BirdTroutOpen the map When to fish the Hudson River, New York
NYSDEC classifies it as Class AA — drinking water source and Class C — fishing, managed as Trout waters — that is the season and creel row to look up. The Hudson River averages 78.7 °F in July across 4 gauged stretches, so the middle of summer is a morning-and-evening proposition rather than a bad month.
There is no hatch record for New York in this dataset, so this page does not guess at one. The season and the water temperature are below.
The season
New York publishes no season on this reach in the file this site reads. NYSDEC classifies it as Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing, managed as Trout waters, and that is the row to look up in the digest — the season and creel rules follow the classification rather than the river. What the state designates on this water → New York regulations →
Water temperature through the year
July is the warmest month and the one this site measures: 4 gauged stretches average 78.7 °F , from 78.0 °F at the coldest to 78.9 °F at the warmest. Everything either side of July is colder than that.
More about Hudson River
Hudson River — live water temperature, regulations and access