With all this cold and soon (hope-Hope) to be melting White sxxt, they'll be down the river for a while. Another storm on the way for the weekend but supposed to be more to the south of 84.
We may see somewhat of a normal season, if there is such a thing when it comes to fishing.
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Just gotta wait for docks to get out in. QUOTE=Reel Force;263505]THE HERRING ARE IN, THE HERRING ARE IN!! Several confirmed reports of herring following stoolies in Kingston. Get ready boys.[/QUOTE]
Just gotta wait for docks to get out in. QUOTE=Reel Force;263505]THE HERRING ARE IN, THE HERRING ARE IN!! Several confirmed reports of herring following stoolies in Kingston. Get ready boys.
lets try to keep this page just for reports.... Bassinbrian is grumpy about now, he's not Striper fishing this year. Ahhh never mind he's probably sleeping in the chase lounge pool side, down in Florida.
Even though the Catskill Creek is still running muddy at the present time the conditions further downriver are not quite as bad. We've had our first believable herring reports come in from the Rondout Creek at Kingston as well as further upriver in the Esopus at Saugerties. This often is the point at which the upriver migration pauses until the water conditions further north become a little friendlier.
The pause can be just a couple of days but some years we've seen almost a couple of weeks before they once more head north. And, if the herring are here… you can be sure that the stripers are not far behind.
Read a post that was attached with a pic of herring that was caught yesterday in Columbia county. Don't no this person nor was I there but figured I would relay that info here.
That was me I have a gill net license. I did not scap them. only got 2 water is still cold got them in the Germantown area down where the old duck blinds use to be.
I'm about a mile north of the Kingston rhinecliff bridge. Been out since 11am and haven't had a single herring hit a sabiki or following a stoolie yet.
I have never had luck with Sabikis in the main river from what I read the water is to cold for using them right now. I can always use a hand running a gill net I launch in germantown
Took the net out last night same area no luck water really dirty with lots of debris near shore water temp read 42-44 out farther read 39-41. I have wed off for a few more weeks Guardguy1 tomm river is shot for anything if it clears up by next week looks like it should be ok I have no problem taking you out.
Tried to stoolie some herring in local streams in Columbia county didn't see not a one.Going to give it another try tomorrow can't wait to start fishing good luck to all!
Went down to Wappingers Creek saw none but figured they would come in withe next high tide and they did flowing strong but clearing up a bit river got up to 47 I'm poughkeepsie season is about to pop
HUDSON RIVER FISHING UPDATE - Sunday, April 9, 2017
GAME ON! STRIPERS!
In Troy?Sure, so it seems. We've received a couple of different reports of stripers taken from that cold, muddy off-colored water up there. A couple of days ago even though the water temperature at the dam was 41 (dropped to 40 for this morning) the fish decided that they weren't going to hold back any longer and made the move up. A wee bit further downriver, at Bethlehem's Henry Hudson Park, a 19 ¼ inch keeper was taken on the season's opening weekend using cut bait. There are no launch floats in the water there as of yet.
. We haven't heard much from the section south of Bethlehem to Athens but across the river from Catskill the shore bound anglers at the end of Greendale Road have had some success with smaller fish. So have the guys fishing the stretch of east shore between Germantown and Cheviot. We haven't heard much from Saugerties but it sure seems that the stripers should be active there. In Kingston the Rondout Creek has both herring and stripers and the action has been reported as good. A little bit further down river in the Port Ewen area the shore anglers off River Road are also scoring. Most fish being caught now are smaller "schoolie" fish.
. It seems that bait has still been the biggest hang up for the anglers. Here at the River Basin Sports Shop we've been getting fishermen from as far away as Poughkeepsie coming in to buy bloodworms and herring.
. Even though there are some herring in our section of the river they have been extremely hard to come by. Since the flowage is still running very dirty our bait suppliers so far have been unable to bring us any of this year's herring to sell as bait. Fortunately, we had a reasonable amount of frozen bait left over from last year's run so there was something to sell the guys to put on their hooks (we are now sold out of herring). We also have bloodworms in the store but this year's first delivery has been a little bit disappointing - kind of small size. Still - better than a bare hook. The fresh herring supply should be much improved by next weekend.
. The water conditions are improving very quickly. Yesterday the Catskill Creek was a muddy mess but today it actually looked pretty good. In another day or two it should be just about back to normal. The river too is improving but it's going to take another week or more to become what one might call respectable. And, right along with these improvements we're expecting some good sized schools of herring to start arriving this week. Your sabikis and stoolies should finally start to produce good results.
. In the meantime we've got some gorgeous looking days ahead this week. The upcoming weather appears to be perfect for you to get out there on the water and get this 2017 fishing season started. Good luck.Tom G
Checked out the Poestenkill Creek for herring yesterday around high tide...nothing. The water is still very high in Albany/Troy but the creek was clearing up. About 1.5-2 feet of visibility.
Saw quite a bit of herring action in tributaries between poughkeepsie and Newburgh. Nothing following but lots of busting on the shore. Definitely a good sign
Herring were easy to get in Wappingers they followed swimbaits pretry well biting the sabiki rigs really good too
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