Fish the right times and you can get away with a lot of so-so locales and presentations. This should immediately suggest the advisability of fishing at night and this is wise. Any location where some fish are being caught in the light of day will produce more and bigger fish on the same tide in the dark. The other advantage of night fishing is reduced pressure on the water. This quietude allows the shy striper to come up from the safety of the depths to feed nearer the surface and nearer the shore.
Night fishing requires little in the way of special tackle.
A red lens for your flashlight helps to preserve your night vision. However, more essential is a daylight scouting trip to spot any dangerous drops or currents that you may encounter. Much of the Cape's, Nantucket Sound and Cape Cod Bay, shoreline has a longshore current that produces a flow not unlike a big slow river. Bays and coves usually have significantly stronger currents from the ebb and flow of the tide through confined necks and along channels. This set of the tide can be treacherous in the dark but remembering that striped bass come closer and shallower at night means that the fly caster rarely needs to wade out further than is necessary to secure room for his backcast.