Posted
by HugeFish4 on 2002 AM:
Looks like they are
coming in from this report I found:
Fished the south side of the bridge from
incoming tide.
There were three other boats in the same area, seems like everyone was into
the fish. The Stripers were feeding in spurts.
I had several doubles and one triple working four rods by myself. Water
temperature was a cold 42.3 degrees.
Bait today was bloodworms, I had only only one fish on
cut bunker.
Almost all of the Stripers were between 17" and 22" in length with
the
largest fish of the day at 26".
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by Scott E. on 2002 AM:
Soon
but not quite yet......still to early!!!
Huge,
The stripers have become a bit more active this month but this is not the
report I want to see yet, those fish are resident or juvinille fish that stay
in the river year round. Right now the main school is in the
Once the river temps turn between 46 and 50 degrees thats
when the fish will start to move north in there spawning run, as they move
north they may hang around an area and stall until the water gets closer to the
temps that are ideal for them to spawn, between 54 to 58 degrees. Lets hope for this temp to be reached slowly as if the river
warms quickly they will move north fast, spawn and be gone within a few days
time.
Stripers unlike largemouth and smallmouth bass are not driven by photoperiod to
spawn, water temperature drives them to spawn, if the river temps rise above 60
degrees in the river it can be detrimental to the eggs and fry, as few will
hatch and it has been found that any fry that do, usually do not survive past
their first year.
Another thing that also factors into this is the movement of herring up river,
during the spawn herring is the choice meal of the striped bass, so if the
school of hearing stall so will the stripers. The report I read last night had
them still chasing schools of bunker in the bay in the Keyport NJ area, not a
real good sign of movement north.
The current river temps in the low 40s may rise a bit over the next few days as
air temps will be in the mid 40s and cloud cover helps to warm the river a bit
overnight but by the weekend clouds will give way to sun and lower temps,
overnight this may drop river temps into the high 30s. Once river temps
stabilize a bit more into the mid 40s you will see more reports and bigger fish
being reported to our south.
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Posted
by HugeFish4 on 2002 AM:
Scott
I didn't mean to imply
that the cows were here, simply that some fish are showing up. This morning,
when I came across the bridge, I did see a lone boat between the bridge and
Piermont.
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Posted
by GMAN on 2002 PM:
Guys,
Since a thread was started regarding these awesome fish, I figured I'd sneak a
question in here. How do you fish for these things?.
I'm 4 miles from the
Thanks,
Posted
by Scott E. on 2002 PM:
How will you be fishing for them from shore or from a boat?
If in a boat you can try drifting eels or live herring. From shore try using
blood worms or cut bait like herring, bunker or butterfish on a fish finder
rig.
You can use you freshwater tackle but I would recommend a heavier outfit such
as a spinning reel made for saltwater and a rod to match such as a 9 to 10'
surfcasting rod, spool the reel up with some good quality line like Power Pro
braid no less than 30lbs.
Fishing from a boat is your best bet to hook up with a big striper from shore
it is a matter of time and luck and weeding through the small fish as well as
the junk fish like white perch, catfish and eels but when you do hook up with a
keeper hang on!!!
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Posted
by JOHN G on 2002 PM:
John, thanks for the
update and as usual , you did a great job....keeping
track of stripers and their movements is very important to NYBass.com......
JOHN G
Posted
by Falls Fisherman on 2002 PM:
GMAN
If I recall correctly You are in Fishkill. Since I am
a real close Neighbor I could take you to A great
place not too far from where we live to do some shore fishing for Stripers.
Last year I was fortunate enough to catch a 34 inch 16 pounder form the place I
have in mind. I would be glad to show you the spot. It is a small park with
some great shore access. as far as tackle I would
suggest a heavy Spinning reel and a Rod at least 9 foot long. 30 pound test is
fine. I caught mine on 20 pound test.
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Posted
by HugeFish4 on 2002 AM:
Croton Report:
http://www.noreast.com/postedreport...=date&daysold=7
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Posted
by commuter on 2002 PM:
I'm hoping to try my luck
with the river stripers this year!
