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<blockquote data-quote="raider" data-source="post: 89280" data-attributes="member: 353">my dad and i ran a 5+ year test on gulp... i used it 95% of the time and my dad always used live crawlers averaging 50 days per year on open water... unless the fish were very negative, the gulp worked at least as well if not better... the 5% of the time i changed were those days... couple things... i transitioned out of the original gulp crawlers to the 5&quot; leaches, and now to them and the killer crawlers... the original gulp crawlers are/were made of a harder material, and i always use #4 hooks for spinners... i was missing a lot of eyes on that combo... the 5&quot; leaches are thinner, and the newer killer crawlers are soft or nearly hollow and compress very easily, making them fine for the #4's... if using the full crawlers, go to a #2, or thread on shallow for better hook sets...&nbsp; the killer crawlers get the rear hook within 1/2&quot; of the end, so short biters get hooked... i talked to a berkley rep several years ago that told me the bait is the same whether gulp or gulp alive... i buy the skin packs and dump into a couple of the original quart pails, and have marinated bait all summer... when it gets low i will throw in up to 25 of the smaller packs in the juice... it is always in a live well in the boat when i'm not fishing...good stuff...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="raider, post: 89280, member: 353"] my dad and i ran a 5+ year test on gulp... i used it 95% of the time and my dad always used live crawlers averaging 50 days per year on open water... unless the fish were very negative, the gulp worked at least as well if not better... the 5% of the time i changed were those days... couple things... i transitioned out of the original gulp crawlers to the 5" leaches, and now to them and the killer crawlers... the original gulp crawlers are/were made of a harder material, and i always use #4 hooks for spinners... i was missing a lot of eyes on that combo... the 5" leaches are thinner, and the newer killer crawlers are soft or nearly hollow and compress very easily, making them fine for the #4's... if using the full crawlers, go to a #2, or thread on shallow for better hook sets... the killer crawlers get the rear hook within 1/2" of the end, so short biters get hooked... i talked to a berkley rep several years ago that told me the bait is the same whether gulp or gulp alive... i buy the skin packs and dump into a couple of the original quart pails, and have marinated bait all summer... when it gets low i will throw in up to 25 of the smaller packs in the juice... it is always in a live well in the boat when i'm not fishing... good stuff... [/QUOTE]

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