East River Fishing. Exploring NYC Piers
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
- Fishing NYC Piers with bait for whatever wants to bite. In the Summer, NYC gets a variety of Southern Species that migrate in. Every year is a bit different with the water temperatures warming. If someone can identify the species in this video I would love to know.
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A rather large bergall
I love to tell this story. I was in a building on E-74th and FDR drive, several years ago in May. I was sitting at a window watching the East River. I see a huge school of bunker moving north with the tide, and they are being slaughtered, by what I assumed were bluefish. I could see the action in the shockingly clear water, and there were bluefish, but there were also bass, BIG ONES! I saw fish that had to be in the 50's. They were lazily coming up and grabbing stunned bunker. I've seen blitzes like that in more traditional places, but not what I expected to see in the East River!
Your story is so visual. I read it a couple times. Blitzes are incredible to witness. Really appreciate you sharing your story. Every time I ride the above ground subway and cross the river, I look all over to try and see a blitz. One day. I hope you enjoy the weekend bud!
@@BobAquatic I'm not sure what brought in the clear ocean water, but I've never seen the East River so clear, which made seeing this so vivid. Enjoy the weekend as well!
You talking bout the blitz of 93??
@@Hunterbidenscrackrock No, this was 2 or 3 years ago.
Worst day on the water beats court ordered anger management classes.
Well I would have to agree. Thank you ms.annthrope!
Those are JV Sea Bass and Bergalls. Enjoy yourself Brother! Any day on the water is better than any day at work or home...............
Thank you Trip, I totally agree. Just having fun enjoying the summer in the city
A bad day fishing beats a good day at work
what kind of work you do man?
@@moseskongi4746 I work in the film industry. Mostly commercial and TV
I use to fish pier 36 on South street when i was done with my shift at DSNY.. Always had awesome action especially nights with the lights of the pier, the stripers hide in the shadows of the pilings and dart out and grab baits swimming by.
They love the lights. Its a cool place to fish for the skyline view. Glad you got to get out for the striper night bite over there, thank you for watching Janotes!
I use to work at old M2 caught a nice striper in between shifts in Hudson
Those are Sea Bass and Bergals my friend . Thanks for sharing ! 🎣
Thank you Rich, hope you are having a fun fishing season
Great Video!!!! When them Strippers Hit you need at least 30 pound Test line!!!
Thank you Ralph, I agree. 30lb is my default line when targeting striped bass
Don’t it depend on the size of the stripers in the area most of our schooleees
Striper with the squid!! 👌🏿
Must’ve been hungry down there
Hey Bob. I think it's a Cunner. Nice catch.
Yo thank you AZ! Appreciate you. I had so much fun researching world record Cunners and biology. Really went down a rabbit hole that night learning about them.
Hey man awesome video🔥
I recently started learning about fishing and catch many carp in Central Park with a telescopic spinning rod. Any main suggestions to get for salt water over at the pier ?
The carp fishing is pretty fun over there. I'd just go out and cast. The east river is pretty sticky so I wouldn't cast expensive lures. Grab some shrimp, weights and hooks. Its an easy way to get into it and also really fun
@@BobAquatic Thanks so much looking forward to it 🙏🏼
Great video
Thank you NicksOutdoors!
Can you fish wherever you have access to the East River? Or any other bodies of water? Or are there certain Piers you can fish from
Google map piers to fish from on the east river. Theres a lot
What size hook are you using for all the smaller fish? I see you got both size 1 and size 6 in the description
@@will-ye #6 for the small ones
7:44 was a bergal also known as a cunner. They're wrasse just like tog. All the ones earlier were baby black Seabass. 9:30 was also a bergal
Thank you Fishpunch. Appreciate you taking the time to identify and comment. Hope you enjoy the weekend bud
Those fish you caught are in the wrasse family along with tog, they are called cunner and are regarded as bait stealers and they are also quite tasty. Cunner rarely get over 12" so what ever suites you as for size and eating, give it a try. Peace and brother love to you and all.
Thank you Jay! Never tried Cunner before or caught one big enough to fillet. But knowing there are big ones in the river, I might start targeting them. World record is only 3lbs 8 ounces and tied between two anglers.
We call them cunner in New England, can be a nuisance when trying for other species. But yes, in the wrasse family like the tautog also.
Cheers Steve, thank you for watching!
Look like bergall to me , always catch them around Roosevelt Island.
Thank you 900, yeah you are correct it is a bergall. It’s pretty sweet the bigger ones get blue heads like that
hey, what’s the “official “ name for the grub rigged with the egg sinker?
Hey US, that is a Gulp! Grub 3” in Chartreuse color
The fish you caught at 7:45 next to the boat is a bergall.
The others with the large mouths are sea bass
Thank you Jace
Bergalls are considered trash fish cuz they steal ur bait. When you grab them to unhook them, they piss and sometimes shit on u so face the butthole away from u. If u ever get out to Montauk and catch these bergalls, they can get to over a pound and are good eating. Anything smaller is not worth the effort.
