Title: Hudson River Report: Striper, Bluefish, and Fluke Bonanza in NYC's Premier Estuary

Hudson River anglers, Artificial Lure here with your September 6, 2025, fishing report—straight from the city that never sleeps and the river that never rests. Let’s jump right into conditions and action for today. Right now, the city is waking up to **clear skies, a gentle breeze out of the east, and a high temperatures heading for the mid-80s**. Sunrise was at 6:28am and sunset will clock in at 7:17pm. Today’s tide for the lower Hudson shows **high just before 8am, low around 2pm, and another high after 8 this evening**, giving you prime moving water both early and late—a perfect window for feeding fish. Gabriel Tackle Co. confirms light NE winds today, seas at 2-3 feet offshore, and comfortable boating conditions all around the region. On the water in the city stretch, this week has been a blast for late-summer mixed-bag fishing. According to the New York City Hudson River Daily Fishing Report from September 3rd, **the river’s been giving up a steady pick of striped bass—including schoolies and a couple of solid slots—as well as decent runs of bluefish, and good numbers of fluke**. Local reports also mention a bit of bycatch with a few weakfish mingling near Pier 84 and off the Battery. **Striped bass:** Early morning and dusk have been producing best on both tides. Bait’s thick with pods of peanut bunker and juvenile anchovies all up and down the seawalls. The schoolies are in close, feasting on these. Early risers casting topwater (like Zara Spooks or small pencil poppers) from Riverside Park down to Battery Park have gotten fast hits just past the slack. Midday, switch to soft plastics—white or chartreuse paddle tails—and bucktail jigs tipped with pork rind or Gulp for deeper current seams. **Bluefish:** Packs of 1–3 pound choppers are slamming spoons, metal jigs, and swimming plugs along the rip lines. Best action’s been found near Pier 96 and the Jersey-bound channel edges. If you’ve got bigger gear, toss a flutter spoon or a 2-ounce Kastmaster. **Fluke:** The channel edges south of the Intrepid and near Jersey City parks are producing keeper-sized summer flounder on Gulp swimming mullet or bucktails tipped with squid. Work the drop-offs at mid-tide and let that rig bounce right on the bottom. **Live bait:** Always a winner if you want a sure bet—live eels and live peanut bunker are tops for slot bass, while cut bunker and mackerel chunks will tempt the larger blues when they roll through. If artificials are your game, with peanut bunker and anchovy hatches still thick, tie on smaller paddle tails, swim shads, or even micro-minnow lures. When targeting blues or albies, metals like Deadly Dicks, Epoxy Jigs, or diamond jigs score the fast-moving fish. According to regional tackle shops and the “On The Water” reports, bunker-colored and olive or pink hues are working best right now. **Hot spots:** - **Pier 96 to 72nd Street seawall**: Best for early stripers and bluefish mixed in the shallower edge. - **Battery Park rip lines and t This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.