[kapman]

I use them if I know there are Reds in the area. For Trout, i stick with a TTK. I don't seem to catch many trout on them. We had 4 guys in the boat drifting LLM, 2 w/ gulp under a cork, and two with TTK. After about 30 min, the two with the gulps had each caught their limit of reds while the TTK guys did not have a hit. Switched rods and the other two caught thier limits on the gulps while the TTK had nada.

 

[Icetrey]

With the Gulp shrimp, I will put them on a jighead and put under a cork.

Gulp swimming mullet, Ill make a tandem rig with 2 1/8 jigheads and put one on each. Cast out and just reel back in. No slow or fast just a normal reel.

Colors: Shrimp-Pearl white or New Penny
Mullet-The only one I have really had results on is the red.


Another artificial I have always loved is touts. H&H makes them. They are officialy"shrimp tails" but I havce always known of them as touts. I have looked for the past 5 years since I have ran out and finally found them at the College Station Gander. They had 6 packages left, I bought all 6. As far as all-time results-glow-the-dark touts have caught the most specks and reds. I have mostly fished the San Bernard river. Put one on a 1/4 jighead and a slow to medium reel in with a few bumps. Thats what I caught my personal best 28" 9lb speck on in the San Bernard. But sadly when I gave him to a taxidermist to be mounted, he went out of business and I never saw him again
Sorry for the lecture but thought Id put my input

 

[jkhheelers]

Last night I tried something a little different, after we got our limits on flounder out in the bay, we pulled up to some lights in Chocolate Bayou and I grabbed my pole and started working a 3in natural gulp off the bottom, and to my amazement I had caught 2 keeper reds in about 15 min. So it does mostly just depend on how you present your lure, and your confidence in the lure.
Thanks for all the posts
Supersneek jr

 

[pickn'fish]

yea, they work well. They work well if you know what you are doing and even if you don't know what you're doing. Scent is always an advantage. But, remember you will catch "trash fish" and suffer bait stealers. Trout, also feed by scent. I am a speck fisherman and use a variety of lures(plugs,soft plastics, spoons). But, I'd rather catch one fish on top than 4 or 5 any other way. That's just my preference. But, sometimes good action on a bait, like an assassin and "covering water" will catch more fish. One guy said he was outfished by assassins once when he was using gulps. Those fish may be reacting to the action of a rattail bait. Of course, location is important. Probably more so than colors, etc. in my opinion. I try to cover water. But again, I love to eat flounder and enjoy fishing for them in the fall. And, I won't rule out gulps to increase my chances.

 

[deke]

Icetrey, I am with you on that style, but I have never tried the red, even though thier red is one of the best reds on the market. I just wish they would make that red with a white tail, it would be devestating on the forunder. I am still waiting for a plum from Gulp. A plumb/Chratreuse jerk shad or swimming mullet would be unreal, and would be my new bestest favorite bait,lol.

 

[spot n dot guy]

GULP! Its the bait!

Gulp is my GO TO bait! I have been fishing them since they first came on the market. The photo of me here with the stringer, my limit of trout and reds caught in about one hour on one; yes one gulp new penny shrimp. This was a wade on a shell reef in the month of May middle of the day in Aranssas Bay. I have done this on other occasions also, when only pearl would work and they would have no part of new penny. My true go to of all of these Gulp Baits which many people over look is DRUM ROLL PLEASE.......... The Poagy in Smelt color 3". This is trully a great bait! I fish all Gulps with a jighead to leader to braid no, I repeat NO terminal tackle. My preference. I work it with quick very short jerks. Have limited out many times with these baits in the surf @ POC, over mud, on shell, under birds, summer, spring, winter,fall, Copano, Aransas, Carlos, Mesquite, Cedar, Baffin, Mansfield you get the idea and all statements are true not thrown in for laughter to get the point across. Try this test next time you are out. Tie on a Poagy and drop it in the water where there are bait fish and they will tear it a new one. My only dislike of the 3" poagy is you loose the paddle tail to bait fish quite often. Try them you will like them. I will quit now. I'm sounding like a guide who writes in a paper distributed that fishes out of Rockport who says little about fishing and lots about salt shakers. ANY GUESSES WHO? LOL! Good Catching!

 

[surfgrinder]

i agree with deke about the red and white for flounder and plum/ch. Those colors in ttk are great. Can't imagine the gulps. I'll have to try the poagies.

 

[Capt. Hollis Forrester]

Guys , I spend lots of time on the water and have seen the comparison. I 've seen them kick butt to an assasin, I've seen the assasin kick the gulps butt! Circumstantial maybe, Confidense "probably" ! Trout do not go by smell, they are an opportunistic feeder, they'll eat , regurgitate, then eat some more if the bait fish are there. Reds are the same ,, but there noses are there key to feeding! Ask the Redfish tournament guys whats there go to bait and you'll hear GULP!

 

[lizking32]

I like to fish gulp shrimp under a cajun thunder. In clear water I pop it back in fairly quickly, but in murky water you have to let it sit, then pop it again, then let it sit, etc. It works pretty well this way.

 

[Spec-Rig.006]

They work pretty good for feeding sea gulls ...

No ... in all seriousness ... I've found if you have tremendous experience using other lures, and confidence in boating fish ... the Gulp are hard as the Dickens to learn how to use ...

I don't care for them ...

 

[agonzales1981]

what color/kind of jighead does everybody use w/ the new penny gulps?

 

[Mudwhistle]

Something like this that has the ridges on the shank. It'll help holding the Gulp on there longer since they are soft. The Norton ones w/the pointed barbs aren't bad either.
I've personally found these to work the best though.

 

[Mudhog]

I don't know what they put on those things but it will melt plastic if left in the sun.

 

[Last Call]

i have had quite a bit of luck on gulps, however, they are over priced and a pain in the butt to get off a jig head since they set up like cement after you let em dry. All depends what they are feedin on. As long as your lure resembles what they are feedin on is the key. if you ask me gulps are some where between artificials and potlickin.(probably closer to the latter)

 

[Last Call]

Use screw lock jig heads they will make your plastics last longer than any other jig head if you get into em thick and your bait is takin a beatin from the fish

 

[Icetrey]

I like to fish gulp shrimp under a cajun thunder. In clear water I pop it back in fairly quickly, but in murky water you have to let it sit, then pop it again, then let it sit, etc. It works pretty well this way.

Those are the only corks I use. I like the red, very bright especially when night fishing