Post any 2020 Striper Reports and photos here. Hope to see a bunch of HAWGS. Feel free to include county or general area, No need to give up specific spots or honey holes.
Please try and limit it to just reports & congrats.
Yesterday fished Schodack with my kids and we boated 4 in the 20 plus range, all on chunk. This morning fished Troy, caught 1 herring and caught 1 stripper about 23 inches.
We fished Marlboro and Milton Friday to Sat night. It was wicked cold Friday night and it was a bit windy until the sun went down. We ended up with 6 from 20-26" in Marlboro Fri and only one during the night but it was a 27" screamer. We drifted from Marlboro to Poughkeepsie through the night and the marks and numbers of fish on the sonar was unreal but they had no interest in feeding...not even for an eel. Sat brought some nice weather with very calm water and no wind but the bite was extremely variable. Some of my buddies smoked em and others only got one...it depended where you were when the bite turned on...and it turned off just as fast. We ended up with 6 for the day in Milton. Basically when you found a school it was game on then they moved on. Water temps Friday were 48 degrees and Sat climbed up to 51 degrees in Marboro/Milton. The fish clearly became more active as the temp went up.
Fished Saturday 11am - 5pm Poughkeepsie to Hyde Park mostly east side with blood worms. 5 fish 20"-24" and 1 fish 37", 22.5 pounds in 45 feet of water at 20 feet. All released healthy
Today was a great day....we put a 43"/42lb Cow in the boat along with 28 others. This beast hit a bloodworm just north of the Rock Plant in Marlboro....nothing on the sonar and bam....there she was. We fished from Marlboro to Poughkeepsie....there were lots of fish in the channel and on the E side but the bite was variable....it was best on the tide switches into slack tide. Max ebb shut the bite down and the North wind did not allow much of a flood drift. Water temps were 48. From here on its game on as the bite is picking up fast. I will post more pics when downloaded but here is the cow.
Put in a few hours this am in Greene. Was able to jig up my bait limit relatively quickly. Screens were lit up with herring and stripers. Only ended up with one 31" though. First one of the year that had my reel screaming. Hopefully this weather doesn't screw things up too much.
Went back out yesterday from 6am to 9pm and what a difference..the fish were much more finicky on the bite...either it was a ton of hits or nothing as they swam by. Lots of fish on the sonar swimming 30' and deeper. We managed to get 10 and most were at 25-27 feet down which I have almost never caught fish at....this definitely defies what I have seen over the years. We did catch a few in the 15-20 strike zone the day before. I suspect these are still the traveling fish so their habits are different that the ones that will come in the next 2 weeks and reside here. It is obvious they are traveling. I will post pics when I get them downloaded again. Water temps were still a chilly 48 degrees which is the same at it was in 2018 but down from 55 last year.
Here are some pics from Wed and Thursday. The bite is still tough but getting better. So far the best bite has been Flood into Slack. As the Ebb tide picks up the bite drops off. Water temps have still been a chilly 48 from Marlboro to Poughkeepsie.
The dam was pretty good today. Boated 3 lost one on a drop. Only had 4 herring. All live no chunks. Water was a little over 49°. Not as turbid as I thought it was going to be. I wish I could have stayed. Best day in a while. Only fished for a few hours. The other few boats did well also. I didn’t see much action from the shore guys. This was my first time at the new launch. Long walk in the rain to get the truck. They need to change a couple things. All in all not bad. Nice week of weather ahead us. The flood tide and dark sky seemed to be the ticket today.
The dam was pretty good today. Boated 3 lost one on a drop. Only had 4 herring. All live no chunks. Water was a little over 49°. Not as turbid as I thought it was going to be. I wish I could have stayed. Best day in a while. Only fished for a few hours. The other few boats did well also. I didn't see much action from the shore guys. This was my first time at the new launch. Long walk in the rain to get the truck. They need to change a couple things. All in all not bad. Nice week of weather ahead us. The flood tide and dark sky seemed to be the ticket today.
Thanks to all you peeps for posting your adventures! Tough year, sitting on trailer buried at the marina. Chalk this one off. Once they can dig it out, gonna drag it home and work on it for the year. Mental healing..lol. Keep those reports coming!
Tight lines!
What everyone’s thought on watching somebody catch a fish that is to be released 28”+ (held up fish was waist high. Tail touching ground) cut it up and throw the carcass back into the river.. I witnessed it today. I was on my boat these people were shore fishing....
What everyone's thought on watching somebody catch a fish that is to be released 28"+ (held up fish was waist high. Tail touching ground) cut it up and throw the carcass back into the river.. I witnessed it today. I was on my boat these people were shore fishing....
Took my girlfriend out this morning. Was finally able to scap up my limit of herring and save myself a probably pointless trip up a muddy creek.. started the day catching a 20" in the scap net that was chasing my stoolie.. a first for me. My girl caught her ATPB ..a FAT 40.5" that swam away nice and strong. Back at it in the am.
Mostly small ones this year but landed my personal best yesterday at 40 inches. Thanks to the 2 guys who helped me out with a net, picture and successful release. I guess it's time for a bigger net for the kayak.
We fished from Marlboro to Poughkeepsie Fri to Sun all day and night. The fishing was variable with many I know getting 40 lb fish along the east shore and others having trouble. I managed a nice 38 inch female just south of the Rock Plant in 16 FOW on a worm. We had some good runs on an eel but no hookups on it. The numbers are not there yet and the bite is very variable depending on the tide. They seem to really turn on at the tide switches for short periods esp Flood into Slack. There were steady fish running deep with some interested in feeding but most just traveling. Many were frustrated seeing fish all over their screens and no bite. We say MONSTERS on the sonar both Friday and Sat night but they were not hungry. All that changed Sunday night....we dropped off some people because the bite was slow and not 10 minutes later we come across black screens with feeding fish at the Ebb to Slack tide change. They were in the channel heading North fast but feeding. We got multiple back to back fish up to 37 inches. We chased them North and picked of some more but they were moving too fast. The water temps only went up to 50 on Sun from 47 on Friday which is surprising given the amount of sun we had. I think from here on the fish will be more aggressive as long as the temps stay up but that does not look good for the end of the week. I will continue to post updates as I can but since I spend days on end on the water I usually have to wait till I get home.
Got out for a bit Sunday afternoon into evening after completing the marina at MYC. Drifted bloods and caught 7 keeper sized, all released in hearty condition, and a 39" 30 pound cow also released in hearty condition. All the fish this year seem strong and healthy.
Went out for a few hours this am till I got tired of the wind. Scapped my herring limit in 3 casts which was nice. Boated 4 ranging from 26"-34.5". Fish finder was loaded with schools passing.
Hit the Troy dam. Had one run but lost him. Another guy had to boat 40 stripers. Must of had a sweet spot
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