It’s 3:30pm on Monday. I’m sitting on a foot-high piling along a jetty surrounded by total chaos: fishermen casting over each other, birds attacking the water, baitfish spraying out of […]
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Category: Fishing
NJ Striped Bass Fishing
Toss this ugly 3-pronged hook into a big school of 2-inch bunker (“peanut bunker”), snag a little fish, and let it drop down below the school where the hungry bass […]
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Ice Fished Ballston Lake
The forecast was calling for winds up to 25 miles-per-hour. Not to be dissuaded, we headed out early this morning. The weather was reasonably warm, and got progressively windier throughout […]
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Troy Dam Striped Bass
After a couple of practice runs, we managed to catch this nice striped bass on the Hudson River just below the Troy Dam. We caught the fish during the falling […]
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Hudson River Herring
Today I looked into some questions regarding herring in the Hudson River. Is it legal to catch herring for bait just below the Troy dam? Yes. Possession of the proper […]
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Island Beach State Park, NJ
A friend and I spent a long weekend at Island Beach State Park, NJ to fish in the surf. We have made a trip like this for the last two […]
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Fishing the Wynantskill
I fished the Wynantskill in West Sand Lake before work and again after work. The day was overcast and a bit rainy. It was a chilly morning. Small trout, maybe […]
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Big Bass
Fished Mohawk River
I fished the evening hours on the Mohawk River tonight. Large fish were surfacing all over the place. I suspect that they were carp or catfish. I didn’t manage to […]
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Fished Saratoga Lake
Trip Report I fished at Saratoga Lake on the evening of the 9th and the 11th. I have never fished more than a few casts in Saratoga Lake before these […]
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