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Hudson River NYC Fishing Report: Schoolie Bass, Perch, and Bluefish for Early Winter
Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Hudson River NYC fishing report.
We’re sitting on a classic early-winter pattern. National Weather Service has the city around the low 40s at daybreak, climbing into the upper 40s with a light northwest breeze, clear to partly cloudy skies, and wind staying under 15 knots. Sunrise came just after 7 AM, sunset will be a little before 4:30 PM, so you’ve got a tight daylight window and long, cold nights to cool the river.
NOAA tide tables for the Battery show a morning high, midday fall, and an afternoon low, so the best shots from shore are that **last of the flood and first of the ebb**—moving water but not ripping. Down around Pier 25–40 and the GW Bridge pylons, that’s when the current lines clean up and the bait stacks.
Fish activity’s typical for mid‑December. Most of the migratory stripers have slid south, but a **schoolie class** of resident bass is still hanging around the deeper edges, bridge structure, and warm-water pockets by outflows. Local guys this week have been picking a handful of fish per tide, mostly 18–26 inches, with the odd keeper‑sized linesider. Bycatch has been **white perch** and the occasional **schoolie bluefish** right in the lower estuary; DEC recently highlighted how strong white perch are in the system with a new state record from a NYC angler, and that tracks with what we’re seeing.
Best lures right now are **small and subtle**:
- 3–5" soft plastics on 3/8–1/2 oz jig heads in bunker, albino, or olive.
- Slim profile metals like Kastmasters and Deadly Dicks for when the wind’s up.
- Small bucktail jigs tipped with a bit of Gulp or pork rind.
For bait, **bloodworms**, sandworms, and fresh or lightly salted bunker chunks are doing the job. If you’re soaking bait, use just enough weight to hold bottom and keep rigs simple: hi‑low for perch and mixed bag, fish‑finder rig for bass.
Couple of hot spots to work:
- **Hudson River Park Piers 25–40**: solid access, decent current breaks, and lights that pull in bait after dark. Fish the up‑tide side of pilings and edges during the turn of the tide.
- **Riverside Park / 79th Street Boat Basin up to the GW Bridge**: deeper channel swings in tight to shore, good for schoolie bass and perch. Work jigs slow and close to bottom; bites are soft this time of year.
Think **slow and low**. Water’s cold, so drag those jigs just off the mud, pause often, and let the fish find you. Downsizing line to 15–20 lb braid with a 15–25 lb fluoro leader will get more bites, especially on calm, sunny days when the river’s clear.
That’s the word on the water from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
We’re sitting on a classic early-winter pattern. National Weather Service has the city around the low 40s at daybreak, climbing into the upper 40s with a light northwest breeze, clear to partly cloudy skies, and wind staying under 15 knots. Sunrise came just after 7 AM, sunset will be a little before 4:30 PM, so you’ve got a tight daylight window and long, cold nights to cool the river.
NOAA tide tables for the Battery show a morning high, midday fall, and an afternoon low, so the best shots from shore are that **last of the flood and first of the ebb**—moving water but not ripping. Down around Pier 25–40 and the GW Bridge pylons, that’s when the current lines clean up and the bait stacks.
Fish activity’s typical for mid‑December. Most of the migratory stripers have slid south, but a **schoolie class** of resident bass is still hanging around the deeper edges, bridge structure, and warm-water pockets by outflows. Local guys this week have been picking a handful of fish per tide, mostly 18–26 inches, with the odd keeper‑sized linesider. Bycatch has been **white perch** and the occasional **schoolie bluefish** right in the lower estuary; DEC recently highlighted how strong white perch are in the system with a new state record from a NYC angler, and that tracks with what we’re seeing.
Best lures right now are **small and subtle**:
- 3–5" soft plastics on 3/8–1/2 oz jig heads in bunker, albino, or olive.
- Slim profile metals like Kastmasters and Deadly Dicks for when the wind’s up.
- Small bucktail jigs tipped with a bit of Gulp or pork rind.
For bait, **bloodworms**, sandworms, and fresh or lightly salted bunker chunks are doing the job. If you’re soaking bait, use just enough weight to hold bottom and keep rigs simple: hi‑low for perch and mixed bag, fish‑finder rig for bass.
Couple of hot spots to work:
- **Hudson River Park Piers 25–40**: solid access, decent current breaks, and lights that pull in bait after dark. Fish the up‑tide side of pilings and edges during the turn of the tide.
- **Riverside Park / 79th Street Boat Basin up to the GW Bridge**: deeper channel swings in tight to shore, good for schoolie bass and perch. Work jigs slow and close to bottom; bites are soft this time of year.
Think **slow and low**. Water’s cold, so drag those jigs just off the mud, pause often, and let the fish find you. Downsizing line to 15–20 lb braid with a 15–25 lb fluoro leader will get more bites, especially on calm, sunny days when the river’s clear.
