South of Kingston they primarily feed on bloods and sands. After the first week of May these are different fish than the ones that chase the herring. There also is not much herring in the main river south of Kingston so the worms are enticing. Kingston and North they primarily hit herring and rarely bloods. When a school of stripe decides to eat a particular meal the will RARELY feed on anything else even if you drop it on their head. Trolling rapallas ans tubes do work but that is because they are reaction strikes. Haverstraw Bay and south Bunker works well.
We are stuck using live or fresh chunk herring from shore here in Cornwall. Surprisingly they are easy to catch In May . I saw we are basically forced to use herring here are because of the damn perch. I don't even think a sinker hits the river floor before they swarm on the worm like piranhas
How about baiting the hook with a worm? What are the preferred methods Ive gotten conflicting information from sleeving the hook to balling the worm on the hook to a combo of the 2. This is my first season on the river still trying to catch my groove. Tia
I always use a spinner. There is no reason to troll and waste gas when drifting works fine. Yes, nightcrawlers work if you put a piece of a bloodworm on with them
Doc, any online reference on how to rig a spinner to your rig? I did a quick search and didn't really find anything. Have not tried this yet.....I just use a basic fish finder rig...maybe that's my problem lol....
On the Gulp subject... I usually do great with Gulp with most stripers; not in the Hudson. Some people posted last year that they were catching with Gulp bloodworm as a backup for regular bloodworm. It's probably best to start with bloodworm/bunker and then start experimenting more if there is a good bite.
I've also tried tube and worm in the Hudson (with Gulp). Great luck in other areas such as the Housatonic in CT, but no luck in the Hudson. My only striper catches in the Hudson have been with stretch 25's above 55 degrees. I'm going to join the worm wagon this season I guess.
I had a worm question. Will any bagged bloodworm work or are the large bloodworms from Maine significantly more productive? I was considering buying 5 dozen jumbo bloodworms from online but not sure how to keep that many worms alive for the rest of the season...
Where do you guys get your worms from? I'm in beacon and have been going to ceelys. They seems to have good worms buts it's out of my way. There's 1 place in beacon Main Street deli but there worms suck they are very small. Any other suggestions would be great. Thanks
I go to Shu fly in Nanuet near my place. They are pretty good about keeping a supply on hand. They give a mix of sizes in each dozen and have been nice and fresh this spring.
It would be nice to find one close to Newburgh though.
I agree, I have never gotten a hit on Herring in the Newburgh area, but Bloods are not indigenous to the river and those big fish are eating something. There are a lot of eels in the river and I've heard of people using them. Not sure if they work as well (or at all).
I agree, I have never gotten a hit on Herring in the Newburgh area, but Bloods are not indigenous to the river and those big fish are eating something. There are a lot of eels in the river and I've heard of people using them. Not sure if they work as well (or at all).
The fish in NB bay are mainly from the Chesapeake area as opposed to the ones that come up earlier and follow the herring............The Chesapeake area is loaded with blood and sands and a main part of their diet.
While I was pulling the boat out over in Wappinger, there was a guy on the dock with a bucket full of herring he just pulled out of the creek. He told me he's been hitting them the past few nights on both chunk and whole herring.
I wonder if they only feed on them near the shallows and in the evening.
While I was pulling the boat out over in Wappinger, there was a guy on the dock with a bucket full of herring he just pulled out of the creek. He told me he's been hitting them the past few nights on both chunk and whole herring.
I wonder if they only feed on them near the shallows and in the evening.
I usually go to Vinny's in Wappingers. Earlier he had nice worms that were huge (and usually does). Tuesday's shipment did not look healthy at all. Some of them already had swollen heads and bleached bodies.
Has anyone been able to find bloods this week? Two stores in Rockland are out with no shipments coming in.
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