Weed warning
Submitted by Colin Hay on Fri, 2009-10-30 08:44
Anyone planning to some landbased fishing over the next few days may want to think about fishing somewhere that is not normally affected by weed.
Sherbs and I went for a fish last evening and it was "seaweed soup" from City Beach and Hillarys - and probably beyond.
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Likc
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Thanks for the info. You can
Thanks for the info. You can just win, can you? First it was bad weather, now it’s weed which doesn’t seems to go away.
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Yes, Sherbs and I were not happy to find
a spot where there had been lots of tailor being caught just full of weed. I was hoping that the weed would have started disappearing by now, but this weeks blow has just made it worse.
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Anyone tried a float
We used to use a leadbeater (polystyrene) float off the beach when the weed was real bad and used to do well with salmon and snook (SA) ----------just a thought as i have never seen it tried here.
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The weed was mostly floating on the surface Sunshine
So we wern't having too much of an issue with the weed grabbing our baits or sinkers, but it was wrapping itself all along the line. You would bring your line in and it would look like a clothes line.
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UncutTriggerInWA
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That will teach you for sneeking out during the week
when we are all hard at it
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Lol We were hard at it fighting that weed Vince
And when we found a place where there was no weed there were no fish. I knew I should have been home doing my chores (Lol).
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mako magic
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most people i know say there
most people i know say there is a shortage of weed around
hahaha
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Hmmm Not sure if what we were catching will do them
much good Mako (Lol).
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Asahambe
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Weed
I went landbased yesterday and this morning at spots between Bouvard and Safety Bay could not find a spot where the weed is not tangling around my line.
A big mess
Born to Fish
Forced to work!
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Yeah I have rarely seen it that bad
It was thick all up and down the coast.
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you land
You landlovers cant have all the fun colin!
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Lol Wade
There is nothing nmore enjoyable than pulling in a few kilos of weed while the waves are smashing the rocks in front of you (ask Sherbs) Lol.
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UncutTriggerInWA
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Keg of Beer required...
I may need to load up some extra goodies this Sunday. If it's that bad when I get to the weekend office then I need something else to do... I have the BBQ plate in the back as a standard part of my attire.
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UncutTriggerInWA
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I'm heading up in the morning
Any updates on weed etc? Anyone else thinking of a morning fish up my way?
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I had a look at the live web cam for
and you can see that the waves are still full of weed down Scarborough way.
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i bet the carpark is full of
i bet the carpark is full of weed too. not good that the beaches are so full of weed , but the wind is too bad for us boaties too
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