That’s the word on the water from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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By Inception Point AiName’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Hudson River NYC fishing report.
We’re sitting on a classic early-winter pattern. National Weather Service has the city around the low 40s at daybreak, climbing into the upper 40s with a light northwest breeze, clear to partly cloudy skies, and wind staying under 15 knots. Sunrise came just after 7 AM, sunset will be a little before 4:30 PM, so you’ve got a tight daylight window and long, cold nights to cool the river.
NOAA tide tables for the Battery show a morning high, midday fall, and an afternoon low, so the best shots from shore are that **last of the flood and first of the ebb**—moving water but not ripping. Down around Pier 25–40 and the GW Bridge pylons, that’s when the current lines clean up and the bait stacks.
Fish activity’s typical for mid‑December. Most of the migratory stripers have slid south, but a **schoolie class** of resident bass is still hanging around the deeper edges, bridge structure, and warm-water pockets by outflows. Local guys this week have been picking a handful of fish per tide, mostly 18–26 inches, with the odd keeper‑sized linesider. Bycatch has been **white perch** and the occasional **schoolie bluefish** right in the lower estuary; DEC recently highlighted how strong white perch are in the system with a new state record from a NYC angler, and that tracks with what we’re seeing.
Best lures right now are **small and subtle**:
- 3–5" soft plastics on 3/8–1/2 oz jig heads in bunker, albino, or olive.
- Slim profile metals like Kastmasters and Deadly Dicks for when the wind’s up.
- Small bucktail jigs tipped with a bit of Gulp or pork rind.
For bait, **bloodworms**, sandworms, and fresh or lightly salted bunker chunks are doing the job. If you’re soaking bait, use just enough weight to hold bottom and keep rigs simple: hi‑low for perch and mixed bag, fish‑finder rig for bass.
Couple of hot spots to work:
- **Hudson River Park Piers 25–40**: solid access, decent current breaks, and lights that pull in bait after dark. Fish the up‑tide side of pilings and edges during the turn of the tide.
- **Riverside Park / 79th Street Boat Basin up to the GW Bridge**: deeper channel swings in tight to shore, good for schoolie bass and perch. Work jigs slow and close to bottom; bites are soft this time of year.
Think **slow and low**. Water’s cold, so drag those jigs just off the mud, pause often, and let the fish find you. Downsizing line to 15–20 lb braid with a 15–25 lb fluoro leader will get more bites, especially on calm, sunny days when the river’s clear.
That’s the word on the water from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
We’re sitting on a classic early-winter pattern. National Weather Service has the city around the low 40s at daybreak, climbing into the upper 40s with a light northwest breeze, clear to partly cloudy skies, and wind staying under 15 knots. Sunrise came just after 7 AM, sunset will be a little before 4:30 PM, so you’ve got a tight daylight window and long, cold nights to cool the river.
NOAA tide tables for the Battery show a morning high, midday fall, and an afternoon low, so the best shots from shore are that **last of the flood and first of the ebb**—moving water but not ripping. Down around Pier 25–40 and the GW Bridge pylons, that’s when the current lines clean up and the bait stacks.
Fish activity’s typical for mid‑December. Most of the migratory stripers have slid south, but a **schoolie class** of resident bass is still hanging around the deeper edges, bridge structure, and warm-water pockets by outflows. Local guys this week have been picking a handful of fish per tide, mostly 18–26 inches, with the odd keeper‑sized linesider. Bycatch has been **white perch** and the occasional **schoolie bluefish** right in the lower estuary; DEC recently highlighted how strong white perch are in the system with a new state record from a NYC angler, and that tracks with what we’re seeing.
Best lures right now are **small and subtle**:
- 3–5" soft plastics on 3/8–1/2 oz jig heads in bunker, albino, or olive.
- Slim profile metals like Kastmasters and Deadly Dicks for when the wind’s up.
- Small bucktail jigs tipped with a bit of Gulp or pork rind.
For bait, **bloodworms**, sandworms, and fresh or lightly salted bunker chunks are doing the job. If you’re soaking bait, use just enough weight to hold bottom and keep rigs simple: hi‑low for perch and mixed bag, fish‑finder rig for bass.
Couple of hot spots to work:
- **Hudson River Park Piers 25–40**: solid access, decent current breaks, and lights that pull in bait after dark. Fish the up‑tide side of pilings and edges during the turn of the tide.
- **Riverside Park / 79th Street Boat Basin up to the GW Bridge**: deeper channel swings in tight to shore, good for schoolie bass and perch. Work jigs slow and close to bottom; bites are soft this time of year.
Think **slow and low**. Water’s cold, so drag those jigs just off the mud, pause often, and let the fish find you. Downsizing line to 15–20 lb braid with a 15–25 lb fluoro leader will get more bites, especially on calm, sunny days when the river’s clear.
That’s the word on the water from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI