Staten Island Striper Hotspots

Here's the hotspots from the article:

1) Old Orchard Lighthouse: Open bottom area around Old Orchard Lighthouse (GPS coordinates 40.51170/74.100000) east of Great Kills Harbor. This historic lighthouse is about three miles off the beach and is visible from the shoreline of Gateway National Park, which is adjacent to Great Kills. The 50- foot conical, white steel structure was built in 1893 and still has an active beacon, according to the National Lighthouse Museum. This hotspot can only be fished by boat. The best way to get there is to launch at Great Kills Park, head out of the inlet and travel southeast. The lighthouse will be visible on the horizon.
2) Lemon Creek & Great Kills: offshore of the beach houses, areas around Lemon Creek and entrance to Great Kills harbor at Great Kills Park.
3) Prince's Bay, the small cove that Lemon Creek empties into.
4) Round Shoal: look for small dropoffs over open bottoms. Round Shoal is across Reach Channel from Prince's Bay. From Lemon Creek, bear left into Prince's Bay heading south, cross the Reach Channel (buoy marker 33) and you're on Round Shoal.
5) Prince's Bay: The area is known as the Mount Loretto Unique Area (located off Hyland Blvd. close to Verrazona Bridge).
6) Great Kills Harbor area: including the back and the mouth. Bunker gather at the moth and can be snagged for bait. The sandbar along the mouth, the narrow channel leading into the harbor. From the beach, cast plugs and cut bunker, also try, jelly worms tipped with live sandworms.
7) Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier at Midland Beach is at Father Capodanno Boulevard and Seaview Avenue. Follow Hylan Boulevard to Midland Avenue. Turn right on Midland and then turn left at Father Capodanno Boulevard, then make a quick right, which leads to a well-marked sign for the pier and parking, according to DeBenedetto. Free.
8) Pier One on the east side of the Ferry Terminal. The deep shipping channels nearby attract big stripers. Take the Staten Island Expressway to Bay Street and follow it to the Staten Island Ferry. Park at the public parking lot for the ferry, where a nominal fee is charged.

The two public boat launches:
- The free Lemon Creek ramp can be reached by taking Hylan Boulevard to Sharrots Road.
- Great Kills Park launching is free, but you have to pay for parking.