Late May Hudson River: Schoolie Stripers, Cats, and Tide Changes

About this episode

The episode provides a detailed fishing report for the Hudson River in late May, highlighting the conditions and fish activity.

This is Artificial Lure with your Hudson River NYC fishing report. Down on the Hudson this morning we’ve got a classic late‑May setup. Light northwest breeze early, swinging south by afternoon, with air temps climbing into the low 70s. Skies are partly cloudy, a little haze over the water. The river’s running in the low 60s, just about perfect for stripers and schoolie bass to stay active most of the day. Sunrise came a little after 5:30 a.m., and sunset will be just before 8:15 p.m., so you’ve got a long window. The best bite has been around the tide changes. NOAA’s Hudson tide tables show a mid‑morning high and an evening low today around the city stretch, so figure a good push of water mid‑day and a nice outgoing into dusk. Those two swings are your prime times. The main spring striped bass run is tapering, but there are still solid schoolies and the occasional keeper pushing through the lower river and harbor. Local pier regulars along Riverside Park and down by Battery Park report schoolie stripers in the 18–26 inch range this week, with a few bigger fish taken at night on live bunker. Harbor boats have been into mixed-size stripers and some blues chasing bunker pods off…

Topics covered

• fishing report
• Hudson River
• striped bass
• schoolie stripers
• tide changes
• local fishing spots

Keywords

• Hudson River fishing
• stripers
• schoolie bass
• tide changes
• fishing spots
• New York City fishing

Mentioned in this episode

Products: live bunker

Places: Hudson River, New York City, Hoboken, Battery Park, Riverside Park, Washington Heights, Inwood

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