Title: Hudson River Report: Striper, Bluefish, and Fluke Bonanza in NYC's Premier Estuary

Hudson River anglers, Artificial Lure here with your September 6, 2025, fishing report—straight from the city that never sleeps and the river that never rests. Let’s jump right into conditions and action for today.

Right now, the city is waking up to **clear skies, a gentle breeze out of the east, and a high temperatures heading for the mid-80s**. Sunrise was at 6:28am and sunset will clock in at 7:17pm. Today’s tide for the lower Hudson shows **high just before 8am, low around 2pm, and another high after 8 this evening**, giving you prime moving water both early and late—a perfect window for feeding fish. Gabriel Tackle Co. confirms light NE winds today, seas at 2-3 feet offshore, and comfortable boating conditions all around the region.

On the water in the city stretch, this week has been a blast for late-summer mixed-bag fishing. According to the New York City Hudson River Daily Fishing Report from September 3rd, **the river’s been giving up a steady pick of striped bass—including schoolies and a couple of solid slots—as well as decent runs of bluefish, and good numbers of fluke**. Local reports also mention a bit of bycatch with a few weakfish mingling near Pier 84 and off the Battery.

**Striped bass:** Early morning and dusk have been producing best on both tides. Bait’s thick with pods of peanut bunker and juvenile anchovies all up and down the seawalls. The schoolies are in close, feasting on these. Early risers casting topwater (like Zara Spooks or small pencil poppers) from Riverside Park down to Battery Park have gotten fast hits just past the slack. Midday, switch to soft plastics—white or chartreuse paddle tails—and bucktail jigs tipped with pork rind or Gulp for deeper current seams.

**Bluefish:** Packs of 1–3 pound choppers are slamming spoons, metal jigs, and swimming plugs along the rip lines. Best action’s been found near Pier 96 and the Jersey-bound channel edges. If you’ve got bigger gear, toss a flutter spoon or a 2-ounce Kastmaster.

**Fluke:** The channel edges south of the Intrepid and near Jersey City parks are producing keeper-sized summer flounder on Gulp swimming mullet or bucktails tipped with squid. Work the drop-offs at mid-tide and let that rig bounce right on the bottom.

**Live bait:** Always a winner if you want a sure bet—live eels and live peanut bunker are tops for slot bass, while cut bunker and mackerel chunks will tempt the larger blues when they roll through.

If artificials are your game, with peanut bunker and anchovy hatches still thick, tie on smaller paddle tails, swim shads, or even micro-minnow lures. When targeting blues or albies, metals like Deadly Dicks, Epoxy Jigs, or diamond jigs score the fast-moving fish. According to regional tackle shops and the “On The Water” reports, bunker-colored and olive or pink hues are working best right now.

**Hot spots:**
- **Pier 96 to 72nd Street seawall**: Best for early stripers and bluefish mixed in the shallower edge.
- **Battery Park rip lines and the ferry slips**: Productive for fluke, with bonus weakfish possible on light bucktails.
- If you’ve got access to a small boat or kayak, the Jersey channel slope—between Liberty State Park and Hoboken—has been hot on the evening incoming for blues and schoolie bass.

Tautog are starting to show on rocky bottom structure near the George Washington Bridge and piers, and crabbing is still excellent off the lower piers if you’re after a seafood bonus.

Quick reminder: the fall bite is just waking up! “On The Water” notes big bass are staging just offshore and the stage is set for the fall run as soon as waters cool a tad. Today, stick with early and late tides, match the hatch with your lure size, and keep it moving if the bite slows—you’ll find fish on the feed with so much bait around.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hudson River anglers artificial lure. Here with your September sixth,
twenty twenty five fishing report straight from the City What
Never Sleeps and the River that Never rests. Let's jump
right into conditions and action for today. Right now, the
city is waking up to clear skies, a gentle breeze
out of the east, and a high temperatures heading for
the mid seventies. Sunrise was at six twenty eight am

(00:22):
and sunset will clock in at seven seventeen pm. Today's
tide for the Lower Hudson shows high just before eight am,
low around two pm, and another high after eight this evening,
giving you prime moving water both early and late, a
perfect window for feeding fish. Jabriel Tackle Coo confirms lightne
winds today sees at two to three feet off shore

(00:46):
and comfortable boating conditions all around the region. On the
water in the City Stretch, this week has been a
blast for late summer mixed bag fishing. According to the
New York City Hudson River Daily Fishing Report from September third,
astras been given up a steady pick of striped bass,
including schoolies and a couple of solid slots, as well
as decent runs of bluefish and good numbers of fluke.

(01:09):
Local reports also mention a bit of bycatch, with a
few weakfish mingling near Peer eighty four and off the battery.
Striped bass early morning and dusk have been producing best
on both tides. Baits thick with pods of peanut bunker
and juvenile anchrovies all up and down the sea walls.
The schoolies are in close feasting on these early risers,

(01:30):
casting topwater like czara spooks or small pencil poppers from
Riverside Park down to Battery Park have gotten fast hits
just past the slack midday switched to soft plastics, whieter
chartruse paddle tails and bucktailed jigs tipped with pork rind
or gulp for deeper current scenes. Bluefish packs of one

(01:53):
to three pound choppers are slam and spoons, metal jigs
and swimming plugs along the rip lines. Best actions been
found near Peer ninety six and the Jersey bound channel edges.
If you've got bigger gear, toss a flutterspoon or a
two ounce cast master fluke. The channel edges south of

(02:17):
the Intrepid and near Jersey City Parks are producing keeper
psize summer flounder on gulp, swimming mullet or bucktails dipped
with squid. Work the drop offs at mid tide and
let that reg bounce right on the bottom stop. Live
bait always a winner if you want to sure bet.
Live eels and live peanut bunker are tops for slot bass,

(02:39):
while cut bunker and mackerel chunks will tempt the larger
glose when they roll through. If artificials are your game,
with peanut bunker and anchovy hatches still thick tie on
smaller paddle tails, swim shads or even micro mineral lures
when targeting blues are Albie's medals like deadly dicks, epoxy
jigs or diamond jigs score the fast moving fish. According

(03:01):
to regional tackle shops and the on the water reports,
bunker colored and olive or pink hues are working best
right now. Hotspot hotspots peer ninety six to seventy second
street seawall best for early stripers and bluefish mixed in
the shallower edge, Battery park riplines and the ferry slips
productive for fluke, with bonus weakfish possible on light buck

(03:24):
tails if you've got access to a small boat or kayak.
The Jersey Channel slope between Liberty State Park and Hoboken
has been hot on the evening incoming for blues and
Schoolly Bess Toddoe are starting to show on rocky bottom
structure near the George Washington Bridge and piers, and crabbing
is still excellent off the lower piers. If you're after

(03:44):
a seafood bonus. Quick reminder the fall bite is just
waking up on the water. Notes big bass or staging
just offshore, and the stage is set for the fall
run as soon as water's cool. A tad today, stick
with early and late time, match the hatch with your
lure size, and keep it moving. If the bite slows,
you'll find fish on the feed with so much bait around.

(04:08):
Thanks for tuning in to today's Hudson River fishing report.
Be sure to subscribe for daily updates and fresh tips.
This has been a quiet please production. For more check
out Quiet Please dot ai