Fishing Draper Lake or other coastal lakes

[Black Water]

Good afternoon,

I've always wanted to fish Draper Lake off 30a and have the kayak and means to do so. However, being that I've never fished one of these coastal lakes I'm wondering if someone who has can give me advice. I have lots of light tackle and artificial baits I can use, but I dont want to bring everything I have!

Any advice on what size jigheads, soft bait colors, or if I should instead use gold spoons, etc? I assume there are some redfish in there and maybe bass. I dont even know what the depth is in the middle.

Don't worry - its all catch and release.

Thanks a lot for any help.

 

[30A Skunkape]

On the forum home page, upper right side, is a search box to search the forum. Enter 'fishing' into the box and search-it has all been discussed before. My advice-skip the lakes and take the kayak to the bay.

 

[Kurt]

Let us know how it goes - some of the lakes ahve heaps of fish and you never know what you might hook including cooters, gators, and sharks.