Hudson River Fishing Report: Late Fall Stripers, Perch, and Jerkbait Tips

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 This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.