When I fillet Reds, I usally check their stomach to see what they have been eating. Lately they have been mostly empty. Yesterday I noticed one reds stomach was really big and hard. I figured it was a fresh mullet but to my surprise it was a gulp shrimp. I was wondering if anyone out there knows much about this. Could the red pass this big thing? Would he have eventually died? Wonder how often this happens? Just asking.
19’ Seapro 150 Yamaha
12’ Hydrocraft 25 Evinrude
If that’s all I have to worry about…there’s nothing to worry about.
I’m pretty sure it would pass OK, they eat crabs and snails and worse. I think the gulp baits are made of some kind of soybean product, like tofu.
Capt. Larry Teuton
Cracker Built Custom Boats
Brother in law caught a VERY thin 20 inch flounder couple years ago…had a big lump in its throat…thought it was a smaller fish…nope…it was a golf ball…for real!
miss’n fish’n
212 SEAHUNT CC
Sea Squirt 16
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Originally posted by penfishn
Brother in law caught a VERY thin 20 inch flounder couple years ago…had a big lump in its throat…thought it was a smaller fish…nope…it was a golf ball…for real!
miss’n fish’n
212 SEAHUNT CC
Sea Squirt 16
Someones game must have been floundering:smiley:
19’ Seapro 150 Yamaha
12’ Hydrocraft 25 Evinrude
If that’s all I have to worry about…there’s nothing to worry about.
I caught a 30+" red couple of years ago and noticed something hanging out of the end of his digestive tract. It was a small round headed jig with no grub on it. He seemed OK. I removed it, took a couple of pics and let him go.
Jack Taylor
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Originally posted by Jack Taylor
…and noticed something hanging out of the end of his digestive tract…
Jack Taylor
I’ve heard of this before, but definately never heard it put so eloquently. 
'07 198 DLX Carolina Skiff
FS90 Suzuki
that’s funny. i have cleaned two different reds the past few years with a “new penny” gulp in their guts. i always used the natural or molting and they never came off the hook.
Capt. Tim Cutting
www.fishthegeorgiacoast.com