Why it's over..

my boat just went in to its slip on wednesday, just got done loading and fine tuneing, cant wait for the morning, nice stripers HT, gonna try for a boat load of perch tomorrow.

That is quite a lunker there. Sweet..... I may have to pay you a visit sometime soon if I find the time

Clint, lower river pockets are prime for finding lead. Anywhere there is sand collected from either large or small back eddies is guaranteed to have lead. Sift through it like your panning for gold a tube, mask and snorkel will help you out tremendously. Just simply float down stream with your face in the water... be sure to bring a good sized bucket

Nice cow. Do you have a guesstimate or actual weight? Looks every bit of thirty pounds from the photo if not larger. My buddy is hitting the river tomorrow, fishing out of Haverstraw. I'm headed up to Rochester for a charter on Sunday out on the big tub. Browns and whatever else decides to cooperate. I hope to have some nice pics and story as well.

Great fish! Have caught a few in the Delaware near the NJ/PA GAP Shad fishing in past , nothing near the size of the one your holding.
Tuna, how do you prepare and cook your Stripers?
Had a meal a few years back at a restaurant where the striper was baked in a mound of Salt. It was very good. For the one your holding I think you would need a wheel barrel of salt and a wood furnace to bake it?

Awesome Fish!

My two favorite meals because the mildness of the flesh are striped bass and summer flounder (Fluke). Grilled, fried, broiled or poached it's all delicious.

HT-I made it down to the Beacon last night. Nice show.

     Brings back memories of the 'boat years'- good job. Used ta love bouncin live stuff for Stripers. Even dead stuff.
     Hey -that is definatly on the plus side of 30 maybe even 40 plus. My best was 52 an that one aint too far off.
      Fillet da fishie - double some Alum foil- lay down sliced onion and then put the fillet on it- Then squeeze lemon juice on the top and put on some sliced lemon and a little sliced lime- seal the foil and put it on the grille for a while. UUMMMMMM.
     Frankly the smaller ones eat better IMHO.

Do they stay in there all season Tuna or are they only there for wintering?? I know they are in and out of river mouths and even a bit 'higher'   in Summer but generally only 'way in' during the winter in many places. Dont know how far up you are located.

 Sounds like a great morning- dont stop---

Yup . On river dumb phone. Things died after I landed 1 and tide changed.
RT : These are spawner cows .. They will only be around until water hits 70deg.
In 48 years on this river , this is the earliest good "run" . Knew it was coming with lack of snowmelt in adk headwaters.
Small schoolies do however stick around all year but these bad boys & girls eat them as bait.

Once again, Hit the water at 6:30am.. Tide was just starting to fill enough to run up the creek and jig some bait..
We were there for about 1 hr and caught 6 baits, jigging !!
There were hords of netters pilliaging in the rapids.. One only knows why ?? Cant wait for tighter regs:))Whine, whine..

Once we hit the river (boat issues), it took 10 mins to have 3 fish on.. Fast was the action until just after slack tide.. They were hitting on slack but out going shut everything down on our end.. Funny because rippin out was hot yesterday.. We bailed at 2 today because of motor "issues"..
Any way those 6 baits lasted 2 anglers from 6 hrs and 9 Stripers played with..
We just could not connect them to hand.. Some were true Fighters !!

Finally, CPR




The afternoon bite




If this stuff is to far off topic just let me know..
To me it's about fishing and sharing the experience::

Great day

HT.I'm packing as I speak,I'll be there in three hours,that looks like much more fun than stockies ::))....Naw I'm joking around,can't get away from here right now.
I don't think anyone minds what you're posting...it's fishing!

Tuna, keep the post coming. This is great. Never fished the Hudson. Live about an hour south of Newburgh in NJ. Do not know how far above Newburgh you are. I travel up there to work occasionally and see the signs for Sturgeon Stocking. Have you ever hooked into a sturgeon? Great Posts. We really need some rain in NJ or it's gonna get ugly!

Rich.sounds like you are. Close also.G.rwe up in Dumont and now live in Florida.NY.

   Fishin is fishin no matter where ya do it- The Board would  be all done till August without some' off topic' discourse here and there mixed in with an occasional Steel, Atlantic or Smallmouth story-   To me 'off topic ' would be more like- ahhhh - I dunno - ahhhhh- not fishin stuff ??

Pistol Pete. Your in Onion and Pierogi Country in Florida NY. Fished some nice lakes on Route 23 in Stockholm NJ with some good Calicos. Tuna knows there are sweet to eat. My one buddy I fish the Salmon River with lived in Mcafee. Short poke to the Hancock from there. That may be another potential trip in May. we do need some rain though!