Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: markyboy on August 05, 2004, 12:09:04 PM
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Thanks to another post on this site a few weeks back, I signed up for the free Gulp bait and received a nice pack of 4 or 5 imitation lures with the packaging saying "Outfishes all other baits".
However. I was up in Merritt the past weekend and was trolling a willow leaf/worm combination and was doing okay with my worm (early morning only as the water was too warm and the fish deep).
I tried trolling for a while using the Gulp bait but had no success (no bites), trolling the same depth and area. Switched back to worms and landed a few more small ones (the larger fish being caught very early morning).
So my experience so far is, stick with the real stuff. Have any other members tried plastic baits under different circumstances and found them working?. I'm guessing that my next Bass trip to Osoyoos may be a better use of the remaining lures but don't think that it's very effective for trout.
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Very definitely rubber worms works. A lot of steelheaders use pink worms.
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I left the yellow Gulp fish on my jig and it became a shrinked hard plastic creature that's hard to get off my hook. The Gulp is just another american trick to get more money from you. Everything there is moving to buy/use single time/throw away/buy again cycle.
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I think many of those imitation baits are designed for a specific species maybe the scent too. You probably didnt have something that was comptible to the species and water system you were fishing.
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i use plastic worms (natural) color for trout and carp. deadly. consistently get trout on these when others are fishing bait and get skunked.