Great videos, thanks and very entertaining.
Hey Bob, 7:45 is Bergall, the others were baby seabass
Thank you Jay! Appreciate you bud
I think I heard sometimes the tog on the wrecks get a rusty/gold color from rubbing on the rusty wrecks. Maybe that blue tog was rubbing on something blue???
@@ralphzaccaria7420 it’s a cunner. They can change color and get blue when they’re bigger. Like a parrot fish, same family. I never caught one that big or blue, was confused
@@BobAquatic cool!
Usually anglers at the East 34th St. ferry dock especially at night. Well lit, patrolled and nearby 24/7 coffee shop patronized by NYU Medical employees.
Thank you Martin , appreciate your comment. I love coffee, might need to spend some time over there on 34
Fish at 9:40 is a bergall which is a wrasse and related to tog.
Thank you Jace!
We catch them using Squid up in Nova Scotia , nice fish
Squid rocks, it’s very universal and prefer it over shrimp for small fish. Stays on the hook well
the fish you caught right in front of the ferry is a bergall, the others were looked like black seabass.
@@Slayyn1723 thank you Slayyn!
Boy did the NYC water get cleaned up. When I lived the in the 1960s and 70s the water was brown. Nothing to catch. I moved to Cali in the early 1980s and didn't return til mid 90s. The striper fishing was fantastic then. Haven't been back since then
Striper fishing is super good. They stick around all year long. Thank you for watching stripervince1
I’m a new sub. Enjoy your content. What reel and size do you use on the loomis. Thanx.
What’s up! Really appreciate your support and thank you for the sub. In this video it is 2000 size
Penn clash II
Love your content ... you gotta invest in a pier net though! 😅
Thank you Justice, I totally agree. I had one of those round ones but I can’t bike with it. So I use THE GLOVE. But for real someone point me in the direction of a portable one I can put on a bike. I’ve looked into making a custom one for a backpack, umbrella type design
@@BobAquatic ... Loop the hoops together with a carabiner and clip a strap to two different areas of the hoops ... carry over your shoulder and across your back as you ride ...
Would you eat fish in this water ? Or too toxic
@@lunabird89 just eat it in moderation and migratory species. Once a months fine
The fish u we’re catching were small seabass and bergall (also called cunner) …
Thank you Charles. Hope you are having a fun fishing season bud
whats your go-to tackle shop?
Hey Fredrick, Probebly Bernie’s Bait and Tackle. They take good care of customers and are completely setup for NYC saltwater
Did you see the Tarpon behind the bass?
I’ve never seen someone use a gulp lure as a knocker rig. It catches fish ?
Nah I tried but wasn’t workin. I make and try all kinds of weird rigs. You never know
@@BobAquatic I'm sure a Redfish would pick it up and eat. They eat anything but I'm gonna try that rig next time I go fishing.
Do you need a license or permit to fish there?
Yes you do
You should get a bridge net in case you get a large fish.
I agree with you Philip
Enjoy your low key fishing approach. Also, aren't both tog and bergall in the wrasse family?
Thank you Ron! I believe they are in the same family. Wrasse are cool fish, some wild colors on the ones in Florida. I believe also related to parrot fish so they change color similarly. I never caught a blue bergal before but I guess they can change color
Where’d you get bait in NYC?
@@Tsar_Nman there’s tackle shops but for raw shrimp you can just get it at a seafood market
@@BobAquatic where’s the tackle shop?
@@Tsar_Nman Bernie’s, cross bay, coney, it’s an easy google search. Just search for tackle shops on maps
I’d love to start fishing the city, any tips or advice I have some basic gear here and a mediam light rod with 15 pound braid
@@Tsar_Nman that rod will work. You don’t need much. Build a dropper loop rig with a lead sinker. Some shrimp from a market, and a #1 hook. East River is full of snags so I would hold off on casting expensive lures until you get a feel for it
Ok
if it's a weird 3 eyed fish, then you know it's NYC.
always looking for that Simpson's fish
get emm bro
Thank you All Season!
That fish is call cunner like a little bit like a blackfish
Thank you Danie for identifying the species. Appreciate you leaving the comment . Hope you have a fun weekend ahead
I personally don’t like fishing so high above point of landing the fish. Some folks like this, though.
Same here Ron. Wading flats and casting on level with the water is #1. I'm just exploring and mixing up the content
3:20, that's why I really dislike braid. It's supposedly stronger/better, yet you have way more fish break you off than with mono. No stretch = break offs and straightened hooks. I feel the same about circle hooks. I have lost so many good fish because the braid failed. Went back to classic mono and J hooks, better hook sets and land way more fish.
Mono has a ton of advantages over braid for sure, I used to only use mono but I do like the way braid cuts in fast current. I am with you on the J hook way. That's how I learned with chunking and after the mandate I hardly ever chunk for striper anymore.
