Who lives and fishes in the lower Hudson Valley?

[SenkoSam]

Chief, I've fished from the Esopus Creek to south of the Roundout Creek in an area called the Saddlebags (on the Hudson R. map). The Saddlebags is actually a two mile sandbar that parallels the west bank and forms a channel with the shore. My largest smallie (4.5 lbs.) was caught in a lie down midway up the bar and my partner and I limited on largemouth using buzzbaits on either side of high tide. Another partner and I found 20 small stripers up in the cul de sac that the bar forms with a shallow flat to the north, just south of the creek. We had a blast!

Got to know the tides to fish any area.

Sam
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