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Because Bob Izumi says so?? Actually I like it, I just wish it didn't dry out so quickly. Pretty pricy when you have to buy new bags every spring.

Definately works better than hand poured plastics - I just wish they were a little more durable.
My new catch phrase - 1 fish, one goby - lol. Gets pricey when you hit a school of dinks!

Jack

Jack

it isnt better than a regular plastic. never caught a darn thing on them yet.

Always fish like its the last day of your life...

i am more of a fan of the super soft plastics, like terminator snapback, or the strike king 3X series. they are extreamly soft and last for many fish!!! i cant MAKE bass drop em:)

jeremy anibas

Gulp is a very good product. However just like every other soft plastics product line. Some of the product line is better then others. That's the same for any soft plastics company. I use a lot of Gulp from time to time. And always have it in my boat. However, some certain Gulp plastics I find too hard, some are soft, some dry up etc.. I work with these products all day everyday. And it seems only certain colors or models get harder then others. Must be the coloration or something.

But I truly believe that all baits work, its the angler who makes them successful, not the fish! Its how you present your bait to the fish. I hope we all know by now that not all fish bite because they're hungry! A Lot of its reaction, if you get the fish to react you've been successful. Its how the angler presents the bait on every cast that will make the difference!

I dont fish to live! I live to fish!

I like the Gulp sinking minnows. I caught a lot of bass with them this year.

Gulp shines in the winter time;in the summer(saltwater)Piggy Perch wont leave it alone.Gulp maggots are ALWAYS tipped on my jigs for crappie.

Cole

In my experience, live bait kills gulp 9 times out of 10. The places I fish always have some available nearby.

Funny story, an outfitter I go to every summer has a rooster running around, last year it came into his office and started eating the gulp worms from an open pack.

Freshwaterphil.com

why are we fishing bass nests??????they are spawning and should be left alone...everytime you take them off the nest damage is done...in canada we are not even allowed to fish nests..ethically and morally it is wrong and damaging to your echo system...why does america let anglers even do it. crappie are open and panfish are less effected by fishing and harvesting..also there are so many species to fish for??? In Canada we protect our fish catch and release is big here...and this is probably why Ontario is the majority on the leaderboard on most smallmouth weeks and many other fish....in turn not fishing the nests and taking time to learn to catch a different species,it will make you a more knowledgable,versatile and better angler (would you torment a pregnant lady) so ethically and morally you should feel better too.

fish on...

whatever dave you dont know!! you are doing damage....I have friends who are retired conservation officers and friend who are fish biologists you are neitherfor one instead of feeding you just caused the fish too exert energy it needs for other purposes then in turn needs to eat but wont for it has been hooked and injured sore lips means maybe not eating for a while thats if you didnt hurt its gills and or swallow it ..thats just 1 scenario i could go on and on but Ontario is king we barely stock lakes and the echo system takes care of itself and we are usually there for most any species we have available so think whatever makes you feel better..I and many know the reality of it all.... and by they way they do not protect the nest only the male does and the female is the 1st gone ...

fish on...

You could cast a cigerette butt to a nesting Bass and it will hit it, not just once but again and a again im sure, how much of a challenge is that, and I am sure everytime you pull a fish off its bed the preditors move in, minnows, crawfish and so on. I will not take guests fishing for Bass during this time and we also move our weekly camp shorelunch during the spawn as the beach we normally use is full of Beds at that time. Simply put it is not good practice and is no challenge whatsoever.

Wayne Papp JR http://www.witchbay.com/fishrpt.htm

Some more info for you all to chew on.
This is obviously the time of year throughout most of the black bass range in North America that many anglers wrestle with the dilemma of whether they should pursue bass on the spawning grounds, or actually on the spawning beds. This is a two-part dilemma — biological and ethical.

The biological question usually includes the question "will bed-fishing damage the overall long-term quality of the bass population." The ethical side of the dilemma exists because there are few definitive answers to the biological question, plus some anglers believe it is "unfair" to take bass when they are more vulnerable during the prespawn and nest-guarding cycles.

In a few states and Canadian Provinces, the fishery regulations prohibit fishing for bass during closed seasons. These seasons are designed to protect bass during most of the spawning period. This diminishes the "ethical" dilemma when the state affirms the "legal" time to fish for bass.

But, what about the biology? There is no clear-cut research that helps us with the biological dilemma. In fact, some of the best work confuses anglers more than it helps them because habitat, water quality, water temperature, growing seasons, bass density, bass competitors, angling pressure and angler harvest vary greatly across the biological range of black bass in North America.

So, let's look at the issue intuitively, the way most anglers approach it. First, catch-and-release is a generally practiced and accepted way of life for most bass anglers. Tournament studies and bass population research have both clearly demonstrated that bass caught and released by anglers have an extremely high probability of survival. Bass can be recycled! If you catch bass in the mouth, which is most likely when using artificial lures, and handle the fish very carefully, it will be OK if you release it after taking it from a spawning bed. That clarifies the question of biological impact to the vulnerable adult bass.

