I’ve got a container full of gulp shrimps, crabs, etc. from last year. Some of the grey parts of some shrimp have turned almost purplish in places. Everything else looks OK. The container was exposed to very cold temperatures this winter.
My question is this: Is the gulp solution still OK after a year and after exposure to cold? Does the formula turn into a fish repellent, so to speak, after what it’s been through? Should I just toss the entire thing and start over with fresh? It’s probalby $75-100 worth of stuff, which is not the end of the world. But, if it’s still good, I’d rather use it.
Thoughts?
Just trying to learn every bit I can about saltwater fishing…
I’m interested too. I got some old packs that smell like cleaning chemicals, as opposed to their normal feet-n-ass smell. I threw the chemically ones into 1/4 acre of rat reds a few weeks back, let sit for 20 minutes, nothing.
edisto9871 and Peapod, I have talked with my contact person @ Pure Fishing and they have forwarded your concerns to the products developement team. I will post their answer. Bob
edisto9871 and Peapod, I have talked with my contact person @ Pure Fishing and they have forwarded your concerns to the products developement team. I will post their answer. Bob
I am still fishing some Gulps that are 5+ years old without noticing a difference in effectiveness. When I lived in Greenwood, Wal-Mart got a shipment in and marked them down to $1. I bought every pack they had, and I threw them all in a plastic container with their juice. They have held up fine in a temperature controlled environment, but note, I have not noticed a difference in smell to my fresh ones.
I keep my Gulps in the refrigerator between trips and in the cooler during a trip. I don’t know for sure if this helps or not, but I would think that it would have to. Mine last better than a year.
Here’s a good one - - I left a few Gulp packs on the breakfast table and the cats found them. Luckily, I got to them before they swallowed any.
I do think that hot cars/boats/garages are bad for them; but those tubs of Gulp juice bring them most of the way back. The Gulp crabs are real good bait for bonnetheads.
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My wife caught a good-sized trout yesterday on old Gulp. It was a previously opened package of new penny shrimp that had been in my trunk since late last summer. It still smelled awful! Take it for what it’s worth…
Sorry for the long delay. The product design team is in the depths of finalizing 2010 baits and so just got back to me.
A quote from the development team reads “Gulp! has a shelf life of at least 3 years minimum and we have had used Gulp! for twice as many years that and it worked fine”.
I’m sorry, how can ANYBODY use gulp shrimp and NOT catch SOMETHING, inshore or offshore??? If the flounder, trout and blues aren’t eating at them constantly then the pinfish are. I have threw the ones that get cut or bit into back in the juice and then used the pieces and caught BSB, flounders and other reef bottom feeders offshore.
I have a jug that has some that are 2 years old and I can tell no difference in there effectiveness.
This is pretty off topic but I was wondering if gulp or other soft plastics decompose once inside a fish’s stomach. I know I have had lots of fish bite the back half of a gulp off and I would assume that they ate the thing since it smells nice (to them). I release the majority of my fish but has anyone cut them open and found gulps still inside? Does it clog them up?
I have found gulps inside fish before. Also, I was fishing my pond some years back and caught a bass that had a bubble gum worm coming out his exist pipe:smiley: so I assume if the thing doesn’t digest they past it.
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