b"SPEARFISHING Fish on a weedline are often hard to spot so the best thing to do is take a deep breath and then descend to a few metres off the bottom, just on the edge of the visibility so that you can't be seen and drift with the current.Find the baitfish and JDs will be nearby.W eedlines are a great place to dive over winter. Accessible to shore and boat divers and with a large variety of species, this is where a lot of spearos spend their time over winter. Weedlines vary in depth from just 5m to as deep as you can dive. They are challenging to hunt as there is not a lot of cover, therefore patience, good freediving techniquesDiving weedlines requires a and slow fluid movements are the key togood level of fitness and always with a dive buddy for safety.successful hunts.As far as spearfishing goes hunting weedlines are as physical as you can get.WHAT IS A WEEDLINE? of activity and when the tide runs, it can This is because you are constantly divingWeedlines are exactly how they sound,be extremely exciting to hunt. When up and down scouring the bottom for fisha line of weed on the bottom. As youthere's no current there's no fish, so it's and covering ground, usually swimmingswim out of a bay covered in weed youimportant to be aware of the conditions against current and diving deeper thanwill eventually find that it just stops andand diving an ingoing or outgoing tide, normal. The ideal weedline sits betweenthen just barren sand. Like an oasis inlike any type of spearfishing this is usually 15 - 25m which can be taxing on manythe desert, a weedline is where all thethe best time to hunt. spearos so a good buddy, proper breatheaction is as the current runs along it,Whether that is an incoming or outgoing up technique and lots of recovery isbait fish feed here and predatory fishtide depends on your location, so dive it crucial to safe weedline diving. hangout here as well. Weedlines are fullon both and see what works best. 32FISHING IN GODZONE MAY/JUN 2021"