Hudson River Stripers

Written By - Mark Mahar - 08/1/2007

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Generally in about mid-April, some of the finest bass action on the Hudson River begins. Anglers come from around the world to do battle with the striper.

The striper is one of the two real bass,the other being a white bass, make there way from the Atlantic up the river to spawn (black bass are not real bass, they are actually a sunfish species).

The herring are the start, the chad follow, and then the stripers round out the food chain.

These fish are generally caught in a couple different ways. The first and most popular is with live herring. The second is with chunked herring or shad.

Just hooking into one will have you hooked for life. When the action is on you can expect the opportunity to hook into a hand-full a day. Even on the slow days we find that chad and herring rigs on light tackle can be almost as exciting.

The striper run generally starts with the break in the weather around mid-April and runs through May. Late season we chase the out-going schools with chunk bait bouncing the bottom ahead of them.