"Hudson River Fishing Report: Big Stripers, Bluefish Blitzes, and More!"

Artificial Lure here with your Hudson River, NYC fishing report for Friday, September 19, 2025.

Day’s breaking with partly cloudy skies, mild temps—expect highs around 76°F and a hint of south-southeast wind at 5–10 mph. Official NYC sunrise is 6:39 a.m., sunset at 7:00 p.m. Tides today show a mid-morning incoming tide, with the peak around 9:30 a.m., which always turns up the bite through those city piers and bulkheads.

Let’s talk recent catches—this past week, the bite’s had some real variety. Big stripers are cruising the lower river, especially from Battery Park up to the GW Bridge. Topwater bluefish blitzes have hit the east side in the predawn hours. A few keeper fluke surprised anglers near Pier 84 and off Randall’s Island; lotta shorts but some 20–28” slabs coming in. Weakfish are making those classic late-season appearances—small paddletails and light gear have teased out healthy ones. And yes, albies made a flash appearance in the inlets; several reports from folks tossing epoxy jigs right off the rocks by Riverside Park[On The Water reports].

Best lures this week: For stripers, you can't beat a bucktail jig tipped with Gulp, especially on that incoming tide. Bluefish have been smashing big poppers and 6” pencil plugs right at first light. Fluke respond well to white jerk shads on 1-oz jig heads, especially when bounced along channel edges. For weakfish, try small Saltwater Assassin paddletails—pink or chartreuse. Albies and bonito are hammering epoxy jigs or fast metals from shorelines and jetties.

Live baits? If you can score peanut bunker or live mullet, you’re golden for stripers and blues. For fluke, a killifish or spearing on a hi-lo rig does wonders, especially around midday when the artificial bite slows.

Hot spots today:
- **Pier 66 (Chelsea):** Dawn incoming tide brings stripers and blues into casting range.
- **Under the GW Bridge:** Sunrise and sunset bite for larger stripers, especially if you drift live bait from the walkway.
- **Randall’s Island channel:** Fluke and weakfish stacking the deeper runs where tide rips by the rocks.

Tonight expect the bite to heat up near sunset. When that sun dips, stripers start moving tight against structure—work those darters and swim shads right against pilings.

Fish counts have been steady—most local reports show two to four keeper stripers per angler per outing, with bluefish catches in the dozens if you’re dialed in to the surface bite. Fluke are mostly shorts but each tide seems to deliver a couple of true keepers. Weakfish are fewer but quality is up—15–20” best seen in recent days.

If you’re headed out, bring a mix of bucktails, poppers, and jigging metals. Cash in on the tidal movement, focus your effort that last hour before high and low tide, and be ready for a wild run—the fall migration’s got these fish hungry and moving.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Artificial lore. Here with your Hudson River NYC Fishing report
for Friday, September nineteenth, twenty twenty five. Days breaking with
partly cloudy skies, mild temps. Expect highs around seventy six
degrees fahrenheit and a hint of south southeast wind at
five to ten miles per hour. Official NYC sunrises six

(00:20):
thirty nine am sunset at seven pm. Tides today show
a mid morning incoming tide with the peak around nine
thirty am, which always turns up the bite through those
city piers and bulkheads. Let's talk recent catches. This past week,
the bites had some real variety. Big stripers are cruising
the lower River, especially from Battery Park up to the

(00:41):
GW Bridge top water. Bluefish blitzer have hit the east
side in the pre dawn hours. A few keeper fluke
surprised anglers near Per eighty four and off Randalls Island.
Lot of shorts, but some twenty twenty eight inch slabs
coming in. Weak fisher making those classic laces and appearances.
Small paddle tails and light gear have teased out healthy ones,

(01:01):
and yes, Albe's made a flash appearance in the inlets.
Several reports from folks tossing a POxy jigs right off
the rocks by Riverside Park on the water reports best
lures this week. For stripers, you can't beat a bucktail
jig tipped with gold, especially on that incoming tide. Bluefish
have been smashing big poppers and six inch pencil plugs
right at first light. Fluke respond well to white jerkshads

(01:24):
on one ounce jig heads, especially when bounced along channel edges.
For weakfish, try small saltwater assassin paddle tails. Pink or
their trews. Albie's and Benito are hammering epoxy jigs or
fast metals from shorelines and jetties live baits. If you
can score a peanut, bunker a live mullet, you're golden
for stripers and blues. For fluke, a kill a fish

(01:45):
or spearing on a high low rig does wonders, especially
around midday when the artificial bite slows. Hot spots today
Peer sixty six done incoming tide brings stripers and blues
in the casting range under the GW Bridge. Sunrise and
sunset bite for larger stripers, especially if you drift live
bait from the walkway Randall's Island channel fluke and weak

(02:06):
fish stacking. The deeper runs were tide rips by the
rocks tonight, expect the bike to heat up your sunset.
When that sun dips, stripers start moving tight against structure,
work those darters and swimshads right against pilons. Fish counts
have been steady. Most local reports show two to four
keeper stripers per angler per outing, with bluefish catches and
the dozens if you're dialed into the surface bike fluke

(02:29):
are mostly shorts, but each tide seems to deliver a
couple of true keepers. Weak Fish are fewer, but quality
is up fifteen to twenty out's best seen in recent days.
If you're headed out, bring a miss of bucktails, poppers
and jigging metals. Cash in on the tidal movement. Focus
your effort that last hour before high and low tide,
and be ready for a wild run. The fall migrations
got these fish hungry and moving. Thanks for tuning into

(02:51):
artificial lower. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss
a bite, and remember this has been a quiet please production.
For more check out Quietly. He's dot a I