Berkly Gulp bait

Joined: Jul 30, 2007 Posts: 1

anyone got info on gulp saltwater live bait,,,,, how many times can i use it,like do i have to change it every cast, is it any good, i live on the banks of the clyde and i have just taken up the sport. any tips will be greatly appreciated,,,
cheers

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:17 pm

Don't bother mate, know a few blokes who have tried it without much luck. If it really was a fantastic bait, loads of us would be using it and we are not. Fresh real bait is always best, frozen bait comes next and in certain situations, the better lures do catch. That is my experience of the last ten years or so. E.g. we were fishing Monday night with fresh dug lugworm targetted at sole. Only got two sole but bite after bite from bass, most of them small but a two or three take home size. Would you get that experience with "Gulp"? I doubt it.

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As I have said before, it's crap. You are better off fishing with a shoe.

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I'd rather fish at Aldeburgh than use Gulp, and the regulars on here know just what I think of that place.

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My local tackle shop gave me some for free back in March or April time when there were fish in the sea. Me and a mate actually made the point of giving it a proper test by trying it during a session when we were catching well. Needless to say, the gulp (lugworm) caught nothing at all while proper baits continued catching.
Absolutely do not waste your money !!!!

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:55 am

Oh woe is me Ive bought some, Halve price anyone lol, Keith

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:12 pm

One has to realise that natural bait contains a whole combination of fats, oils and proteins which is almost impossible to replicate. Fish are pretty dumb but the good Lord has equipped them with excellent taste and smell receptors in order to ensure that they eat the right stuff for survival. Would you eat a bathroom sponge just because it was soaked in gravy? I think not.

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eccles wrote:

One has to realise that natural bait contains a whole combination of fats, oils and proteins which is almost impossible to replicate. Fish are pretty dumb but the good Lord has equipped them with excellent taste and smell receptors in order to ensure that they eat the right stuff for survival. Would you eat a bathroom sponge just because it was soaked in gravy? I think not.

you never know Eccles.

happy

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:58 pm

OK, I have eaten bread soaked in gravy but not sponge.

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eccles wrote:

OK, I have eaten bread soaked in gravy but not sponge.

God only knows where this thread's going.......................

big grin

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Tried all the suggestions including some from another place, which was to I jig it up down off a boat as movement was supposedly needed.

No reaction whatsoever.

I have to say that gravy soaked bread tastes nice, but don't want to go down that road as I am fishing with Bread on the 15th. LOL.

So also does bread and dripping, but that's another problem for the same reason. LOL.

To cut a long story short. DON'T BOTHER WITH IT.

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Brings me back to the days when I used to self harm by gnawing my own foot.

Pass the gravy !

big grin

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:40 am

I used the Berkley Gulp Red Rag the other day just for a try out, and whilst I didn't land anything, the stuff was nicked by crabs and whatnot.

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Stargate wrote:

I used the Berkley Gulp Red Rag the other day just for a try out, and whilst I didn't land anything, the stuff was nicked by crabs and whatnot.

That's becasue crabs like to "interfere" with the "rubber worm".

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Especially the St.Osyth ones eh?