East River Fishing. Roosevelt Island NYC Fishing Shrimp

I never fished Roosevelt Island until today. Always wanted to. I had no idea it was filled with so many great fishing opportunities.
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[@Santidoesstuff]

im addicted to this guys videos

[@BobAquatic]

appreciate you watching santidoesstuff

[@paulsegnatelli55]

I like ur channel. Simple & enjoyable

[@BobAquatic]

Thank you for watching Paul, appreciate it

[@WoodcraftBySuman]

Ash Ketchum meeting Oak 🤣

[@BobAquatic]

It really does feel like that sometimes fishing in the city. Thank you for watching WoodcraftBySuman

[@AZ-NY]

Hey Bob! Great video. It's so much fun to catch those seabass. They are the sunfish of saltwater. I too wanted to try out the pools at the Roosevelt Island. The next spot should be governors Island. Same thing, plenty of seabass and porgies. Also, you might to try the hook at the red hook, by ikea. I think that would be a good video.

[@BobAquatic]

Hey AZ! What's up. The sunfish is a good analogy. I have fished that red hook area, its great. But the Governors island has totally been on the video list. Good suggestion. Going to make a trip over there. Thank you AZ, hope you are catching them up

[@AZ-NY]

@@BobAquatic this entire summer, I couldn't fish except for an hour at grafton lake state park. And that too without any lures or baits. I got few sunfish with stuff that I was able to dig up around the park. Other than that, nothing actually.

[@BobAquatic]

@@AZ-NY sunfish is a great time. I was with family last weekend and switched from bass to bluegills. They are mad fun if you've got a light rod.

[@AZ-NY]

@@BobAquatic oh yes. Have you ever used the tenkara fishing rods? They are awesome as these fish are always nearby.

[@BobAquatic]

@@AZ-NY always wanted to try the tenkara, one day.

[@markhorton3041]

Hey Bob!!! I sure do enjoy your videos of NYC fishing! I visit family up there once a year and I intend to try The East River or near by in the future. Keep your lines tight buddy!!

[@BobAquatic]

Thank you for watching Mark! Hope you have a fun trip when you come visit

[@user-td4zp4gq2p]

Back in the day we used to finger pop our girlfriends by the Roosevelt island light house and their was always someone fishing over there!😅😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@LI_Fishing_and_Knives]

Thanks for another great video. Shrimp is a very versatile bait. I find porgies are a lot less likely to hit artificials, unlike fluke.

[@BobAquatic]

That's true, porgy can be pretty hit or miss some days. Sometimes they only want bait, thank you for watching LIfishing

[@luriux]

thanks for another great video!

[@BobAquatic]

Thank you luriux! Hope you are having a fun Summer

[@boatdntcount.]

😂any where in the east river full of fish my bait of choice chicken culet and good old shrimp 💯 will get you fish go get em 💪

[@BobAquatic]

I gotta try the chicken cutlet sometime. At least you've got a snack if it doesn't work

[@petergucci4024]

In October that rail side of the island is a striper paradise on swimbaits and bucktails

[@BobAquatic]

that will be a good time

[@Bass59]

Yeah I used to go to Roosevelt Island on an outgoing tide using sand worms call porgies striped bass when you do go back there get a dozen sandworms you'll be amazed what you be getting Blue fish there porgies fluke just try to get there on incoming tide or outgoing tide you will be amazed

[@BobAquatic]

That area is really good. I could see the potential for larger game fish. These trips are awesome scouting missions for the Fall. Found so many spots to add to the list. Live Sand worms are #1 this time of year. Wish I was better at digging for them

[@Bass59]

@@BobAquatic since I live on Staten Island I don't got to go to Roosevelt Island Staten island's open ocean fish anywhere I mean that catching weakfish porgy striped bass spots which are lafayette's we got food all over the place and it's close to the Staten Island ferry

[@BobAquatic]

@@Bass59 I wanna fish Staten Island one day, never been. That’s great to hear there is opportunity out there

[@Bass59]

@@BobAquatic and the good baits are bunker sand worms bloodworms and clams

[@petergucci4024]

