HAS ANY ONE HERE EVER FISHED IN INWOOD PARK IN MANHATTAN
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SORTIE wrote:
spent four years rowing in those waters (not in that little lagoon though) when I was a punk college kid
you're sure to catch some Harlem River whitefish on most Saturday and Sunday mornings
true . i've contibuted to the stocking of those waters myself .
spent four years rowing in those waters (not in that little lagoon though) when I was a punk college kid
you're sure to catch some Harlem River whitefish on most Saturday and Sunday mornings
true . i've contibuted to the stocking of those waters myself .
i caught a 34 pounder in that lagoon by columbia boat house when i first started fishin there but honestly i first time i went fishin there i caught a dead dogs it had a big hole in its side it looked like someone shot it but that was right across from the big C rock i found a different spot more futher down on the hudson closer to the dyckman pier but its a mission to get to but it really produced some nice fish in late summer and early fall with live eels that i caught there also and with blood worms i dug from the park and if you catch a tagged fish there is a ranger station there where you can return it i havent been up there fishing since i moved to coney island i think ill take a ride up there this fall see if the action is still the same 
WELL I HAVENT FISHED THERE IN ABOUT SIX YEARS BUT WHEN I DID FISH THERE I NEVER EVEN SEEN A BLUEFISH I DIDNT CATCH ANY BLUES UNTIL I MOVED TO CONEY ISLAND THE ONLY OTHER FISH I CAUGHT THERE WAS A FLUKE BUT I HONESTLY CANT SAYS ABOUT HOW THE ACTION IS NOW THATS WHY I WANNA CHECK IT OUT THIS FALL
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I've done well at Coney Island as too. Didn't go a lot, but when I lived in Manhattan I'd take the subway out. Now living in White Plains I've driven down a few times. All Spring fishing.
Not sure anyone considers this a "precious" spot, so hopefully spot burning rules don't apply here. Lot's of trash, noise, and drunks around you as you fish. Not relaxing, more like constant chaos. Check minor league team schedule. I had one night ruined when they launched firewords when game ends.
Tip, Sunset, the crabbers exit the pier pitching fish heads, parts, little crabs, chicken into the water. Set-up with tide carrying this stuff from the pier past you. The fish I caught had all this stuff in them, so that's where my theory comes from that they come to get fed.
I've done well at Coney Island as too. Didn't go a lot, but when I lived in Manhattan I'd take the subway out. Now living in White Plains I've driven down a few times. All Spring fishing.
Not sure anyone considers this a "precious" spot, so hopefully spot burning rules don't apply here. Lot's of trash, noise, and drunks around you as you fish. Not relaxing, more like constant chaos. Check minor league team schedule. I had one night ruined when they launched firewords when game ends.
Tip, Sunset, the crabbers exit the pier pitching fish heads, parts, little crabs, chicken into the water. Set-up with tide carrying this stuff from the pier past you. The fish I caught had all this stuff in them, so that's where my theory comes from that they come to get fed.
well i dont fish any where near the pier but this is a precious spot to me i have got some nice fish here along the beach and in the bay in back of my house but yeah the pier is full of azzholez who really most of the time dont know what they r doing
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Sorry if I revealed to much. I guess it was precious to me too since I could get there when I had no car and could get fish. I remember times completely drunk kids would strip down and run out between my lines to swim. Madness. Some scary charcters up on the boardwalk at night as well.
THE BOARD WALK IS OK IF YOU THINK THE PEOPLE ON THE BOARDWALK ARE SCARY I WOULD HATE TO SEE YOU WALK DOWN MY BLOCK NOW THATS SCARY AND THERE IS A POLICE STATION ON THE CORNER BUT I LIKE IT OUT HERE I FIT IN ANYWHERE AND THE FISHING IS PRETTY GOOD AT TIMES
IF IM CORRECT YOU SAID YOU IVE IN WHITE PLAINS ARENT YOU CLOSE TO CITY ISLAND THEY GOT SOME GOOD FISHIN OUT THERE
IF IM CORRECT YOU SAID YOU IVE IN WHITE PLAINS ARENT YOU CLOSE TO CITY ISLAND THEY GOT SOME GOOD FISHIN OUT THERE
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Fished INWOOD many times...used to get big stripers in the 60s when i was a kid right off a raw discharge sewer on sandeels i would snag and toss back. Also can get eels, tommycod, catfish, blue claw crabs, never seen a blue there...but it's been years
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Coney Island Pier sees some strange fish late August every year. Lots of exotics travel up there and early morning at sunrise is a good bet to see some cool stuff come up. Coney Island Creek isn'too bad and has some deep deep holes, but haven't fished there since I found more quiet and safe spots.
I have personally never seen anything physically caught in Inwood park, but I do walk by there during unproductive hours (noonish) in my opinion.
This post edited by ELIASV 12:13 AM 02/29/2008
I have personally never seen anything physically caught in Inwood park, but I do walk by there during unproductive hours (noonish) in my opinion.
