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Originally Posted by Stillrunning
If the fish are not hitting at the HRBT you guys need to head to the MMBT and try it there. The WNB is very hit ans miss and if you catch anything its more luck than anything. I'm guessing you left from Portsmouth City Park if you hit the WNB. You can also try casting into the lighted areas around some of the loading docks around that area. Chunking works great around the bend at the MMBT but you need a good amount of menhaden to attract the fish. The biggest problem this time of year is that there is still alot of small fish that the stripers feed on and its hard to get them to hit your baits. Thats why chunking works this time of year.
Evilgli
Like CSVENCER your better of hitting the MMBT rather then the JRB. The JRB does hold strippers but its usually not very productive. The best bet this time of year is towing down to Va. Beach and hitting the CBBT as the small stripers should be all over the place at night. We have had nights out there this time of year when we would catch a striper on almost every cast and would have contest to see who could not catch a striper. You can still get skunked but your odd's go way up at the CBBT.
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As a follow up I see that people are starting to catch some bigger stripers eeling around the high rise of the CBBT and some citations were caught this past weekend. It should only get better in the next couple of weeks and provide some great fishing. I caught my biggest striper last year while eeling at the high rise and pulled in a 43" striper. Also people caught some nice striper chunking this weekend at the MMBT at the bend.