The lakes I fish around here are very weeding and I often get weed stuck on my baits every cast. Usually I would remove them from my baits, but sometimes there's this slimmy weed that gets caught on my bait/lure. I was wondering would I still get bit If I kept it on.

I do put megastrike on my soft plastics, but same thing happens. Also when I rip my rattle traps out of the grass, I always come back with weed too. Any advice on how to be more effective?

Weeds, or slimy moss can affect the lures action and reduce strikes from bass. Keep your lures as weed free as possible each cast.

Lure selection will help to reduce the problem, use lures that go through the slop without getting fouled by weeds or moss; surface frogs and straight tail worms are good for example.

WRB

Like WRB suggested, use weedless lures such as frogs, some spoons, or just skin hook your worms.

X3, it's always better with a clean lure.