Good morning anglers, this is Artificial Lure with your Hudson River fishing report for Friday, November 7th, 2025. Bundle up out there—it’s a brisk, clear start across New York City and the Hudson’s edge, with temperatures in the mid-40s at sunrise and warming up through midday. Sunrise over the water comes at 6:34 AM, with sunset at 4:46 PM. Today’s tidal swing is classic for November: low at The Battery hit around 2:01 AM, with the morning high peaking just after 8:00 AM at about 6.3 feet, and you can expect another low in the early afternoon before the evening set of tides begins, according to the latest NOAA tide tables.

Fishing’s gotten spicy with the plummeting temps and those crisp autumn tides. According to On The Water’s most recent report, striped bass action has really kicked in along the lower river and the city’s waterfronts, with fish feeding heavy on bunker (menhaden), sand eels, and schools of shad and herring sweeping through. Some locals landed stripers in the 20- to 40-pound range just this week, especially on dawn and dusk tides. Bunker chunking and live-lining herring are both producing fish, but don’t sleep on artificial lures—big soft plastics, white or chartreuse swimbaits, and metal jigs imitating sand eels have all hooked up solid fish.

Bluefish are fewer now with the water cooling, but a few sharp-toothed tailors are still mixed in, slamming topwater plugs and metal spoons, mostly below the GW Bridge and down to Battery Park. White perch and schoolie bass are being found around Pier 40 and the Harlem River mouth, with bloodworms and small paddle tails doing best. A few reports of late weakfish came in from the East River convergence, falling to pink soft baits fished slow.

Keep in mind, largemouth bass are closed for harvest in tidal rivers this time of year, and size and bag limits are strictly enforced—the DEC recently cited anglers in the region for short bass and over-limits, as reported by some upstate news outlets. Play it by the book and release those sub-legal bass for good river karma.

For today, here’s what’s hitting:
- **Striped bass:** Use live bunker or eels at slack tide, or sand eel jigs and magnum swimbaits as the current picks up, especially at the mouth of the Harlem and Hudson or at 79th Street Boat Basin.
- **White perch:** Bloodworms and small gulp grubs near rocky structure and pilings up by Inwood or Spuyten Duyvil.
- **Schoolie bass and blues:** Topwater spooks and silver casting spoons where birds are working bait balls, especially late afternoon.

For hotspot seekers: The pier at 125th Street in Harlem has been steady for stripers and perch, especially during dusk incoming. The stretch between Pier 84 and Pier 96 on the Midtown waterfront remains a favorite at sunrise, with active bass herding bait to the seawall. Don’t rule out the mouth of the Saw Mill River in Yonkers or the Croton Point Park area—both spots see late fall runs and some bonus catfish.

Best artificial lures right now remain 6- to 9-inch soft plastics in bunker or sand eel patterns, Ava jigs, and Tsunami or Hogy eels. Giant topwater plugs are your wild card for last-chance bluefish explosions. For bait, live eels or fresh bunker reign supreme.

That’s the bite for today on the Hudson River, NYC. Good luck—dress warm, fish safe, and handle those catches with care for the next season’s run. Thanks for tuning in! Don’t forget to subscribe for your local reports, and remember—this has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out quietplease dot ai.

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Artificial Lure here with your Hudson River angling report for Thursday, November 6, 2025.

First light crept in at 6:35 a.m., with sunset coming early these days around 4:46 p.m. Expect about 10 hours of fishing daylight, so plan your casts before dusk settles over Manhattan’s skyline. This morning, conditions started chilly—upper 40s—warming to the mid-50s by afternoon. Humidity is up and it’s breezy, with a stiff west wind pushing 15–25 knots. Marine forecasts from the National Weather Service are warning of gale conditions in the lower Hudson and offshore canyon areas, so it’s choppy out there, especially south of 59th Street.

As for tides, NOAA’s Riverdale gauge predicts a high tide at 10:10 a.m. reaching about 4.5 feet and a low at 4:48 p.m. down to just under half a foot. That mid-morning flood tide is prime for bait to wash into the shore, making now the window for stripers and blues cruising the edge.

Fish activity in the city stretch of the Hudson has ticked up with the cooling water. The fall migration is in swing and local reports confirm solid catches of **striped bass** this week, ranging from schoolies around 22 inches to keepers pushing 30. Several shore anglers by Pier 40 pulled in healthy fish using live bunker and bloodworms, while a boat crew working near the Intrepid bagged three stripers over 28 inches yesterday, all released after a quick photo. One old-timer by Battery Park landed a feisty bluefish midweek, roughly 7 pounds, using a diamond jig just as the tide turned.

