It is best to think of stripers as first being shy, they don't like to be seen or even waiting in the light of day if they can help it.
Timing is almost everything in striper fishing.
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.