Gulp! Reviews?

[joetomlee]

Hey everyone, I've got a couple tubs of Gulp! baits that have been sitting around for years. I will try them out a few times each season and never really have luck fishing them, so they just sit, marinating in the tub. Couple questions:

 

1. Do you guys have any luck fishing Gulp!? If you do, how are you presenting it and what specifically are you using.

2. My Gulp! bait is about 4 years old this coming season, is it any good?? Throughout time it has been in many different environments (extreme hot, cold, etc.).

 

 

[Bluebasser86]

I like the gulp minnows on a jighead or dropshot but I haven't been impressed by the other baits. They're not any more effective that I've noticed and if you don't leave them in the water or in the tub they dry up like a piece of leather. I also didn't like the worms because the fish really do eat them, resulting in more deep hooked fish than regular plastics. If you like catching catfish on artificial baits though, Gulp baits are the way to go for sure. 

[Crestliner2008]

I've tried the gulp minnows on the drop shot several times, with lousy results. Each time I try them I end up switching back to regular plastics like a Roboworm. Then I start catching again. The material they are made of is much less flexible than regular plastics. Especially when they start getting even a little bit dry. As far as the scent goes, I'll stick with Megastrike.

[slonezp]

Not bass, but the Gulp minnows are killer on crappie and walleye

[Avalonjohn44]

Great catfish bait, not such a great bass bait IMO. I seem to catch more snapping turtles on these as well, might be because of the taste...

[craww]

Ive had decent luck with the shakeyworm and great luck with the turtleback worms. They dont undulate like other plastics but that can be a good thing. Ive have days where I went through several bags of the turtlebacks in cherryseed. I think they imitate the newt/salamanders that are present in shallow water in early spring. (Color and SLOW action).

[Snakehead Whisperer]

I use the 2.5-4" minnows all the time for walleye. I usually fish these on a dropshot or a jig head. Like Bluebasser said, they will catch a fair amount of cats too. 

 

I also nail a lot of crappie, rock bass and yellow perch on these in the winter. 

 

The 4" crawler in watermelon pearl is a really good dropshot bait.

[ww2farmer]

Not a fan of the bass baits, but the 1" minnows are deadly on panfish. And I like the 3" leeches as well for multi-species action. I have caught every fish that swims in my local lakes on them.

[Brayberry]

I use the Gulp products strictly for catfish, and they work great

[joetomlee]

Thanks all for the input. It seems like a lot of you don't fish them on bass, which probably explains why I can't catch any bass with them, lol.

[J Francho]

3" Minnows and Leeches are deadly when drop shotted for deep smallmouth.

[Ratherbfishing]

As the disclaimer says, "Individual results may vary" however I've had very good luck with sinking minnows, turtlebacks, and standard curly tail worms.  If you can keep the bluegill off them, or learn to distinguish a bluegill bite froma  bass bite, they will catch a bunch of bass.   Oh, and catfish like them too.

 

Once you open a package of gulp, if you don't keep the remainder in a jar of "elixer", they are difficult to keep soft.  Remember to remove them from the hooks at the end of the day or, if you want the hook back later, you'll wind up whittling the dried up bait off.

[JayKumar]

Same as these guys -- killer for all but bass, though I do like some Power Bait for bass. Just don't leave it on your hooks on the deck like you would for soft-plastics, it will get rock-hard and you'll have to cut it off and lose a hook.

[Primus]

I've has some luck fishing the Nightcrawler straight tail worm on Texas Rig for bass. The goby pattern has done well for guys fishing Great Lakes smallmouth though I have not personally tried it.

[Siebert Outdoors]

Not bass, but the Gulp minnows are killer on crappie and walleye

 

I agree.  One of the best walleye vertical jigging trips was with a green pumpkin 4" finesseworm.  Slayed them.

[Drewski73]

Not a fan of the bass baits, but the 1" minnows are deadly on panfish. And I like the 3" leeches as well for multi-species action. I have caught every fish that swims in my local lakes on them.

 

X2

 

1" minnows on a 1/64 oz jig head under a bobber will catch more panfish than anything else Ive ever fished. Ive caught 4lb cats on that tiny thing, as well as many bass.

[The Young Gun]

Pearl white 4" gulp smells like crap, dries out real easy. But on a 1/8oz jig head I've caught tons of walleyes. An a few bass here an there.

[J Francho]

Dried Gulp! can often be rejuvenated by soaking in a Gulp! Alive juice.

[jhoffman]

I was fishing a gulp bait that looked like a jerkbait and I fished it as such. When I first started fishing it, the color was marketed as saltwater gulp. It was chart/white with some black flake. The package has changed and I am not sure if the forumlation changed with it but that color in the same bait of regular gulp doesnt catch them like the saltwater version did. Three years ago that saltwater version came out every time I struggled and it produced a ton of fish.

[S Hovanec]

I dropshots the 4" and 6" nightcrawlers, minnows. They are killer for smallies no matter where I fish them. The Gobys are good on Erie too.

[bassguytom]

I have used the flukes for bass but can't really see any difference from the zooms. When I drop shot a gulp minnow I can't keep the perch off of them and in the winter I slay the Crappie under a bobber with them.

[Maxximus Redneckus]

I just bought 20 jars of the minnow heads at DSG for 73 cents each

[IntroC]

When the fishing is tough I use the turtleback worms. They get bites when nothing else will for largemouth.

[Archie_Balls]

First post--

I love using gulp worms, and have had much success on TX rig & Carolina rig. They are a lil more fragile than traditional worms tho. Most folks shy away from them since they're $20 a pop!

[pbizzle]

If you're ever fishing inshore the shrimp in new penny are great for specks,reds, and flounder.