Fishing Jamaica Bay with an inflatable kayak?

[wittich]

I have a stearns inflatable kayak and am thinking about taking it with me to NYC. It is pretty durable but I would be resitant to use it in an area witg lots of oysters or sharo rocks. What is to topography of Jamaica Bay i.e. sandy,muddy, grass flats, shallow, etc... thanks.

[itsmoderating]

I can't believe no-one responded to your question. Jamaica should be fine for inflatable Kayak. The back bay is shallow & mostly mud flats & grass lots of places to shallow for boat traffic. There is GREAT spring & fall fishing for Stripe Bass & Blues in the bay. You need to watch out for the boat traffic there are a lot of Run & gun fisherman in the bay also.
If you stay in shallow & on the mud flats you should NO Problems & great fishing
GOOD LUCK

[E-Glades]

Great area for that - and don't forget flounder - i've caught plenty on jigs in JB - in about 3 feet of water. I suspect a white clouser would work well. They seem to be more prevalent - or at least more ubiquitous than stripers or blues and also seem to bite well in mid-day.

[LEFTUS]

I fished in the Jam Bay kayak tournament last year.What I saw was mud flats and some shells.It's a great spot for kayaks in general.I have 0% experience with inflatables so I cant comment other than its a great yak spot.Lefty