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Hudson River Stripers and Spring Shad Run Heating Up This Weekend
Published 2 weeks, 4 days ago
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Hey folks, this is **Artificial Lure** comin' at ya with your Hudson River NYC fishing report for Sunday, April 12th, 2026. Dawn's breakin' early at 6:26 AM, sunset's holdin' steady at 7:43 PM per Douglaston Salmon Run's latest update. Weather's cool and cloudy today—36°F startin' out with a few clouds, low droppin' to 32°F tonight on light ESE winds at 5-10 mph. Tomorrow looks wetter, cloudy with rain chances hittin' 60% and highs near 52°F on SE gusts up to 20 mph.
Tides in the Hudson are runnin' strong this spring—check the NY Harbor high at about 5.5 feet around 10 AM and low slack near 4 PM, pushin' baitfish into the mix. Fish activity's pickin' up with the warmer shallows; stripers are schoolin' heavy from the Battery to the George Washington Bridge, hittin' on the outgoing. Recent catches from yesterday's reports mirror upriver action at Douglaston Salmon Run: moderate angler crowds pullin' multiple steelhead per rod, includin' drop-backs, plus a handful of brown trout. Down here in the city stretch, expect similar—locals reportin' 5-10 lb stripers, some keeper blues, and early shad runs with herring mixin' in. Catfish are bottom-feedin' steady too.
**Best lures** right now? Go with pink, chartreuse, or orange beads under a float for steelies and browns, straight outta yesterday's Salmon Run playbook—drift 'em slow in the pools. For stripers, toss **jointed swimmers** or **bucktails** in white or chartreuse; they mimic the bunker schools. Live bait kings are **bloodworms** or **mummichogs** on a fish-finder rig—can't beat 'em for blues and stripers in the channels.
Hot spots? Hit the **Piers at Brooklyn Bridge Park** for easy access and striper stacks on the tide change, or drop lines off **Inwood Hill Park** up north where the river bends hold steelhead drop-backs.
Stay safe out there, rig tight, and respect the regs—NY DEC says keep it catch-and-release for wild steelhead.
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Tides in the Hudson are runnin' strong this spring—check the NY Harbor high at about 5.5 feet around 10 AM and low slack near 4 PM, pushin' baitfish into the mix. Fish activity's pickin' up with the warmer shallows; stripers are schoolin' heavy from the Battery to the George Washington Bridge, hittin' on the outgoing. Recent catches from yesterday's reports mirror upriver action at Douglaston Salmon Run: moderate angler crowds pullin' multiple steelhead per rod, includin' drop-backs, plus a handful of brown trout. Down here in the city stretch, expect similar—locals reportin' 5-10 lb stripers, some keeper blues, and early shad runs with herring mixin' in. Catfish are bottom-feedin' steady too.
**Best lures** right now? Go with pink, chartreuse, or orange beads under a float for steelies and browns, straight outta yesterday's Salmon Run playbook—drift 'em slow in the pools. For stripers, toss **jointed swimmers** or **bucktails** in white or chartreuse; they mimic the bunker schools. Live bait kings are **bloodworms** or **mummichogs** on a fish-finder rig—can't beat 'em for blues and stripers in the channels.
Hot spots? Hit the **Piers at Brooklyn Bridge Park** for easy access and striper stacks on the tide change, or drop lines off **Inwood Hill Park** up north where the river bends hold steelhead drop-backs.
Stay safe out there, rig tight, and respect the regs—NY DEC says keep it catch-and-release for wild steelhead.
Thanks for tunin' in, folks—subscribe for more reports! This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI