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[Stillrunning]

Originally Posted by csvencer

That sounds just like my night. We hit the HRBT for about an hour or two right around 8pm, the current was ripping, birds were working here and there but no hits. There were a ton of boats out there and I didn't see anyone hooking up. We then swung in to the West Norfolk Bridge and had a couple of hits but nothing back to the boat. Skunked night...sucks. Hope to see something more productive this week.

-Svence

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.