Your best bets for lures today are **soft plastics** on jig heads (white or chartreuse, 4–6 inch), bucktail jigs, and classic metal spoons—these cast well in wind and cut through the chop. For bait, go live if you can: **bunker and bloodworms** draw out the bass, and cut squid or mullet will tempt blues and even schoolie stripers. More patient anglers drifting clams off the bottom near Tribeca and Jersey City have landed small blackfish and the odd weakfish.

Hot spots to fish right now:
- Pier 25, Tribeca—fish the outgoing tide for stripers near structure.
- West 79th Street Boat Basin—excellent for nighttime bass, especially around dock lights.

If you’re geared up for something different, the mouth of Catskill Creek—up north, where it flows into the Hudson—has seen decent trout action this week. Reports say locals are catching browns and rainbows near the village of Catskill, mostly on small minnow lures and earthworms.

Safety note: winds may increase through Friday with heavy chop around the mouth of the river, so stick close to shore and keep an eye on the forecast. If you’re boating, watch for sudden gusts and steer clear of shipping lanes.

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Hudson River anglers, this is Artificial Lure coming to you with your November 5th, 2025, fishing report—live and local for all you city shore casters and brackish river chasers.

The day broke clear and crisp, with **sunrise at 6:32 AM and sunset due at 4:46 PM**. According to NOAA tides for The Battery, we’re looking at a **morning high tide around 6:27 AM, then falling out through mid-day with the lowest ebb about 1:07 PM**. Continuing past 2 PM, the river will be flooding back up. That swing through the morning low is prime time for predators to push bait into shallow pockets, so time your casts for the outgoing tide if you’re chasing stripes or panfish.

**Weather today in the city is seasonable but brisk**—upper 40s to low 50s, northwest breeze with clear skies; perfect to keep the fish active and the air clean. Bundle up—especially pre-dawn—the wind off the river’s got bite.

**Recent fish counts show the late fall run of striped bass is still going strong.** On The Water’s recent stories confirm there are still quality **stripers moving through western Long Island Sound and into the Hudson**, following the last flush of peanut bunker and menhaden. Most catches have been in the teens to low 30 inches, with some bigger fish lingering near the estuaries and deep holes. Schoolie action is even better, and early mornings or twilight hours are your best shot. Bluefish are thinning out, but a few scattered monsters have been reported slashing through bait at the Tappan Zee and up around Croton.

For those chasing variety, **white perch, yellow perch, and channel catfish** catches have been solid north of Yonkers through Croton Bay, especially in deeper holes and at the creek mouths. Crappie activity is slowing but you can still tempt them with small jigs around pilings, especially in more protected marinas.

**Best lures lately:** darters like Super Strike Zig Zags, Daiwa SP Minnows, and Yo-Zuri Mag Darters are cash money along seawalls and current breaks between the piers. As always this time of year, don’t ignore soft plastics—chartreuse and paddle tails on jigheads dragged slow and low are putting up big numbers, especially as the water cools off. If you’re fishing the morning flood, try topwater poppers like the Tsunami Talkin' Popper at first light for a shot at a surface blowup. When in doubt, jerkbaits and white bucktails are always a safe bet.

Live bait is still a ticket for patient anglers—fresh chunked bunker or live eels fished around current seams are drawing the biggest bites. If you’re after white perch or panfish, a simple worm or cut bait rig on the bottom is pulling numbers.

**Hot spots for today:**
- Croton Bay and Half Moon Bay Marina are seeing a flurry of activity, especially for anyone targeting stripers on the move.
- Piermont Pier is still producing in the evenings, especially for plug and soft bait throwers.
- Haverstraw Bay is a fall favorite—work the edges of the channels on the ebb tide for a shot at a late-season beast.

Couple reminders—**Atlantic sturgeon are showing in the river but are strictly off-limits**, as highlighted by the NY State DEC. Handle bass with care, keep those fish in the water if possible, and let the big breeders go.

Finally, keep your eyes open for changes in bait movement, and match your lures to the hatch. If you see bunker flipping, don’t hesitate to throw big profiles and fish them slow. The late fall bite is all about timing, patience, and paying attention to the river’s rhythm.

That’s it for today’s Hudson River fishing report from Artificial Lure. Tight lines out there—thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe for more local intelligence.
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