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Location: Port Washington, wisconsin | Tried the gulp worms on some harnesses last weekend. Had a couple whacks at them but lost the fish. I was wondering how you guys rig these on crawler harnesses? The back hook is the one I mean in particular. Doesn't seem to have the hooking percentage because the material is obviously tougher than a real crawler. Thanks. |
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Location: Berlin | I used them in the Merc Nationals. Once I fiqured out how to run them they kept up with crawlers easily. The secret for me was to hook them on tail first which gave them alot more action. It started out as a joke but as the fish came in the boat it wasn't so funny. Give it a try. |
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| I have never run them backwards and will try it. I hook them the same way as I would rig a fully elongated crawler. One thing that I had happen on 2 occasions one day was that the fish came to the boat side holding the worm and not hooked!  Both cases, they tore the worm off boatside. |
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Bagz.
I'm new to the GULP game this year, but am having some pretty good luck using them on the Saginaw Bay. I'm using a 2 hook #4 mustad, 7 strand coated wire rig when using them. The first hook is through the tip of nose and out the side. The second is at it's mid section and kept as straight in line with the first as I can get it to avoid any sag in the gulp and any spinning that might occur. The tail end simply wiggles along behind. Only have had two (bite-offs) in 6 trips so far. |
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Location: Rhinelander | Not an answer to the question, but we used Gulp on Wabigoon and did very well with it, actually outfishing crawlers. Nice stuff, tough, and I was able to superglue it to the jig head which makes a Gulp 'minnow' last about 6 good fish before repair. |
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