Holly Beach Seaweed Battle

[Average Fisherman]

You really couldn't fish Holly Beach for the latest 48 hours. It turned into drinking a few cold ones, and enjoying the sound of the waves. So Monday evening, a little outflow boundary pushed through late in the afternoon and briefly swung the wind to the north. That, and the fast falling tide provided me with a couple of hours where it looked worth it to throw a line in. I tossed a couple chunks of mullet out, popped the rod in a holder, and took a walk with my wife, "knowing", I wasn't catching anything. I showed back up 30 minutes later to a wildly bending rod. Game on. After a fairly short fight, I had a nice 18 pound red on the bank. I played around a bit more with no luck. Oh well, it was a fun ride!

It's tough out there right now. The seaweed is thick as of today. I learned another valuable lesson today. Don't park your campervan on Holly Beach if a giant thunderstorm is on the way. I was under the impression that the water would run off quickly. I was wrong. Thankfully one of the guys cleaning the seaweed dug a trench, and the water dropped to where we could get out. Saved my stupid butt! Such a stupid mistake, but it surely won't happen again.

[Average Fisherman]

And that shot doesn't do the seaweed justice. That was near low tide, and I was behind the main wall of seaweed.

[MathGeek]

Glad you won the battle. Great fish. Congrats.

[duckman1911]

That's a nice bull bro. The seaweed makes for some tough to impossible fishing. Glad you got your bull. Maybe time for some mud grips on the rv bro.lol

[BassYakR]

Is the seaweed only bad on the beach or is it still bad in the water?

[Average Fisherman]

It was still thick in the water yesterday afternoon. And I'm already on the hunt for a 4 wheel drive campervan!

[catching_hale]

Should a seen it at johnson bayou it was about 3 foot deep at least

[BaitFlinger]

I went out surf fishing on Saturday at Holly Beach. Had to wade out about 30 yards but got past the seaweed. Caught 6 nice sized Gafftop and 2 nice bull red (32" & 41"). I would have fished more (bait fish was popping everywhere) but had a shark swim by about 25' from me. Figured it had been a good enough day so went ahead and packed up.

[ScubaLatt]

Went offshore today and the seaweed was thick from the jetties all the way out to 20 miles. Large mats and tons of scattered grass.

[Ratdog]

I think it's still growing.

[M&LP]

Headin' to Gulf Breeze beach today. What's the seaweed status?


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[kibb]

I'm sure it has been cleaned yet. At best it may have stopped coming in. I rode all the beaches last weekend on the 4 wheeler. I know last week from halfway between Constance and Gulf Breeze it started smelling like butt. It got worse as you went west. Better bring a gas mask. It looked like there wasn't a person at Gulf Breeze.