Gulp minnows

[guywhofishes]

I just invested in a bunch of these of various sizes and flavors (on sale at Scheels) after having mucho success on several occasions this year.

Most of the success involved pitching on 1/8 or 3/16 jigs for panfish and eyes. Oh, and my mom caught a bunch of eyes lindy-rigging them.

I had a single jar sitting in my boat for years but didn't "get after them" seriously until this year.

Anyone else like them and use them in other ways other than pitching?

 

[DirtyMike]

Have a jar and use them quite often on some little lakes. Had two jars earlier this year up until is spilled everywhere in my cubby. still working on that stink.

 

[guywhofishes]

Oh man - ha ha ha!

Mine has sat out, bleaching in the sun, sitting in my transom drain area for two-three years for that exact reason! Those jars are NOT going anywhere inside a compartment or on carpet.

 

[Duckslayer100]

Every single package of Gulp has dried out, and the jars always leak and spill.

For whatever reason, I think Powerbait is just as effective with zero mess.

 

[fullrut]

Packaging definitely sucks, but have had damn good luck with them. Even out fished live bait on occasion. I use the pearl colored ones.

 

[jdinny]

I use my gulp often. pitching jigs is the only way I use them. i generally still have minnows with though. still haunted by the mouse river one spring when i didn't have minnows and the guy next to me did, literally 10 ft away and he was catching fish after fish and think i ended with 2.

 

[JB_24]

I agree with Duckslayer100, Powerbait is just as effective as Gulp and has a few strong selling points over Gulp. First Powerbait won't leak and make the boat stink & second you can leave it on your jig for a few days and its just like the day you put it on. Where with gulp if you leave it out of the water for more than a few hours on your jig you will be cutting that jig off and tying a new one on.

 

[Zogman]

I have seen them work in my boat. Short story. A few years ago on a cold Labor Day weekend son-in-law and I were parked on a reef. Jigging 1/4 oz lead colored banana jigs. I had partially dead minnows he had the same stuff as in your picture. He pulled 9 nice walleyes out before I had one. ;:;banghead Call me old, dumb and stubborn.

 

[guywhofishes]

Every single package of Gulp has dried out, and the jars always leak and spill.

For whatever reason, I think Powerbait is just as effective with zero mess.

there is one reason I feel they are superior - incredible durability

I use them in semi-snaggy places with high lb test where I can straighten hooks to get my jig back

I can set the hook with abandon (rip jigging in a sense) on every tick, weed, bump - and the bait stays put - no lost twisty tails - I can just keep pitching and pitching and pitching - this usually means a couple more fish in the well

I also like the lean mean split-tail no-waggle tail profile for deeper presentations

I really dislike other gulb I've tried with twister tails or anything but this little snake tongue back end

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p.s. when it comes to twister tails about all I use IS Powerbait and/or YUM

 

[Account Deleted]

Usually just use them river fishing from the boat.

 

[fullrut]

Also, Gulp slime on a cut burns like brake cleaner.

 

[Fly Carpin]

Gulp Alive is great stuff. Just don't leave the container out in the sun in high heat. It takes on a sickeningly soft consistency and can't be resuscitated back to it's original state. I don't know why but the feel of a heat stressed Gulp Alive minnow grosses me out to no end.

 

[sierra1995]

I used to use gulp all the time, but for the reasons Duckslayer and JB mentioned, not as much anymore. I still have some, but tend to buy the bagged gulp rather than the containers. I would say it's about the same effectiveness as powerbait or walleye assassins.

 

[guywhofishes]

Gulp Alive is great stuff. Just don't leave the container out in the sun in high heat. It takes on a sickeningly soft consistency and can't be resuscitated back to it's original state. I don't know why but the feel of a heat stressed Gulp Alive minnow grosses me out to no end.

strange - mine got soft and nasty in the sun at the tailrace recently but firmed up back to normal immediately upon going into the 55 degree water

 

[Fly Carpin]

strange - mine got soft and nasty in the sun at the tailrace recently but firmed up back to normal immediately upon going into the 55 degree water

I was hoping that would be the case. But I was down on Oahe in warmer water. When I get home tonight I'll do the icebucket challenge with the rest of the tub and see if they spring back to life

 

[Fishmission]

The only time I have knocked them out with these is jigging them in the Missouri. stays on the hook very well. Don't know why but seems like they excel in current situations

 

[deleted_account]

I like using them on light jigs and working them like a twich/jerkbait

 

[Enslow]

Every single package of Gulp has dried out, and the jars always leak and spill.

For whatever reason, I think Powerbait is just as effective with zero mess.

Exactly, when they start making gulp containers that dont leak i would be happy to start using them again.

 

[guywhofishes]

I've never had a leak/spill in that jar and I opened it when I first got it years ago. I cut a hole in the middle of the white tamper proof seal thingy and left it intact around the rim to function as a gasket. Has worked great. Not so for the little baby gulp jars for panfish - they seem to almost always leak no matter what I do. I store all them upright in a plano box at the bottom of a compartment to capture any leakage.

But the bigger jar of minnows, along with all the new ones, are staying right there in the splash well just in case. I don't want to suffer a stinkymike incident.

 

[deleted_account]

stinkymike incident - lol thats getting used a lot