Striped Bass:
NYC has both Resident and Migratory populations that swim the city.
Striped Bass:
NYC has both Resident and Migratory populations that swim the city.
You can catch striped bass in NYC year round however the Spring - Fall are the best time. The migratory populations move South and Offshore during the Winter months, while the Residents move into brackish water like the East River, Jamaica Bay, and the Hudson. Then Spring begins:
Spring (March - May)
Summer
Fall
Winter
Underwater Striped Bass Video -
Bluefish:
Blues, a yearly migratory species.
Summer Flounder (Fluke):
Fluke, a yearly migratory species.
Tautog (Blackfish):
Tog, the city's bulldog of the river.
Underwater Tautog Bait Test & Feeding Behavior Video's -
Black Sea Bass:
Many Sea Bass use the East River and Jamaica Bay as a nursery in the Spring and juvenile Sea Bass can be caught all Summer into the Fall.
Porgy:
Scup, hub caps, the Porgy roll into the city in the Spring and can be caught until the Fall.
Weakfish:
Tide runners, weakies, they can be caught Spring-Fall in the Ocean, Bays and Rivers.
Winter Flounder
Oyster Toadfish
Atlantic Menhaden
Atlantic Mackerel
Spanish Mackerel
Bonito
Triggerfish
Sharks
Sea Robbin
Tuna
Atlantic Cod
American Eel
Hickory Shad
Sheepshead
Black Drum
Feather Blenny
Conger Eel
Largemouth Bass, Carp, Koi carp, chain pickerel, crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, northern snakehead, smallmouth bass, yellow perch,
Cobia, Yellowtail flounder, Haddock, monkfish, northern kingfish, Pollock, American Shad, Dogfish smooth, dogfish spiny, Atlantic sturgeon, Tilefish, False Albacore Tuna, Bluefin Tuna, Yellowfin Tuna