Idk where abouts on the river you fish but im up by troy last yr we seen the first sighting of herring april 5th but the weather wuz much warmer id say around thos area we will start. seein them around the 10th or so if i here of see ne thing ill give u a shout
Im a bit north of Catskill. Last year I caught my first herring and striper on april 8th. I frequently check the River Basin page for updates and wait for the good word. Its a matter of days now im sure. Thanks for responding.
Hopefully this warm thats coming will push the herrin up river im from. troy i say by next week well start seein sights of them got my fingers crossed :mental:
saw an osprey checking out the rondout today...he must know something. Usually dont see the first herring until the Forsythea bloom. Started seeing first real yellow buds this weekend.
where anouts are u fishing at im from troy i s3en a few yesterday actually i said the same think u dont usually. See them birds till theres herring aka alwifes around
RIVER BASIN SPORTS UPDATE - Monday, April 04, 2011
April is progressing. For the past week or so we've been receiving word of a smattering of stripers and herring in the river about 25 miles south of us, but that really wasn't too much to get excited about since that is to be expected each year. What we want to hear is that some giant schools of herring and alewives have entered our waterway and are starting their run upriver - then we know that the stripers will be right behind them.
Well, we received our first report of larger schools of herring having arrived in the lower section of the river this past weekend and want to thank Walt down in the Wappingers / Fishkill area for this early netting report. These fish should be making their way upriver fairly quickly but there is a question as to how far upriver they'll advance in this first push.
The past three years the herring have arrived in the Catskill area during the first week of April… but the water temp at Catskill during that period those same three years, ranged from the mid 40's to 50 degrees. This morning the Hudson's water temperature at the Catskill launch ramp was only 41. Back in 2007 the water temperature during the first week of April was approximately the same as this - and then the stripers and herring didn't get here until the end of the second week of April.
It'll be interesting to see just what's in store for us this year. The colder water temperature might hold the stripers back in the lower section of the river for a while. Most certainly this morning's flood warnings for the Mohawk River do not bode us down here very well. Any heavy rains and Adirondack snow-melt will probably result in a wash-down of dirty water which could further delay the arrival of our stripers. We'll just play it by ear and see what happens.
Well im from the troy area im hopein with in the next week we will see them up here the rivers already 42degrees! Goin out in the am gonna throw net to see if i find anything good !
I would bank on there being some here in the Albany area by end of the weekend. I keep checking RB site to see if the Catskill creek guys have seen any yet.
Yea I whould say that too I went to the poestinkill creek today at lunch and thought I seen some but couldn't tell for sure if they were alewifes or trout checking today after work. I check that river basin site to, that Tom is pretty good usually when you here there down that way, they are up in the troy Albany area as well
they are around i seen some yesterday.:GreenBeret: bb u know where . but the wer skiddish . once this water warms up more with this nice weather its on . this weekend definatly
I think most everyone who boat fishes the Hudson does. Make sure you only have 5 hooks.....State Regulation. When they (alewife, a herring specis) are here, they are easily caught on the sabiki rig.
ya,some rules and regs are ment to be broken.ill snip off a hook A.when I get snaged on the bottom B.when a giant shad rips it off ,or C.when dec is in my binoculars:icon_biggrin:.deffinatly keep the bottom hook if you are cutting them off ,seems to be the most productive.
I was down to fiskill creek today .Herring comming in every cast but very skitish.
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