most fish will be sluggish due to the low temp, but you MIGHT have a shot at Bullheads, Carp, and Bowfin.
Use something like cut fish (Herring is good, very oily)
Someone correct me if i am wrong but i think it is illegal to use herring as bait fishing for freshwater in NY state drag a plastic worm across the bottom fish very slowly
Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY. Gene- where were you trying herring? I know people do it on the bay, but I've never caught any there. The best place seems to be a pier around 86th Street.
cmon guys whats biting???
if it helps, its low 40's
and a list of the fish living there?
Bluegill
P-Seed
Brown Bullhead
LMB
SMB
Rock Bass
White Bass
White Sucker
Yellow Perch
Redfin Pickerel
Chain Pickerel
Anguilla rostrata Eel
Bowfin
Golden Shiner
Carp
Goldfish
Crayfish
and were not technically using Herring...its Bunker, AKA Menhaden, AKA Pogy, and we buy it dead and chunk it up