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05-11-2018, 01:44 PM
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Location: Greene County
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Re: 2018 STRIPER REPORTs
NICE JOB GUYS !!!! 
SO glad to see Stripers hitting the nets and photos from all over.
My phone has been blowing up by long time friends, catching fish this week.
I was doing ok ... But now I am soooo Jealous !!!!
Miss my Stripers and river friends back there 
Keep em' coming.
Looks like a little later season going to be good out there.
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05-11-2018, 04:52 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Albany
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Re: 2018 STRIPER REPORTs
question for everyone using live herring. when you are rigging up the bait what kind of hook and rig are you using. I've been using a fish finder rig with a circle hook. just looking to see if there are any better options to keep the bait in the strike zone longer.
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05-11-2018, 08:22 PM
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Join Date: May 2015
Location: Albany ny
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Re: 2018 STRIPER REPORTs
Fished from 6:30am to 6:30 pm Rensselaer to the dam...only a few good run and drops...saw 1 fish boated. That's it. Returned to the boat launch and the lot was empty...not even the shore guys were there.
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05-11-2018, 08:31 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Greene
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Was able to get out for a couple of hours with a friend on my boat. that hasn't striper fished in over 13 years. I put him right on fish, he boated 4 today, biggest 27" of course I can't give out my secret spots! He is hooked again..
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05-11-2018, 08:50 PM
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Join Date: May 2012
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Re: 2018 STRIPER REPORTs
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Originally Posted by deafguy91
question for everyone using live herring. when you are rigging up the bait what kind of hook and rig are you using. I've been using a fish finder rig with a circle hook. just looking to see if there are any better options to keep the bait in the strike zone longer.
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I gave some thought to "keeping bait in the strike zone" recently as I have been having zero luck lately and i was wondering if my bait was getting buried on the bottom. Im using chunk, not live so I dont have the added benefit of a live herring trying to swim up the water column to join his friends. I remember back in the day I used to buy striper rigs with an orange foam float on the leader for surf fishing in Rhode Island. I was thinking of either hooking a bobber to my leader to help get it off the bottom or just finding the orange floats. If anyone on here has any knowledge or experience with something like this in the river I would be glad to hear it. I've put in a lot of hours recently with nothing to show for it, not even a run
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05-12-2018, 07:12 AM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: East Greenbush
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Re: 2018 STRIPER REPORTs
We put in a full day through the night and went for some bigger fish. We ended up with 16 in the 30-41 in range up to 30 lbs. Most were caught just south of the Poughkeepsie bridge but we hooked into a 41 incher at the IBM plant. That fish was an amazing fight because it felt like a world record hit. He grabbed the worm the peeled off 300 feet of line before we could turn him....even though we were pulling him in with the current it was a struggle. When we got him to the boat he was foul hooked which is why he felt like a 50+ pounder. What happened he grabbed the rattle sinker then as he ran and we set the hook it got belly snagged. This fish was a nice fat 30lb male spewing everywhere. We fished through the night and marked big fish but no more takers. This morning there was some spawning in the channel. The water temp was 56-58. This has been a strange year.....i have never seen more herring down here ever than this year.....it seems like the cold water temps slowed them down or even kept them from moving north more. Back out today.
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05-12-2018, 10:01 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Orange County, NY
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Black outs in Newburgh
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05-12-2018, 10:04 AM
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Join Date: May 2017
Location: clifton park
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This was north of Albany. Herring are thick here as well. Although we have few, very few stripers to be seen.
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05-12-2018, 10:42 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Orange County, NY
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Newburgh 5/11 got 11 in 2hrs up to 32”. Outgoing was strong 4-5pm
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05-12-2018, 12:42 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Greene County
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Re: 2018 STRIPER REPORTs
Put in for a few hours this am. Was able to scap bait fairly easy. Landed a 30" on chunk and had many run and drops on live.
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Biggest: 42" (2016)
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05-12-2018, 02:18 PM
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Striper Hunter
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Central pa
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Was able to fish Friday out of Kingston area boated 7 on chunk on the outgoing tide, not much size to them
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05-12-2018, 02:30 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Southern Maryland
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Potomac River 42 incher 28lbs
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05-12-2018, 04:44 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Orange County, NY
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Newburgh 3:30 Saturday 37”
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05-12-2018, 07:13 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: schenectady,n.y.
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Re: 2018 STRIPER REPORTs
Shore fished(Tues-Thurs) from just below the 396 (South Troy) bridge Renns. side for a few Schoolies,(lures only) small bucktails were working in White and Pink, up at the Dam was Dead, saw a few fish caught over three days, Nothing like last year at this time. We are all thinking the water warmed up and the fish held up Wayy South. ?? Will be back next Monday -Friday, hope I'm wrong.
The Herring and Shad were Very scarce also up at the Dam.
Bit slow for me this year(11 fish) , Not giving up just yet. Got a good feelin for next week.
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05-12-2018, 07:15 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: schenectady,n.y.
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Re: 2018 STRIPER REPORTs
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Originally Posted by MCDsiena
This was north of Albany. Herring are thick here as well. Although we have few, very few stripers to be seen.
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Saw very Few Stripers caught last week Tues-Thurs, both boat and shore
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