripedBass,
We caught a 18" Striper at 11:00 am at almost high tide. Noted allot of school fish on the fishfinder

ChasBo
Dennings Point - Boat 4/18/2008 7:42:16
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Lots of fish on the incomming tide. Trolling with silver minnows. Very light tackle with fish up to 8 pounds, 16 to be precise. That was from 5-8PM. Sun going down/moon coming up, what an evening it was. Come on out there is plent of fish, and plenty of room for everybody.

ludworth striper
croton point - Boat 4/16/2008 20:26: 8
Species - StripedBass(Rel), catfish,
beautiful day. caught two stripers 19 inch and 26 inch. loaded the boat full of big catfish. blood worms produced stripers and chunk herring produced the cats. the run isn't quite on yet but its knocking.

Jaycr3183
Hudon River - Boat 4/16/2008 19: 8:10
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
3 line siders up to 31 inches. lots of herring, painting good fish on the river.

firas
Port Ewen, NY - Surf 4/14/2008 7:15 PM
Species - StripedBass,
my second keeper this season, it was 23.5 inches, from shore on blood worm, the first one was yesterday same location 18.5 inches at 2 PM.

freddie the j
poestenkill creek - Surf 4/13/2008 4:00 pm
Species - herring,
Herring run is on, was able to snag a few with the sabiki rig at the falls on 1st Street

ChasBo
Dennings Point Again - Boat 4/13/2008 18:51:39
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
There not very big, but they sure make up for it in there enthusiasm. I went out again at the incoming tide, from 2-5. I caught 20 +/- School Kids. Yellow Bucktais Casting. Silver Rapala's trolling. I had 2 doubles trolling the shoreline. Come guys give it up tell us what your doing out there?

goober
cold spring - Surf 4/13/2008 16:30:46
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Catfish(Rel),
3 23 inchers on bloodworms

ChasBo
Newburgh/Denning Point - Boat 4/10/2008 22:35:23
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Schoolies where hot after the old bucktails right a the incoming tide change. It did not last long but my son, and I, and two other boats where all into them. Fun in the sun today, finally.

clint
croton point - Boat 4/10/2008 11:30am
Species - StripedBass,
alot of action with the schoolies on blood worms, largest one caught was 23"
it was a good day fishing

Karen Ann Charters
Jamaica Bay - Boat 4/6/2008
Species - StripedBass(Rel),

Ray
SaddleRiver,Rt 4 Area - Surf 4/ 8/2008 14:18: 4
Species - Trout,
3lb 22inch Brown trout

Rich P
Hackensack River - Boat 4/ 7/2008 10:47:23
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Two of us had about 17 fish, all good fighting size but only one keeper at 35" and fat with eggs. All were released unharmed.

freddie the j
Glass Lake, NY - Boat 4/ 7/2008 11:48:53
Species - Trout,
Sunday, April 6. Caught a nice 15 inch rainbow on a worm at the culvert that drains Crooked Lake into Glass Lake. Other guys fishing the main lake said they had real good luck on the surface at day-break, trout rising everywhere!

Hornet
NY/NJ BIGHT - Boat 4/ 7/2008 10:29:47
Species - StripedBass,
Had a good day sunday with a couple of buddies on my boat.Caught a bunch of schoolie striper in the croton area.We moved around a bit but hooked up no matter where we were.Bloods seemed the best,but I thought there was a law on the size they had to be.We had some 2-3 inches long, we had to put 3 worms on the hooks.Thank god we don't use them in the sound for stripers.see ya on the water Hornet

Gerald Everett
City Of Poughkeepsie - Surf 4/ 6/2008 19:45:47
Species - Catfish,
Chicken Livers. 20"
Chanel Cats...good eats.

