Gulp Nite Crawlers for Walleyes

[Capt. Kerk]

Anyone used Gulp plastic nite crawlers for Walleyes?? Can they be rigged with 2 hooks or is 1 hook better??? Going to Canada soon and I thought I would like to try them....Any feedback would be welcome!!

[jigman 2003]

I have used them with success in Canada. I rigged them with two hooks on my spinner rigs, but the most success I had with them was to cut them in two pieces and thread them on a 1/4 ounce jighead. Pitch them just you would a twister tail. 'Eyes go crazy for them.

[FreeByrd]

The Gulp crawlers worked for me last summer trolling our double hooked double willow bladed "dipsey harnesses" after "SOMEONE" left the 4 dozen crawlers in the back of MY truck. I'll let you guess who "someone" was...he was driving the truck and boat...
Steve

[Ohio fisherman]

I just returned from Walmart on my lunchbreak. I went to get Gulp Crawlwers for this weekend. They have them in natural, chartreuse, black, and pumpkinseed for $4.68 per pack. I will try them this weekend for the first time too. best wishes, O F

[SPEND IT]

We used them most of last year on harness's. They seem to outfish, natural for us. Ran them off Jet divers or bouncers. They last for a lot longer time as well, they can get chewed on by several fish and still have a near perfect presentation.

[Tom (mich)]

We ran them on spinners last year on Saginaw Bay, and saw no difference in hits between Gulp and real crawlers. However, at nearly $5 per bag, coupled with the fact that they can't be re-used, we concluded there's little advantage to using them in that manner.

[jigstop]

Around here real crawlers are running $2.50 to $3.00 a dozen. When we are lucky we get 1 walleye per crawler, ussually a lot less because of sheephead, white perch, perch, white bass, etc. either eating the crawler off or getting hooked. Everytime this happens you loose your crawler. Now with Gulp crawlers the little fish can't take the crawler off of the hook plus even when we catch a fish the crawler is still good over 1/2 of the time.

FYI You can re-use gulp without a problem. As long as you are going to re-use them within a year there will be no problems.

[fishingislife]

Tom,

Take the used GULP crawler and reseal it in it's original package with other GULP crawlers. They will be good to go by the next day. I did this last summer many times.

[Ristorapper]

Gulp is not "plastic". You will find this out if you forget to take it off when running from spot to spot or if you leave it on a hook overnight. Gulp is biodegradable and will "dry" onto your hook if left on for a prolonged period of time and left out of the water.

I've got a couple bags of them in the boat and really haven't put them to the test yet. I have however used the 3" gulp smelt and 2" gulp baits for pitching jigs in early spring. Works well.

[Dan(MI)]

Works great on jigs, but never caught a thing on my spinners, I admit didn't give it much time.

Had a gulp dry on one of my hooks like shoe leather. I tried to remove it and buried stinger in my thumb. DUH, saved the jig though.
Dan

[spartan]

>We ran them on spinners last year on Saginaw Bay, and saw no
>difference in hits between Gulp and real crawlers. However,
>at nearly $5 per bag, coupled with the fact that they can't be
>re-used, we concluded there's little advantage to using them
>in that manner.

The advantage is that you don't have to worry about refregerating them or having your wife pull a old stinky carton out of the back of the frig. Gulp keeps nicely in my tackle bag.

[Wade@JollyAnnMarine]

We've found that Gulp! outlast live crawlers too. Work just fine on a crawler harness.

Wade Kuehl - Jolly Ann Marine
Jolly Ann Marine can be found in the Walleye Central Business Directory under Electronics/GPS
www.walleyecentral.com/phpyellow/

[bobwhy]

Steve, That can happen to anyone. At one of the WWA tournaments last year we stopped and bought crawlers. I left them in the front seat of the truck. Goodthing it was still a cool day.
Bob Y.
WBSA Member

[bobwhy]

I've heard that you can soak them in water and they will soften up. Haven't tried it myself. Had a bag that didn't seal when I put them away last year. When I went through my tackle in Feb/Mar found it all dried up. Threw it away. Wish I would have known about soaking them then.
Bob Y.
WBSA Member

[Tom B]

We had great success with them last fall. We haven't tried them in the spring, yet, but assuming we do as well as we did last fall, my live bait days might be over.

Tom B

[GR8WTHUNTER]

I ran the 5 and 6 inch gulp minnow worms on spinners this past summer and fall. Worked well for both walleye and stripers.

[parkie]

Used the Gulp worms for the first time last year with mixed results on walleye.However,they are the most powerful bait I have ever used for channel cats,bar none.

[north_alabama]

I concur with the statement on channel cats. Keep your line tight 'cause they wolf it down. Quite impressed. Thanks for the tip.

[Steve CO]

If they do get hard, just soak 'em in water for a while. They soften up quite nicely.

[Bill Krejca]

I have had OK results with them; however I seem to get more hookups by increasing the hook size. The material is fairly tough and does not "give" like natural bait nor "plastic" baits.