SamRiley
02-20-2004, 11:04 AM
Another NY Put-In submitted by RJ :)
Travel north on Route 9 from Hudson, NY until you cross over Stockport Creek. Take the first left, immediately after you cross the bridge. Travel 1 mile west on this road to the railroad tracks and take a left towards the railroad bridge. The is parking for 10 to 20 vehicles. A gravel/dirt boat ramp is on the left side of the parking area and you put into Stockport Creek at that point.
You can paddle east 1 mile to the herring run under Route 9 and fish the deep hole below the rapids.* Sinking lines are a must here.
Or you can go west under the railroad bridge and start fishing the flats that spread out in front of and th the north of you. Fish the shallows nead the small island due west of the bridge and the tidal channel that moves north towards the larger island (Stockport Middle Ground). At the island the channel splits - the main branch swings to the west and flows out to the shipping channel. The lesser branch flows north between the larger island and the railroad tracks and on up into a large bay that has a deep channel running along the rail tracks side. Locally the duckhunters call this the Empire Brick Yard bay. From the railroad bride north alond the tracks there are several tidal pond outlets that empty into the bay thru small railroad concrete outflows. Some large enough for admit a bass boat and all wide and high enough to allow a kayak to enter and leave. Most anglers fish the out flows during a dropping tide. There might be shots on bass on a rising tide just inside the tidal bays. But, you must be aware of the tide level, unless you want to spend a few hours waiting for the tide to go down and release you back to the main stem of the Hudson River.
Two species of Herring spawn in this area and in stockport Creek Blueback and Alewife Herring up to 12 inches are abundant. One spawns primarily in the creek and the other against rocky points, cliffs and the railroad's rocky shoreline.
You can launch at the Railroad Bridge and paddle out to the shipping channel (4 mile Point on the Western Shore) and move along the easten shoreline to the outflow of Stockport Flats a large Estuarine Reserve Area. The tidal guts inside the reserve are as fishy looking spots as you will find anywhere in the "Hudson River Valley"! The water here is clearer than most of the main stem waters. It is protected from wind and run off and not deeper that 8 feet at hightide.
Travel north on Route 9 from Hudson, NY until you cross over Stockport Creek. Take the first left, immediately after you cross the bridge. Travel 1 mile west on this road to the railroad tracks and take a left towards the railroad bridge. The is parking for 10 to 20 vehicles. A gravel/dirt boat ramp is on the left side of the parking area and you put into Stockport Creek at that point.
You can paddle east 1 mile to the herring run under Route 9 and fish the deep hole below the rapids.* Sinking lines are a must here.
Or you can go west under the railroad bridge and start fishing the flats that spread out in front of and th the north of you. Fish the shallows nead the small island due west of the bridge and the tidal channel that moves north towards the larger island (Stockport Middle Ground). At the island the channel splits - the main branch swings to the west and flows out to the shipping channel. The lesser branch flows north between the larger island and the railroad tracks and on up into a large bay that has a deep channel running along the rail tracks side. Locally the duckhunters call this the Empire Brick Yard bay. From the railroad bride north alond the tracks there are several tidal pond outlets that empty into the bay thru small railroad concrete outflows. Some large enough for admit a bass boat and all wide and high enough to allow a kayak to enter and leave. Most anglers fish the out flows during a dropping tide. There might be shots on bass on a rising tide just inside the tidal bays. But, you must be aware of the tide level, unless you want to spend a few hours waiting for the tide to go down and release you back to the main stem of the Hudson River.
Two species of Herring spawn in this area and in stockport Creek Blueback and Alewife Herring up to 12 inches are abundant. One spawns primarily in the creek and the other against rocky points, cliffs and the railroad's rocky shoreline.
You can launch at the Railroad Bridge and paddle out to the shipping channel (4 mile Point on the Western Shore) and move along the easten shoreline to the outflow of Stockport Flats a large Estuarine Reserve Area. The tidal guts inside the reserve are as fishy looking spots as you will find anywhere in the "Hudson River Valley"! The water here is clearer than most of the main stem waters. It is protected from wind and run off and not deeper that 8 feet at hightide.