Weeds

[bloocrab]

... how much impact do weeds have on whether or not the fish will stick around a certain spot. ...

I don't think they'll stay parked in 3 feet of solid mung, like you find closer to shore, but anything else is do-able, as stated above, most of it is in the upper water column. I've caught plenty of fish on chunked bait in different degrees of seaweed or mung. While baitfishing, the thickness of the seaweed would determine my M.O,...when it's real thick (heavy mung), you just cast out & let it soak and DON'T try to keep your line tight to the bait all the time...keep your rod tip high out of the first few waves and wish for the best. (There's an art to keeping slack in yer line while still missing the first few rollers) Trying to keep your line tight with the bait all the time will cause the build up to happen MUCH faster, ....when you finally do drag your pile in, you're actually better off cutting the line at the swivel, sliding all the junk off and then re-tieing.,,,I'm talkin bout the mung that braids itself onto your line....(if there's a heavy surf, or strong current, rules don't apply//go home and drink beer///...not your most exciting type of fishing, but if you feel confident enough in your spot, or are just too plain lazy to move...,,, just ask the CC-OB soakers//

but in answering your original question, I don't think it affects the fish much, sorry for being so long-winded

..when strictly plugging, it will definitely shorten my time at that spot, <IF>,,, I stay at all...even if I do catch one, ,,, it gets too frustrating...I like my lure salad-free all the time.,,unless it's really "ON", I'm otta-there...,,,doesn't mean the fish aren't there, just means you don't catch fish on a dirty lure, so the odds are stacked against me....

..when eeling, ...to be continued////....what was the question again??

[SurfCaster413]

Weeds I will try to work around if possible, but if there's MUNG forget it down the road I go