Artificial Lure here with your Hudson River NYC fishing report for Saturday, November 1st, 2025. We’re headed into the heart of fall and the river’s calling—let’s get right to conditions and what’s biting.

We started today crisp and cool, with sunrise at 7:35am. Expect it to set around 6:01pm, leaving you just over ten hours of daylight. The weather’s forecast to be clear with highs in the upper 50s, winds light and variable—classic November on the Hudson. If you’re hitting the water early, bundle up: it was a brisk 38 degrees at dawn, warming up quickly with that bright sunshine.

Tides are paying dividends today: NOAA and local tide tables for Chelsea Docks predict a morning high tide right around 7:00am, with the next low setting in close to 1:00pm. That morning flood tide is prime for striper action anywhere you find bait pushed against the seawalls.

Now, on to the bite. The late fall Hudson is turning out solid numbers of striped bass, with most catches in the 18 to 28-inch slot but a few schoolies and the occasional keeper still reported from piers near Battery Park, West 79th Street Boat Basin, and the mouth of Spuyten Duyvil. Word on the water from local anglers is that bluefish schools have mostly pushed out, but a few choppers are still around on moving tides, especially at sunrise.

There’s been some action on white perch and the odd channel cat—especially after dark and around structure like the old pilings south of Harlem River or in the embayments along Riverside Park. If you’re walking the banks, don’t overlook the late-season yellow perch—they’re hitting small jigs near submerged debris and the marina edges.

Best lures for Hudson stripers right now: 4- to 6-inch soft plastics (think bass assassins or Zoom flukes) on half-ounce jigheads, especially in pearl, chartreuse, or bunker patterns. Topwater spooks or walk-the-dog lures are working if you’ve got some surface bait activity at first light. The diehard bait crowd is still doing well on chunked bunker or live eels—especially as water temps fall to the high 40s, which is just about where we’re sitting today.

Herring and shad imitations remain top producers, especially when the tide’s moving and there’s some chop on the surface. For white perch, try bits of nightcrawler, bloodworms, or small shad darts tipped with worm under a slip float—that’s been the ticket near piers and in the sheltered basins.

If you’re looking for a couple of hot spots:
- **Pier 96** (West 56th St): Early birds are hooking up with striper just as the current turns on that AM flood.
- **Dyckman Street boat ramp** in Inwood: reliable for mixed bag jigging on outgoing tide, especially white perch and the occasional keeper bass.

Late October reports show the estuary stretch loaded up with moving stripers, plus locals on the North River snagging steady perch near the pilings at dusk.

All in all, fish are on the move, bait is stacking up at current seams, and this weekend is shaping up to be one of the last hot bites before winter truly clamps down. Now’s the time to get out and cover water on both sides of the river.

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