I am not a striper fisherman so someone with more knowledge than me can verify but the night topwater striper bite heats up when the shad spawn is going on. I have only been striper fishing a couple times and this is when we went. Water temp currently is low 50's so we are still several weeks away from the shad spawn. I predict late April to early June to be the best time with May being the peak of the night time striper topwater feed on the shad spawn...striper fishermen please correct me if I am wrong.