You need a fluoro leader, braid is the best. If you tie a 3ft leader, 30lb test, he would have been able to lift the fish with his rod reeling down towards the fish.
This is a very misinformed comment. Braid is 100x better then mono in all applications.
Of course you need to use correct # test, GOOD knots and correct hooks.
@@timechild1261 there is a leader, 4ft
@@MikeAdamsFishing all my setups are braid
Pretty sure those fish are flammable
This comment is epic. Thank you Mike
Called the seabass a bergall and the bergall a tog SMFH 😂😂
It’s a scooby doo! Appreciate you watching bud, have a fun weekend
How long have you been fishing the northeast?
Hey Tony, since I was a kid. My dad fished commercially so sorta grew up with it
That was a cunner, btw 👍
thank you the fisher!
Yes those little guys a baby black sea bass
@@Bass59 fun to catch, thank you Bass! Appreciate you watching
What pier???
This is NYC
@@BobAquatic yea I know what is the pier
100% baby Black Sea bass.
Thank you Jace!
just a helpful thought
buy a bridge net, never drop a fish again
ya da man
They are great!
New York
Cheers 310MANRUTH!
@@BobAquatic next time I'm in New York will check out that fishing spot.
bergall
Thank you Eric!
they are baby seabass
Thank you Gathney!
I never saw anyone fish the east river but I use to fish the Hudson River for stripe bass around lower Manhattan
Its a good time, there is a lot of snags but the views are great
wanna team up?
Baby seabass.
Thank you Tsienj
No way am I fishing the East River!! Lmao!!
give it a try!
The blue one is not a taug its a bergall.
Thank you Bill
Is that a wrasse, or a marlin? It's a marlin.
100% Marlin. Thank you fishboy77!
Bob it's a bergal
Thank you Bass
1:40 ive never seen anyone just dangle a grub in one place. ?
I’m happy someone called it out. I was switching rigs from Carolina to Knocker and just threw a grub on there to see what would happen. No dice
@@BobAquatic I use grubs a lot, cast & retrieve.
@@rodneysmart9774 I agree with you on that. Cheers Rodney
Large bergalls
Cheers Mike, thank you
Dirty water fishing 🤣🤣
It sure is, but the thing I find wild is NYC tap water is so dang good.
i think king fish
Thank you King! Those are mad fun to catch, taste great too.
thats a cunner! Not a tautog!
@@camerondriscoll6306 oh yeah! Thanks for watching b
You eat Bergels with lox and cream cheese....
That sounds delicious. Fish with lox and cream cheese is one of my favorites
@@BobAquatic LOL. Good sport. Long time ago when 8, used to live in Bay Ridge. Have fun out there fishin and be safe.
Bergal not a tog
@@rencycookingandmore2348 the Bergals
No that's not a baby black fish that's a big bergal
Thank you Bass
@@BobAquatic trust me Bob ice fish all over New York I live on Staten Island New York we catch everything here from fluke bluefish porgies weakfish the catch a mako sharks on the beaches blue crabs you name it we catch them here on Staten Island any cats and broccoli the same stuff in New Jersey send a New Jersey and Staten Island or close together we catch the same species just in case you thinking about fishing Staten Island just hop right on the ferry
invest in a pier net boss
I'll get one. Thank you Gio!
Not tog sea bass
@@jonathanchau1158 thank you Jonathan
That's not a tog it's a bergal
@@Bass59 that is correct
Bergall or Cunner
Thank you tsienj!
You need a net..
I say that because I had to start carrying a net ,it's a big pain in the back because if I'm going to be drinking I walk or get on the bus or train with poles and a net but I needed it because I got sick of fish falling off the hook and the bigger catfish were breaking the eagleclaw hooks I was using,I switched to gamagatsu hooks,they don't ever break.i just know from experience the net is a necessary evil.
Bro invest in a drop net my guy
I’ll get one in 5 minutes
Cunner
Cheers Aaron! Thank you
Whatever you do dont eat that shit you might grow another arm
Use 40 pound test don’t be stupid
Thank you Mitchell
@@BobAquatic I’m a 78 year old from Long Island in the fall, I swim to rocks in a wetsuit in Montauk to catch striped bass my biggest is 64 pounds from the surf. I used to fish 20 out of 30 nights a month in competition no longer doing that. I got two hat tricks and my big bass 18 pound weakfish 25 1/2 pound bluefish over the years. In New York to qualify for a hat-trick : striped bass, , bluefish, weakfish
@@BobAquatic if you wanna come out to Montauk in the fall, leave a fresh comment on your own site. I’ll find it
Goofy.
Goofy at your service
Catches a bunch of sea bass, calls them bergalls, catches a bergall, calls it a tog. What are you even doing making CZcams videos…
Christopher, you have convinced me to quit. But in 5 minutes. I need 5 minutes
You’re doing great, just learn your species!
@@christophersmith5485 I promise I will, I will try so much harder.
That’s not eggs that’s toxic waste pal !!!!
Nah its fish roe thanks for watching