Many anglers like to fish the Ocean Pier at night. They put the chum bucket down and see what comes up. Sharks, skates, big rays, and blues are the fare on these nights. On other nights anglers use bloodworms and squid to catch Norfolk spot, croaker, kingfish, trout, flounder, and bluefish. In the heat of the summer, night fishing can be better than daytime fishing.
Some anglers like to fish the suds with lures for stripers.
The Inlets are good places to fish at night. Trout usually hit when the tide is slacking. Bluefish hit when the tide is running. Blues tend to run on the half tides when the tide is either halfway in or halfway out. Often times the anglers must add an inline sinker to his or her line to get the bucktail jig to go deeper.