Late Summer Bites on the Hudson - NYC Fishing Report

Good morning from the Hudson, this is Artificial Lure with your August 10th local fishing report for New York City’s most storied stretch of water. Conditions are lining up for a classic late-summer bite right here in the city. Let’s get into the details.

We’ve got a beautiful run of weather today, topping out in the high 70s, light east winds shaping up around 10 knots, and seas running 3 to 4 feet if you’re out off the piers. Sunrise was at 6:01 AM with sunset to wrap up at 8:02 PM—so you’ve got plenty of daylight to wet a line. Tides are working in our favor: high was around 5:05 AM with another coming at 5:05 PM, and low tide right around 11:30 AM according to Tides4Fishing. That big tidal swing—today’s coefficient is 80, a real mover—means stronger currents and fish moving to feed with the flowing water.

Let’s talk activity. Just yesterday, the Hudson River Park’s Big City Fishing crew at Pier 51 shared their catch lineup: the usual cast of striped bass, bluefish, white perch, and some fluke all getting hooked up and released. Over 200 species call the Hudson home, and right now, the action is solid for the summer regulars. Stripers are showing up along the deeper channels, especially during the moving tides, and schoolie blues are blitzing bait pods at first and last light. Fluke are still active on sandy drop-offs close to the pier pilings and bulkheads.

Recent catches reported by Hudson River Park and local anglers highlight small stripers in the 16-24 inch class—remember, these are mainly catch-and-release due to city limits—but if you’re after fun, they’re fired up and fighting. Fluke catches are steady in the lower estuary with a few legal keepers for those bouncing bucktails tipped with Gulp! or spearing. Reports from Spreaker’s NYC Hudson River Daily Fishing Report say nighttime soakers using cut bunker are connecting with chunky catfish and the occasional large eel, while perch are attacking worms and small jigs near riprap.

Best baits and lures? For stripers and blues, you can’t go wrong with soft-plastic paddle tails in bunker or shiner colorways, and mid-size metal spoons like Kastmasters or Hopkins fished on a moderate retrieve along the current seams. If you’re bottom bumping for fluke, a chartreuse bucktail with a Gulp! swimming mullet is the hot ticket. Nighttime anglers doing well on chunked bunker or live eels pitched out near eddy lines and deeper pilings. For the panfish and perch crowd, try a simple nightcrawler on a small jighead under a float near the piers.

Hot spots this weekend:
- **Pier 51 at Hudson River Park**: family-friendly, good access, and a proven bite for a mix of summer visitors.
- **The channel edges near Pier 40 and the mouth of the Harlem River**: solid structure, mixing currents, and plenty of bait movement attracting predatory fish.

Crabbing’s worth a go at the docks this week too, with lots of keepers being pulled up off the pilings. If you’re bringing kids, a drop line and chicken leg can keep them busy all morning.

That’s the latest from your hometown waterway. Keep an eye on the tides, respect the river, and remember to snap those catch-and-release photos for the memories. Thanks for tuning in—be sure to subscribe for tomorrow’s update and share those big-fish stories with your fellow anglers. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning from the Hudson. This is Artificial lore with
your August tenth local fishing report for New York City's
most storied stretch of water. Conditions are lining up for
a classic late summer bite right here in the city.
Let's get into the details. We've got a beautiful run
of weather today, topping out in the high seventies, light
east winds shaping up around ten knots, and seas running

(00:20):
three to four feet if you're out off the piers.
Sunrise was at six oh one am, with sunset to
wrap up at eight zero two pm, so you've got
plenty of daylight to wet a line. Tides are working
in our favor. High was around five oh five am,
with another coming at five oh five pm, and low
tide right around eleven thirty am. According to Tide's four

(00:41):
Fishing that big tidal swing today's coefficient is eighty. A
real mover means stronger currents and fish moving to feed
with the flowing water. Let's talk activity. Just yesterday, the
Hudson River Park's Big City Fishing crew at Pure fifty
one shared their catch lineup, the usual cast of striped bass, bluefish,

(01:03):
white perch, and some fluke all getting hooked up and released.
Over two hundred species call the Hudson home and right
now the action is solid for the summer. Regulars. Strippers
are showing up along the deeper channels, especially during the
moving tides, and schoolly blues are blitzing bait pods at
first and last light. Fluke are still active on sandy

(01:26):
drop offs close to the pier pilings and bulkheads. Recent
catches reported by Hudson River Park and local anglers highlight
small stripers in the sixteen to twenty four inch class.
Remember these are mainly catching release due to city limits,
but if you're after fun, they're fired up in fighting
fluke catches are steady in the lower estuary, with a

(01:49):
few legal keepers for those bouncing bucktails tipped with gulp
or spearing. Reports from speakers NYC Hudson River Daily Fishing
Report say night time so pokers using cut bunker are
connecting with chunky catfish and the occasional large eel. While
perch you're attacking worms and small jigs near rip wrap

(02:09):
best baits and moors for stripers and blues, you can't
go wrong with soft hyphen plastic paddle tails in bunker
or shiner colorways, and mid sized metal spoons like cast
masters or Hoptin's fished on a modern retrieve along the
current scenes. If you're bottom bumping for fluke, a chartruse
bucktail with a gulp swimming mullet is the hot ticket.

(02:32):
Nighttime anglers doing well on chunk, bunker or live eels
pitched out near eddy lines and deeper pilings. For the
panfish and perch crowd, try a simple nightcrawler on a
small jighead under a float near the piers hotspots. This weekend.
Peer fifty one at Hunson River Park. Family friendly, good access,
and a proven bite for a mix of summer visitors.

(02:53):
The channel edges near Pier forty in the mouth of
the Harlem River, solid structure, mixing currents and plenty of
bait movement attracting predatory fish. Craving's worth a go at
the docks this week too, with lots of keepers being
pulled up off the pilings. If you're bringing kids, a
dropline and chicken leg can keep them busy all morning.
That's the latest from your hometown waterway. Keep an eye

(03:15):
on the tides, respect the river, and remember to snap
those catch and release photos for the memories. Thanks for
tuning in. Be sure to subscribe for tomorrow's update and
share those big fish stories with your fellow anglers. This
has been a Quiet Please production. For more check out
Quiet Please dot ai