I still haven't decided if i should launch my boat with only trolling motors on
the
Not trying to crash your action but I've never fished the
I have landed a few decent catfish from shore fishing around norrie point!
Bill
Posted
by Falls Fisherman on 2002 PM:
COMMUTER I can't speak
for GMAN but, I for one would be happy to have you join the party. Looks like
we are starting our own Dutchess County Fishing club LOL.Seriously though, GMAN
has a Small 14 footer and I have a New 12 Foot Sea
Eagle. Between us I don't see why we couldn't do some serious fishing up in
this neck of the woods this year. There are some others close to us also like
JohnKud who is up in
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by commuter on 2002 PM:
Sounds like a plan to me.
I have a 14' jon I trailer that I bought from woody
late last year! I plan on getting a lot of boat time in this year!
I'll start looking at the calander to see when we can get together
.
Maybe we can fish Whaley I've never been there.
This Sat I'm hoping to get out on a Private lake I fish in millbrook for some
Panfish. The Bass there are great also
Bill
Posted
by GMAN on 2002 PM:
I'm in
Falls / Commuter,
Let me know what you guys are planning. Is
Posted
by GMAN on 2002 PM:
I'm in
Falls / Commuter,
Let me know what you guys are planning. Is
Posted
by Jameson on 2002 AM:
Stripers actually feed
during the day 
Cool.
JC
Posted
by Scott E. on 2002 AM:
Jameson,
Actually if I had a choice I would be down by the river fishing for them at
about midnight but most of the areas where you can get near the river are town
parks that are closed at dusk and open at dawn, so rather than risk getting
ticketed by the local P.D. for being there after dark we are forced to fish for
them during the day.
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Posted
by John/NH on 2002 AM:
When I lived in
One of the best locations was by boat from the river that comes from Croton
Reservoir and goes under the RR tracks and route 9 just south of
In both cases we caught some decent fish on cut or live bait.
Of course that's over 30 years ago and things have likely changed.
John/NH
Posted
by Paul Mattie on 2002 AM:
Anybody fishing the
Croton Pt area keep your eyes open for a fleet (5 or
6) of 28' center consoles at least 6 fisherman per boat. The
operate out of the
Posted
by HugeFish4 on 2002 AM:
Paul
I saw at least 4 boats
out near the
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by Paul Mattie on 2002 AM:
If they have 4 boats
already then they have been catching fish.
Posted
by JPBass on 2002 PM:
quote:
Originally
posted by Paul Mattie
Anybody fishing the Croton Pt area keep your eyes open for a fleet (5 or 6)
of 28' center consoles at least 6 fisherman per boat. The operate out of the
If they're poachers (and I assume they are) how come nobody reports them?...........I would!
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by Paul Mattie on 2002 PM:
JP,
A few years ago I took quite a interest in this group and there were citations
issued. My situation has changed a little and I now forgo the striper fishing.
The DEC while always wanting the info took many, many phone calls before they
finally acted. The result was about the same as a UPS driver getting a tickect
for double parking in
Paul
Posted
by HugeFish4 on 2002 PM:
I saw 4 boats, but I
didn't mean to imply that they were all the "bad" guys.
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by Paul at home on 2002 PM:
"If they have 4
boats already then they have been catching fish."
Huge,
I wasn't sure what you meant that's why I began my statement with the if.
At these water temps they may send one boat every few days to try and make
contact with the fish. The fish are usually thick at Croton Pt. before the
whole fleet comes to the river.
Paul
Posted
by JPBass on 2002 PM:
quote:
Originally
posted by Paul Mattie
JP,
A few years ago I took quite a interest in this group and there were citations
issued. My situation has changed a little and I now forgo the striper fishing.
The DEC while always wanting the info took many, many phone calls before they
finally acted. The result was about the same as a UPS driver getting a tickect
for double parking in
Paul
That's sad. People poaching for profit should be jailed, not just fined. As
well as the people buying the fish.cussin
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Posted
by Dennis a on 2002 PM:
lock up the dead beats
quote:
Originally
posted by JPBass
If they're poachers (and I assume they are) how come nobody reports them?...........I would!
call
the DEC and let them have their way with them.
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