Weed, weed, I'm sick of the stuff
Submitted by baders on Fri, 2015-09-18 12:30
As a right hand coast native used to Stockton, Fraser, and all beach fishing in between, I gotta say I'm over this weed on the beach here. I've been out a dozen times, winter, spring, summer.................Claytons to Seabird, and it's the same, one cast and it's all over. Is there any let up peoples ?? 
Hutch
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Date Joined: 21/04/13
Haha it does suck, but I
Haha it does suck, but I find I pull most of my better fish out when there's weed in the water, especially off the beach. Herring love the stuff and the bigger things follow them
Rob b
Posts: 211
Date Joined: 04/02/13
I no the feeling mate,
I no the feeling mate, lately every time the family go to seabird it is full off seaweed and impossible to beach fish with the kids.
nightfish
Posts: 327
Date Joined: 18/10/10
Welcome to "the left coast"
weed is a way of life over here.
couple of techniques I use to help minimise the situation,
1. Use a long beach rod 13ft + higher angle keeps line clear of close in weed
2. Don't let line go slack after casting at all (more line in water equals more weed)
3. Distance cast as much as possible as weed quite often is only 10-15meters off the beach.
4. Heavy sinkers to keep line tense and higher in water column.
5. Don't fish anywhere near two rocks or yanchep because they are weed magnets!
of course sometimes nothing helps except looking for another spot!
the stretch of beach from trigg point to Cottesloe is probably the least likely to have weed invade, usually clears the quickest too
luke george
Posts: 554
Date Joined: 13/04/07
Always a bit of weed on most
Always a bit of weed on most beaches here, especially when the swells up. Anytime the wind blows consistently towards shore there will be weed build up too, try fishing places with a crosswind or wind at your back and minimal swell