I'm getting things together, gettin' ready for the American Shad, when they join the Stripers on their trek up the Hudson.

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That's a 7' ultra light I built just for them Shad. Along with some darts I poured and tied for 'em.

Everybody else ready?

 

Chris NAFC Life Member USN Veteran Member of American Legion Post #1683

i'm ready for striper! ares come up for the shad and stay for the rainbows + spawn too! i think we have some year round striper but man it's hard to tell at times, i have caught them up to OCT. till the river closes and then in the lower river first of Jan...i still am not sure of if some striper just stay year round or if they git trapped....but i dream of them offten....

nice rig chris! GIT THAT CAMERA READY!

owe ya! ~UM? is that rig called a "G~UNIT" !lol! 

 um close the door theres a draft!LOL

 

 

Yeppir ! Gettin ready, got ready been ready. Rods,reels,tackle, boat. Yeah, what lbt said. Fortunately, next Sun. I'm headed to Weiss Lake in northern Alabama for some crappie with a KY member I met on the site. Pictures and story to follow. Hope the weather holds for us. Already making my sacrifices to the Fish Gods. Hope they're acceptable. Joseph
NAFC Life member since 1994, member NRA/ILA ,FMCA, NAFF,Veteran (73-89) extreme survivalist and Redneck. Toothpaste does not make the smell go away !!!

no pix yet?!?

Had to reschedule until the week of 10 MARCH. Im working on the picture thing, got someone coming to help me figure it out next week. Just been working on the boat doing a couple of upgrades. Gettin itchy feet. Past time to be goin !!!
NAFC Life member since 1994, member NRA/ILA ,FMCA, NAFF,Veteran (73-89) extreme survivalist and Redneck. Toothpaste does not make the smell go away !!!

i'm tierd of thinkin about it i'm goin right now,it's been  almost 2 weeks `cents my last line wetting, i must confess, and i can't take it any longer! 6:33 sunrise so i hope to be on the water by 6, wish me luck, will see if the striper are here yet! hope for striper but i don't care what hits just as long as it pulls back!!!! i'm going solo with buddies showin up late, about 10 am! to late for me!!!

 

heres a teaser of last years Oct. striper , hope it helps you guys git more motivated too! it does me!

 

dang i seen the post time of 6:23 and thought i was running late! i got time! easy dont rush it.... later

welp, i went out for striper but never put the boat on the river! lets see friday was 70*  and awsome, sunday was high 60*s and awsome but saturday suck'd the wind was non stop and  50*'s so when i got to the river in the canoe it's was a bit scary lookin! so i stayed on the bass pond ,it let me only fight the wind current,instead of the water current too, i landed 4 bass nothin big 2 ~2# and 2 smaller, wasn't the best day but better than thinkin about it... i did throw a few lures in the river to see if any striper where there but not~a. the best thing was being on the water for about 3 hours by my self, no noise from any one just me and nature, the worst thing is my boat is going to kill me if i try to take it fishing by my self , it's to dam heavy!!!!!need to down size someday!   

70*'s for the next few days, so those bass are warming up quik!  

My Son & are planning on  going out on the Hudsun  River for the first time after Stripers...man are we looking foward to it....hope we'll have something to show you guys real soon.

Hey Chris, Where exactly on the Hudsun do you go out from?  We'll be headed out of Newburgh , New Windsor area.

DanO,

I live up by Albany, NY. And, being the non boat-owner that I am, I fish from shore between Albany and Castleton (where I live).

My best striper so far was also my first, a 38", 25 pounder. She was heading towards Troy to lay the eggs that, I'm sure, she was full of. She was a fatty, to say the least!

Chris NAFC Life Member USN Veteran Member of American Legion Post #1683

SGT Christopher Johnson US Army Presidential Salute Battery NAFC Life Member

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