ChasBo
Dennings Point - Boat 4/ 6/2008 10:20:27
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
I went out to make sure that I was Ship Shape. Launched out of Newburgh Landing. Also made several passes up, and down the inner shoreline of Dennings Point. It is about now that I can get into the Schoolies pretty good, but no sighn of them yet. I will try again on Thursday, and give another report.

outa here
hackensack river - Boat 4/ 5/2008 18:10:19
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
6 stripers were caught using clams. i always have luck with clams in my honey hole.largest was 8 pounds no big guys yet.

striper chaser
caskill run - Surf 4/ 3/2008 21:12:22
Species - StripedBass,

outa here
peirmont - Surf 3/27/2008 16:32: 6
Species - StripedBass(Rel), catfish,
from pier fooling around after i got worms for sat. trip. caught 2 and released them one was 12 inches the smallest stripper i have ever seen the other was 8 pounds caught by my buddy.

bob p
caskill creek mouth - Surf 3/27/2008 23: 0:57
Species - herring,

Rich P
Hackensack River - Boat 3/21/2008 10: 3: 9
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Picked a few dozen from several spots in the extreme wind (40+) and cold. Had two keepers, one at 29 and one at 33". The rest were schoolies mostly between 18 and 24". Great first day out, happy to have the spring here officially. the run has begun!

roberthornet
NY/NJ BIGHT - Surf 3/15/2008 2:26:55
Species - StripedBass(Rel),
Water was pretty dirty ,so I loaded up 3 worms on the hook for more scent and it worked well.Caught 4stripers in 1 1/2 hours .size 25"-30" .worms were small as usaull .Fish just north of croton yacth club.The area north is all closed off because of the construction so the guys who have fished from the shore in this area for years are not going to able to do it this year.The only good thing is maybe it will be a cleaner place,because alot of the people who have been using this area has left it a mess,maybe because some arn't going to be staying in this country they could care less.This I know because I have had words with some about the mess they were going to leave.

Jim the ruler
Piermont - Surf 3/8/08
Species - StripedBass,
They are here

RiverPirate
Albany, NY - Boat 3/ 8/2008 14:33:44
Species - StripedBass, none,
I'm a novice and will be fishing for striped bass in a couple of weeks. Any advice as to size and type of hook to use? I will be fishing with Freddie the hook and he doesn't know squat. Please respond.

freddie the j
grafton state park - Surf 2/23/2008 2:30 pm
Species - pickerel,
"You're gonna need a bigger hole!" Fished through the ice on Saturday at Long Pond in Grafton Lakes State Park, Rensselaer County. Saw a guy a few weeks ago with a 17' brown, thought we would try it again. Fished with tip ups and minnows from 11 to about 2:30, not a single flag. As I was removing the tip ups to call it a day, felt a tug on one. Then noticed all of the line had been pulled out. As I pulled in the line I could tell it was big. After a collassel struggle, pulled in a 23 inch pickerel, probably about 3 or 4 pounds. biggest one I ever caught. Nice fillets, hope they aren't too boney. Anyone have a good fish cake recipe?
Freddie the j

freddie th j
glass lake, ny - Surf 1/26/2008 19: 3:57
Species - Trout, yellowperch,
Saturday, Jan 26, 2008. Glass Lake, Rensselaer County, NY. Fished all day through 5 inches of clear black ice using minnows and tip ups. Thirty degrees, no wind. Got six nice perch to 12 inches. And lord have mercy, we finally caught a trout. Twelve inch rainbow on one of Kurt's tip ups fishing in about 12 feet of water. They are in there, I am now a believer.

Freddie the j

Erik Lemba
Jensen Beach/Fort Pierce F.L. - Surf 1/13/2008 15:22:26
Species - Trout(Rel), Trout, Snapper, Snook, Sheepshead,

jon snoman
Glass Lake Ice Fishing - Surf 1/ 5/2008 16: 5:45
Species - Largemouth(Rel), Pickeral, Largemouth(Rel), Pickeral, Largemouth(Rel), Pickeral,
The first ice of the season and caught several useless pickeral and one small largemouth, which was cleanly released. Was on the ice with friend who told me a lie so blatant that my ear has swollen. While I am used to fabrication from fishermen, the downright allegation that an allegatorgra (sic) exists and is drawn to light, with teeth to take your fingers off, is just to much. It can only be attributable to the cold. Visited some friends on 1/6/07 on the ice. It was so thin that cracking occured when two or more stood near one another. I came home,the floor creaked. Made me stop short. Thought I was still on the ice for a second.

freddie the J
glass lake, ny - Surf 1/ 5/2008 17:21: 4
Species - LargemouthBass, pickerel,
Dateline: January 5, 2008, Glass Lake, Rensselaer County, NY:

Fished through 3 inches of black ice overtopped with close to a foot of snow. Turned into a slushy mess once we drilled some holes. Got 4 pickerel 12 to 15 inches and one bass about 13 inches, using minnows on tipups. Where the f were you?

Freddie the J

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