Fall Run Lower Hudson

I haven't really given fishing the fall run in the lower Hudson a fair shake before, I went out to the mouth of a major early this morning at high tide and threw out some leftover clam and started throwing some curly tail jigs on freshwater tackle. Had fun catching little 14 inchers consistently and got slammed by a 25 incher on the clam just before sunrise. Might be a resident schoolie but it's getting me in the mood to try to fish for some more stripers this fall in the river. I have fished in Nov when the water is real cold and had good action in the shallows with catfish before... but was using weird cheap baits like chicken livers that a striper probably wouldn't eat. Anyone have any experience on the river in the fall. you really never know what you'll pull out of there, even if most of the fish are small