How you doing buddy nice video again the rocky end side of the island has great top water blues each morning you cant miss it the bass heat up there the middle of next mouth also blackfish there most of the year put on a jig head and any crab bait

[@BobAquatic]

I'll have to give it a try, thank you for watching Peter

[@jonmarcosanchez4524]

Bob, come fish at exchange place in Jersey City with us. Insane view very deep current

[@BobAquatic]

That sounds like fun, I might head over there one day

[@robertfunk2796]

hello......you just might try free lining, that is flipping out without any weight and let out a good amount of line & eventually it will sink -- the wind & the tide might make it more difficult but I have caught thousands of fish this way; its tough though to get if over the rocks, more fish this way

[@BobAquatic]

I do that during the slack. But you can't really get away with that in the east river deep areas unfortunately, maybe in the shallow water breaks

[@robertfunk2796]

@@BobAquatic that waters got to be running fast...I've never fished there but what street is a good place to fish?

[@BobAquatic]

@@robertfunk2796 its all sorta similar water on the streets, I would try the piers first if you've never fished it. Wherever is closest and easiest for your commute. There is a lot of marked "fishing" piers on google maps

[@FishGuts73]

Nice action Go Get’em

[@BobAquatic]

Thank you fishguts!

[@KarimElayoubyFishing]

Was that a Pokemon Celebi movie reference ? Lolololol

[@BobAquatic]

Hahaha you are a real one Karim. I got a lot of Pokemon love

[@Fishpunch]

I'm surprised you didn't find any flounder there

[@BobAquatic]

they're around, just weren't biting I guess. Thank you for watching fish punch

I love you videos, have you tried fishing near rockefeller park/pier 25?

[@BobAquatic]

haven't tried fishing there before. any good?

[@sandranemeth2164]

Rad

[@BobAquatic]

thank you sandranemeth2164, its fun out there on the river

[@shallowriver7188]

...so ive also been noticing these small fish every where in nyc???...i havnt caught a big porgy yet?!?...any suggestions??

[@BobAquatic]

Just sorta the flow of the seasons, every year is a bit different. The larger porgy seem to swim out offshore when the water really heats up

[@doobie_rockz]

In the beginning of the video, what size hooks were you using?

[@BobAquatic]

#6 hook. Here is a link to the exact one: amzn.to/3yDkTvb

[@doobie_rockz]

@@BobAquaticthanks Bob!!!

[@lisov4575]

How do you not snag on all those rocks?

[@BobAquatic]

You can't let the current sweep your line or weight when you hit bottom. Lift the weight up if you're drifting so it doesn't sweep into a snag. Reel in the slack line as soon as you can when you hit bottom, could be your line pulling the weight into snags too with the current

[@Winyandtheboys]

Wow that’s good day for shure I got skunked fishing LBI NJ today I need tips on catching big sea bass iv been skunked this season.

[@BobAquatic]

Try shrimp and small hooks. The baits pretty small

[@Winyandtheboys]

What rod is that being able to throw a 3 ounce weight on that it’s probably durable

[@BobAquatic]

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[@PatrickO464]

Bob what is the rod that you use called?

[@BobAquatic]

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[@PatrickO464]

@@BobAquatic thx love the vids btw

[@BobAquatic]

@@PatrickO464 Thank you Patrick

[@djdevontay]

Do this guy catch nice size fish? He’s like catching small bait size fish.

[@BobAquatic]

Sometimes, I do like to catch and small fish. But the big fish that type of fish is kind of fun to catch but sometimes hurts my arms because it is so big. So sometimes I like to catch the big fish but sometimes the big fish hurts my arms. I don't know, it is really contemplative. Do I catch the big fish and hurt my arms or catch the small fish and have fun?

[@josenieves9165]

How heavy of a jig for that current?

[@BobAquatic]

The sinker is 3oz and the hogy jig was 35g

[@paulsegnatelli55]

@@BobAquatic i love light tackle fishing with small epoxy/metal jigs. Just so much fun!

[@warehousejo007]

kinda unfair to those guppies, eh? 😼

[@BobAquatic]

I don't see any guppies here