Local Info-fishing

:welcome: spinner56! due to red tide and so much rain I'd take a charter trip and catch something other than septictankfish - all the good fish are offshore and seem to be staying there for now - good luck

The coastal dune lakes tend to have a mixture of bass, reds, specks and the occasional flounder. Depending on the salinity you'll either get more bass and few of the others, or vice versa.

I haven't spent much time specifically on Camp Creek itself, but they're all fished similarly (with the exception of Deer Lake which is strictly freshwater and has lots of bass...and a large gator, so keep your eyes open if you stop there with kids or dogs).

You'll see a lot of mullet jumping--don't let them fool you, because you won't catch them with a rod and reel (although I understand a lot of the true old timers have a technique for doing so).

Soft plastic jigs, gold spoons and spinner baits do well. Typically the water is naturally very brown so you'll want bright yellow and chartreuse colors although a Rapala-type plug that resemble minnows or finger mullet often produces.

If you have kids, throw out a popping cork with live or frozen bait (shrimp, squid, pinfish) and you will almost certainly catch lots of catfish. Not very good to eat, but kids think it's a blast.

:welcome:

Thanks for the info !!!! I'm looking forward to my visit.I think I might fit in pretty good down there,I'm a strange people(or soooooo I'm told) with 3 great dogs(staying at home).LOL !!!!!!!! I'll still need a license to fish in the surf,any ideas would be helpful.

Thanks,
sp56
a beach bum want to be

Thanks for the info !!!! I'm looking forward to my visit.I think I might fit in pretty good down there,I'm a strange people(or soooooo I'm told) with 3 great dogs(staying at home).LOL !!!!!!!! I'll still need a license to fish in the surf,any ideas would be helpful.

Thanks,
sp56
a beach bum want to be

Are you saying we are strange?? :lol:

Get a license before you come:
http://www.floridaconservation.org/license.html

OH NO not at all.Just something I read on a T shirt I saw here on the site,I got to get one while I'm down there.
Forgot to mentiion that 99% of my fishing is catch and release.

sp56