What about the spawn? If you hassle an egg-bearing female, will she spawn? Did you damage the eggs? How much predation will occur on fertilized eggs in the bed, or on fry left unguarded when the defending male bass is caught? How many fry must survive to sustain a good bass population?

Intuition! If each adult bass in a population produces only one offspring to replace it, the population is sustained. Therefore, whether a 2-pound bass is 1 year old or 5 years old, enough spawn, fry, fingerlings and juveniles must survive to be there to replace a deceased 2-pounder. There is a very large "surplus" of fry produced in a given bass population. If your lake now has enough adult bass to provide satisfying angling, and your lake has been subjected to many years of the same level of angling pressure and spawning-bed fishing that it now has, then intuitively, you can conclude that the bed-fishing has not hurt your lake.

On the other hand, some studies in northern waters, where bass grow slower and replacement takes longer, have shown that nest-guarding male bass return slowly to the nest after being caught and released. Therefore, intensive predation can occur on eggs and/or fry. The problem is, there are no follow-up studies to tell us what that ultimately means to the future adult bass populations. In other words, this study doesn't answer the questions about the biological dilemma that we need answered.

More intuition! If removal of nest-guarding male bass results in nest damage, and prespawn fishing in a given water impacts a high proportion of male bass on the beds, then over a period of years this could have negative impact on numbers of adult bass in the population.

The problem is these studies can't predict at what threshold of angling pressure, or what proportion of the defending males must be caught before negative impacts occur. That's exactly why fishery managers in some northern states and Canadian Provinces have become nervous and conservative about bed-fishing. They are witnessing increased interest in bass fishing pressure, and they don't have the answers to the biological questions.

Thus, the ethical dilemma of bed-fishing continues — with less concern in productive midwestern and southern bass waters where bass fishing over spawning fish has been going on for many bass generations and bass numbers remain good, but with legitimate concern in the north, east and in less productive waters where there is not enough hard information to satisfy either biologists or anglers.

My advice is that if you must make this choice and are uncomfortable with the personal responsibility, then contact your state fishery agency to get as much information as you can. As for those of you who just feel it is "wrong" to fish for spawning bass, that's OK, too. But, make sure you clarify whether your concern is for ethical or biological reasons before you criticize others who do fish for spawning bass. You are entitled to ethical beliefs, but some of the biological arguments against bed-fishing can definitely be challenged.

http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/general/columns/story?columnist=guest_columnist&page=b_col_bt_shupp_0303

Northeast Bass Fishing For Trophy Bass

In 5 years of serious angling, I haven't had a bedded bass hit squat! I simply don't even try anymore.

floyd

Just think about it, the female lays the eggs and she's gone, is the male that takes care of the eggs and by instinct the male will protect the eggs from predatory critters like specialy CRAFISH which their favorite meal is eggs so bass will strike just about anything that comes near the eggs specially crawfish and as for the female she wonders through the waters looking for food to eat so now try crawfish during spawn season live prefferbly and let me know mr delaware trophy dude and as for igor dude there is plenty of fish to catch and keep for one you catch there's thousands more born from the one you caught, stop your paranodia its gonna b ok dude, and hey david your a smart little fella I'm surprised igor argues with a kid like you keep up your good fish studies we need that.

ray

And on the bed fishing topic, follow Delaware dude, he is close. I'll tell EVERY one of you that unless you go to your respective state and ask the DNR to provide the report they did on bed fishing, and fish travel patterns ( and every one of them has one that they used to establish their laws), then just stop writing about something you dont understand.

In Michigan we had a problem with these two lakes that were connected by a river, Mitchell and Cadillac. Seems folks wanted to stop tournament fishing because they felt one lake lost all their smallies due to the contant harvesting and releasing the fish at a ramp on the other lake, especially during spawn. So Michigan tagged an entire tournament and monitored their movement. Anyone guess what happened ?
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The big fish (4 and 5 lb) migrated over 2 miles in a day and were back ON THEIR BEDS the next day. The smaller 2 and 3 lb fish staged in areas, some stayed in the one lake, many returned to the first lake they were caught, but not alot of those fish made it to their beds.

C & R has done more for the species than any single human act so keep up the Catch and Release !!!!!!

PS: Catching a bedded fish for smallies is like shooting fish in a barrel whereas largies are a COMPLETE science that takes years (or a good boater to teach you) to perfect. Ive caught a bedding smallie three times in a row and watched him go right back to their beds. They are fun. But largies are a stubborn cus if they are aware of your presence. Keep the sun to your back and hope the wind puts a chop on the water for you.

Mojo Rollin