Grass vs weeds

[snowplow]

Hey guys, when Tactical Bassin or others talk about grass, what exactly do they mean? 

 

Around here I don't see a whole lot of grass, if he means bladed grass. We do however, have tons of hydrilla and milfoil and weedy stuff like that that I don't know all the names of.

 

So I guess my question is this: is he talking about grass grass, or is he calling weeds grass?

[casts_by_fly]

grass = weeds = aquatic vegetation

 

Unless you want to specifically talk about a specific type, aka targetting pads or hydrilla, just assume all three above are the same.

[roadwarrior]

6 minutes ago, casts_by_fly said:

grass = weeds = aquatic vegetation

 

Unless you want to specifically talk about a specific type, aka targetting pads or hydrilla, just assume all three above are the same.

 

                                                              

[WRB]

This is a term in bass fishing that confused me when first hearing it. 
I came to understand weeds vs grass was regional. West and northern regions anglers called all aquatic vegetation weeds. South and eastern regions aquatic vegetation is called grass.

Specific aquatic vegetation is broken down into the type like coontail, hydrilla, etc. It’s confusing like most terminology in bass lingo a language of it’s own.

Tom

[Texas Flood]

I smoke both.

 

 

 

Ohhhhh you were talking about the underwater ones.

[gim]

9 minutes ago, Texas Flood said:

I smoke both.

 

 

 

Ohhhhh you were talking about the water ones.

 

Lol I thought we were talking lawns.  Just grass at my house courtesy of all the rain this spring.

 

 

[Zcoker]

Terms like that get tossed around all the time, fishing in the grass, the lettuce, the weeds, the pads, in the thick of it...all about the green stuff in any particular body of water. There's four major types, floating, submerged, emergent, and algae. Most likely talking about any one of them. Can always shoot off a comment on one of their vids and ask what they mean.  

[Functional]

3 minutes ago, gimruis said:

 

Lol I thought we were talking lawns.  Just grass at my house courtesy of all the rain this spring.

 

 

so jealous....unless you make an actual dedicated effort we have stuff that looks green and crunches when you walk on it down here. I miss a good northern lawn. 

[Zcoker]

This is called "fishing in the thick of it" 

 

[Texas Flood]

It's a great photo until you realize there's 47 gators underneath.

[snowplow]

Awesome guys, that's super helpful

[Choporoz]

The only term that bugs me is 'seaweed', typically only heard from the same guys that call fishing rods 'poles'

[Functional]

17 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

The only term that bugs me is 'seaweed', typically only heard from the same guys that call fishing rods 'poles'

whenever we see water on a road trip we always say "Get the poles!" ....coincidentally we used to call it seaweed when we were young. I'd say that checks out. 

[Zcoker]

40 minutes ago, Texas Flood said:

It's a great photo until you realize there's 47 gators underneath.

 

Sometimes I catch them, too! 

 

[Texas Flood]

[Texas Flood]

I actually like gators(my parents had a Caiman when I was a kid) but I prefer to have a 10 finger option instead of 5 for picking my nose.

[Catt]

3 hours ago, Texas Flood said:

It's a great photo until you realize there's 47 gators underneath.

 

 Sauce Piquante 😉

[Bankbeater]

If I can work my bait through it, then it is good grass.  If I have to constantly pick it off my bait, then it is a weed.

[Fishing_Rod]

Greetings All,

 

This is great reading on a Friday afternoon! Thank You for the information, grins, and laughs! Awesome! Be well and Cheers!

[Susky River Rat]

@Texas Flood you had me snicker about 3 different times while reading this.