Orange Beach kayaking

I'm going down next week and looking for a place to catch fish that I won't get ran over by sea yachts. Any ideas?

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What days?

Launch at the ramp on Fort Morgan Road in Little Lagoon.

Likely Sat. and Sunday

I’ll be there too.

Were in the dog days of summer and fishing is tough, especially inshore. I would park at the state pier parking lot and launch outside the hundred yard boundary line and target pelagics at daylight till an hour past sun up then look for schools of bull reds at dusk. Being five miles away from the pass, there will be little traffic. If you need to borrow any heavier gear, I have plenty of loaners. Hunt me down at J&M to get a better feel for what to expect.

I usually make a pit stop there for bait. See you then.

Good. We'll meet up so you can buy dinner.

Wonderful, I got some coupons for Captain D’s.

Fish the lagoon lights or ono island lights at night.

Little Lagoon pass on West Beach Road

Thanks for the suggestions, guys.

I'll probably hit Little Lagoon. Any pointers on what to fish with?

I have had good luck with redfish and trout on spoons and large jigs in the past. They seem to like very erratic movements compared to fish around here. Fish them pretty fast.

If you fish dock lights, live shrimp or small LY...cast up current and let them drift back through the lights. DOA shrimp or other artificials like DOAs if you don't have live bait. Gotcha jigs and spoons are also good.

During the day, live croakers. If you don’t have any of those, mirrodines or soft plastics. At night, a white jerk shad weightless. Throw it past the light and jig it back through.

The primary baitfish in Little Lagoon are small pinfish, finger mullet and small croaker. If you can't net any of those go to J&M and get live shrimp. Use a size #8 or #10 treble hook and free line them under the lights around deeper docks. Small paddle tails and "fluke" style soft baits work too. If you catch a speck or red around a dock light the other fish around it will spook. It may take 10-15 minutes for them to come back around so you may want to hit the next dock and then come back. You may catch a flounder by dragging a minnow on bottom behind the yak while you cast for specks and reds around the lights.