This post edited by ELIASV 12:13 AM 02/29/2008
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I have fished that park Many times; this is what I know.
If you enter through 218th St. (Columbia's / Baker Field) you come to the tidal pool; in the spring/summer this is a great spot for the kids to CATCH FISH. High tide only (empty at low tide) almost nothing to get hung up on. I've used fresh water spinners (inline), worms (dug up in the park on the slopes of the hill), snapper rigs, and small cast master. all very productive for white perch. schoolys and some blues do pass through at the height of the tide ( I use lite gear here and have had bites line peel off and then POP! also had fish bite and get eaten, line peel and POP!). . .Moving on.
Hike into the woods up the hill and you can get to a few nice openings on the water under the Henry Hudson Pkwy. Best at low tide, access limited at high tide. I have never stayed there to fish, just a few cast for nothing. Further up the hill you will see down to the Metro north train brdg. You can hike down on this side and (at low tide )get to big flat stone platforms to fish the inside of the Bridge. (all ways watch out for Kayakers) There is a space in the fence you can climb under and cross the tracts to get to the Hudson side (this is where the Stripers are) {cut and paste this into googles map and hit the satellite icon - 40.877383, -73.926691} the better way to get to this spot is through Dyckman St. and you can park. this way you have to hike also but its flat and a straight shot through the park. This spot is very productive late summer into the fall. (I must note this is Metro North Property and it is fenced; some time the bridge attendant will ask you to leave. Also this more productive side is more Treacherous; sharp slope, some loose gravel, some of the boulders move when you step on them, but you end up right on the water. this is a 1 man spot, two if you cooperate and tandem cast. cast to the brdge supports and bumpers, with a storm shad or the likes in any pattern (chartreuse, always good)let it drop and bring it back. . . .Summary
It's a hike in either way, for the Stripers. I prefer the Hudson side (outside) to the East river side (inside). inside is legal outside is private (Metro North Property). You will see all kinds of stuff in the water some that make the spot unfishable (until it passes, if you want to wait). I have caught fish, nice fish 8 out of 10 trips and the other two the sun set made it worth the hike, only asked to leave once because the train conductor saw me walking in, (along the tracks) from Dyckmen park he called the brdge guy so he had to ask me to leave. but the guy said he fishes here also because he sees so many fish. . OOHHH AND watch out for the KAYAKS, they sneak up on you. . . .So I hope that helps. rhh.
tip up. . .Tip Up. . .TIP UP!!!
I have fished that park Many times; this is what I know.
If you enter through 218th St. (Columbia's / Baker Field) you come to the tidal pool; in the spring/summer this is a great spot for the kids to CATCH FISH. High tide only (empty at low tide) almost nothing to get hung up on. I've used fresh water spinners (inline), worms (dug up in the park on the slopes of the hill), snapper rigs, and small cast master. all very productive for white perch. schoolys and some blues do pass through at the height of the tide ( I use lite gear here and have had bites line peel off and then POP! also had fish bite and get eaten, line peel and POP!). . .Moving on.
Hike into the woods up the hill and you can get to a few nice openings on the water under the Henry Hudson Pkwy. Best at low tide, access limited at high tide. I have never stayed there to fish, just a few cast for nothing. Further up the hill you will see down to the Metro north train brdg. You can hike down on this side and (at low tide )get to big flat stone platforms to fish the inside of the Bridge. (all ways watch out for Kayakers) There is a space in the fence you can climb under and cross the tracts to get to the Hudson side (this is where the Stripers are) {cut and paste this into googles map and hit the satellite icon - 40.877383, -73.926691} the better way to get to this spot is through Dyckman St. and you can park. this way you have to hike also but its flat and a straight shot through the park. This spot is very productive late summer into the fall. (I must note this is Metro North Property and it is fenced; some time the bridge attendant will ask you to leave. Also this more productive side is more Treacherous; sharp slope, some loose gravel, some of the boulders move when you step on them, but you end up right on the water. this is a 1 man spot, two if you cooperate and tandem cast. cast to the brdge supports and bumpers, with a storm shad or the likes in any pattern (chartreuse, always good)let it drop and bring it back. . . .Summary
It's a hike in either way, for the Stripers. I prefer the Hudson side (outside) to the East river side (inside). inside is legal outside is private (Metro North Property). You will see all kinds of stuff in the water some that make the spot unfishable (until it passes, if you want to wait). I have caught fish, nice fish 8 out of 10 trips and the other two the sun set made it worth the hike, only asked to leave once because the train conductor saw me walking in, (along the tracks) from Dyckmen park he called the brdge guy so he had to ask me to leave. but the guy said he fishes here also because he sees so many fish. . OOHHH AND watch out for the KAYAKS, they sneak up on you. . . .So I hope that helps. rhh.
tip up. . .Tip Up. . .TIP UP!!!
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