i also agree with all other comments,some of my other go to lures are squidgy,atomic and zman,I like the fact that they dont dry out and smell,and yes,pickers can hammer gulp like no tomorrow and theres been plenty of sessions where i lose a packet for no reward,but my opinion still stands.
I love using gulp lures,and it usually pays off.
I LOVE GULP
The gulp thing never really took off for me, I started with real plastics and tried a few packets of gulp but was very unimpressed by their action. The only gulp I now use is the worms for summer or winter whiting and that is very occasional.
Snapbacks, Z-Man and Squidgies are my usual go to plastics now. Would love to know what the actual plastic is they use in snapbacks or z-man because I am going to make some killer molds for pouring long life baits soon.
Jack.
I love the stuff as well but I have no idea how you can get the product unless you melt down a few of the bigger models. Strike King use the same stuff in their ZTOOsOriginally Posted by tunaticer
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Cant stand the Gulps for all the reasons mentioned before. Use mostly Squidgies when I use plastics
BOAT really does mean Bring out Another Thousand
Great idea Davo, would be very interested in your findings. I cant really talk to other placcies cos I havent tried them but I am willing to be edjamacated
I use to use gulps nearly all the time but use zmans more often now. I think the gulps have a great scent and as someone said, their scent is probably their best and worse feature depending on how you look at it. The smell and leaking packets use to drive me up the wall too so went and bought plano liquid locker which makes things alot easier.
Seeing how zmans work through the water when perfectly rigged with their tails vibrating even on their simple jerk shads was impressive. Their (zmans) paddle tails retrieved very slow are just an awesome lure to swim past some snags. I carry some superglue in my tackle box to keep things rigged right and im not buying packets every week which is good.
Having said all this, i did throw on a 4inch minnow gulp in watermelon and caught some average flathead last weekend after throwing z mans around for a good two hours for not a touch. As someone said early, they (gulp) work and have an uncanny ability to do so, so they will still have room in my tackle bag - just.
Gulps suck and rule all at the same time.
There is no doubt that there are many more placcies that have a better action than a gulp ....... way more.
When I was back in sydney I went away from the gulp shrimp or craw and went to the squidgy lobby and had a ball on the bream - but it was more to so with how i fished it
I only did a couple of bream trips up here & the lobby continues to work.
Now the Gulp shrimp has no action - it's stiff as - so what I do is snip the slits in their back (1/3rd the way through) - this improves the action when flicked like a prawn. Now I have fished the Atomic prong & Z Man shrimp alongside the gulp shrimp for bugger all fishing it the same way ( jig head etc) 1 rod rigged with the gulp & the other with another prawn imitation .......... the results were in favor of the gulp by a country mile ..... if not by a light year (28 to 0 on the jews last winter) - so come this winter those gulps will be on the end of my line again
Chris
Give a man a fish & he will eat for a day !
Teach him how to fish
& he will sit in a boat - & drink beer all day!
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Excellent feedback from everyone , good to see.
There is no doubt that gulp flat out catches fish and in some situations you can't avoid using it if you wan't to catch fish.
Sometimes it's a good challenge if your mate is using gulp and your not just trying to keep up or even get a run on the board, but oh so satisfying when you find something that leaves it behind.
If you like the gulp shrimp that has no action then you will love the atomic prong, it the first lure i grab for no matter if it flathead or snapper or trevally, and in guzzler its biodegradable, try a pack of 3 inch prong and you will see what i mean..
Just getting in to plastics & went out with a mate on the weekend for a fish. He was using gulps in nuke chicken & i tried sqiggy in white & he got all the bites until i changed over to use gulps aswell.
Part of it may be my rod action isint very good when using plastics but at the moment the gulps worked. Leigh
Another convert LOLOnce you go Zman you never go back
One trip on mossy's boat and you'll be a zman too LOL.
Great idea Davo, would be very interested in your findings. I cant really talk to other placcies cos I havent tried them but I am willing to be edjamacated
Bring it!!!! LOL
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