So I'm going to be going after stripers this year for the first time ever. I'm pretty excited, NY's Hudson River is an awesome fishery for stripers and I've just never had access to a boat to get after them in the past, this year Lisa's cousin is going to head out with me in his bass boat and I can't wait. The herring showed up late last week, and I've heard a handful of reports that stripers showed up yesterday or so.........we are headed out Saturday for the first time ever to try and catch some herring and then hopefully get on the stripers. Anyone else fish for them? Any words of wisdom?
If they are anything like the Wipers I used to catch in a lake around here, use braided line and hold on the your pole. :D We trolled lipless crankbaits and deep divers near drop offs. You usually know when one hits your bait!! Good Luck
Catching strippers is fun I mean stripers!:D I've never been, but my dad has. He said its a blast and if it's good you can't keep you bait in the water very long!
Make sure you have your drag set correctly! I've caught them mainly on "7 rapalas, redfins, flukes and bucktails so i have no good info regarding live bait. Good luck though
I have been twice down in Arkansas, so it's probably a different ball game than what you are facing. There, we would follows schools of bait fish and throw Zara Spooks on top, or if the fish were deep we would use spoons. I also saw some boats trolling for them too. Again this was a large lake, so I would imagine the Hudson would provide it's own challenges. Be sure to post up some pics!
We generally still fish the Delta and use a sardine, If we are trolling it's a 7 inch rebel. Fun to catch and great eating.
Yes, Hudson striper fishing seems different than what I've seen other places. I'm new to all this, but from what I've heard from others that have been doing this for years, you first need to catch yourself some herring typically using what they call a sabiki rig. Catch yourself 10-12 herring, keep them in your livewell, and then you hook up the herring with a 7/0 circle hook on a leader and barrel swivel. Above the swivel, you put a plastic bead, and then a sinker slider, attached to either a 4oz sinker (if you are anchored), or a 1.5-2oz sinker (if your floating). Guys will either float or anchor depending on the tide. Despite being 2-2.5 hours north of the salt water in Albany, the Hudson is still a tidal water. Lots of these fish are caught every year in the 40-50lb range and the average fish is going to be between 10-20lbs. I've got myself an Okuma baitrunner reel. Basically open the bait runner on it, put it in the rod holder, and when a fish takes is, don't set the hook, simply engage the reel by turning the handle a hair to click off the bait runner, and let the 10' slow action rod set the circle hook for you. This is all going to be a learning experience for me, but I'm pretty excited to learn. I'll post pics if we get lucky to catch one! ~Matt
not sure about up there but down here in the chesapeake bay only live bait we use is eels... they love them slimy things... put eels at diferent depths under floats and wait.... as for artifical around here.... stretches stretches stretches stretches... they work... mainly we use stretch 25's.... as for other good thing to have Mojo's with shad bodies on a three way with any other bait over top.... windcheaters work... bucktails... rubber eels with tandem hooks.... storms baits... umbrella rigs.. and tons of others... i mainly eel and then troll stretches and mojo's... use big hooks... if you think its to big get a bigger one.... we normally use 10/0 for the biggens and only circle hooks... itll save the fish their life if you throw em back.
