Hudson River Spring Stripers Firing Up: High Tides and Major Bites Expected

Hey folks, Artificial Lure here with your Hudson River NYC fishing report for Sunday, April 19th, 2026, bright and early at 3 AM. Man, it's a crisp spring mornin'—temps hoverin' around 45°F with light northwest winds at 5-10 mph, clearin' up to partly sunny by noon. Sunrise hits at 6:05 AM, sunset at 7:45 PM, givin' ya near 13.5 hours of daylight. Tides are pumpin' today with a very high coefficient of 105; low tide 'round 6:14 AM at 0.5 ft risin' to high at 12:40 PM hittin' 5.3 ft, then droppin' to 0.6 ft by 6:21 PM—fish love that strong flow, especially the outgoing. Fish activity's high per solunar charts, with major bites durin' the tidal shifts 'round 11 AM-1 PM and 5-7 PM. Striped bass are on fire this spring—locals report limits of 20-40 inch cows schoolin' up near the outgoing tides, stripers slammin' 5-15 lb fish daily. Schoolies and keeper blues are mixin' in, plus some early shad runs and catfish bulkin' up. Recent catches from the piers and bridges: 20+ stripers per angler Saturday alone, handfuls of blues up to 8 lbs, and channel cats hittin' 10-20 lbs on night cuts. Best lures? Bucktail jigs in white or chartreuse, 1/2 to 1 oz, hopped off the bottom—stripers can't resist. Soft plastics like 4-inch swimbaits on jigheads for the blues. Live bait shines: bunker chunks or bloodworms on fish-finder rigs for stripers, nightcrawlers or cut shad for cats. Fish the tide rips and structure. Hot spots: Hit the George Washington Bridge rip for stripers—cast from the Jersey side. Or try Pier 25 in Tribeca at dawn; blues and schoolies stack up there. Safety first, check regs—NY min size 28" for stripers. Thanks for tunin' in, folks—subscribe for weekly updates! This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn