Old Dog Learning A New Trick

  • bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    December 31, 2010 at 8:49 pm #1302055

    I bumped into JPMason on the ice the other day and he tossed me a plastic looking minnow and told me to give it a try. It didn’t last long and it was stolen. A stop was made and 2 jars of Gulp Alive was about to make a trip to the ice. This little scented plastic bait in a jar teamed up with Custom Jigs and Spins Diamond Jigs, Gill Pills and Slender Spoons was more than the gills and Crappies could resist

    Shame on you guys that have been keeping this a secret

    I found by trimming off a 1/4inch from the head my hook up ratio on gills was much better and it did not make the crappies shy away either!

    The bite was the same as the second half of my last report.
    Mikehd and I hit the same spot while I played catch and release and, Mike put himself a fish fry together.

    Good luck fishing Iceheads and, Happy New Year



    sootie
    arcadia wi,
    Posts: 213
    December 31, 2010 at 9:03 pm #921340

    good work men,thanks for the hot tip!will have to give them try

    Calvin Svihel
    Moderator
    Northwest Metro, MN
    Posts: 3862
    December 31, 2010 at 9:07 pm #921341

    I hate to say it Bret, but I think you will never use Live bait again….Check out Nuggies they work awesome!

    timschmitz
    Waconia MN
    Posts: 1652
    December 31, 2010 at 9:20 pm #921344

    Quote:

    I hate to say it Bret, but I think you will never use Live bait again….Check out Nuggies they work awesome!

    Bret, Calvin is lying to you nuggies don’t work at all. Oh and the red ones REALLY don’t work.

    Pat Howard
    Sparta Wi
    Posts: 1523
    December 31, 2010 at 9:47 pm #921348

    Good Looking fish Bret and thanks for the tip

    mikehd
    Dousman, WI
    Posts: 965
    December 31, 2010 at 10:07 pm #921356

    Yup he was like a kid with a new toy “Hey, HEY Mike check these out” , “hey wanna try som?” “come on they work great.”

    It’s always fun to be around Bret with new stuff to be tested. Great way to end the year – Great day on the ice Buddy Bret. .

    jerrj01
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 1547
    December 31, 2010 at 10:19 pm #921364

    Quote:

    Quote:

    I hate to say it Bret, but I think you will never use Live bait again….Check out Nuggies they work awesome!

    Bret, Calvin is lying to you nuggies don’t work at all. Oh and the red ones REALLY don’t work.

    But which size doesn’t work?

    timschmitz
    Waconia MN
    Posts: 1652
    December 31, 2010 at 10:30 pm #921367

    Jeff, I like not catching any on the regular nuggies and Cal uses a mix of both micro and regular. Along with the red the new 2 tone nuggies and weggies are flat out awesome. I’m dead serious I havent bought a waxie or maggot in 2 years.

    jp_mason
    Onalaska, WI
    Posts: 128
    December 31, 2010 at 10:39 pm #921369

    Finally, I’m able to teach this old dog a trick. Good to see you the other day and thanks for the “show and tell” on the Marcum.

    Happy New Year everyone

    JP

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13478
    December 31, 2010 at 11:19 pm #921377

    Thanks Bret, I was just looking at a jar of those in a clearance bin I invested in the baby flukes

    icepromk
    sw wi
    Posts: 108
    January 1, 2011 at 12:44 am #921402

    probably works but theres no substitute for the real thing. and the real thing isnt 14 dollars a tin!

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    January 1, 2011 at 1:01 am #921405

    5 bucks a jar for the Gulp, and one minnow took many fish before lost.

    On this day the plastic took keepers while the “real thing” caught 6inch crappies and 4 inch gills.

    It always pays to have an assortment in my book!

    I’m sure there are days that live bait will out do the plastics but, I’ll have both to put the odds in my favor

    jeff_jensen
    cassville ,wis
    Posts: 3053
    January 1, 2011 at 1:03 am #921406

    Here’s to ya ol dog

    Nice job JP, thanx for the tip. I’m glad that you and Mike got to end the year with some dandy fish Bret

    Cam and myself have finally started to get out, today was our first serious day together with a great fish fry collected. Nice gills in shallow weeds was all we needed to lift our spirits and gain some momentum for the new year Happy new year to you pool 8 fanatics and to the rest of the IDO family.

    chriswallace
    Andover, MN
    Posts: 275
    January 1, 2011 at 1:28 am #921410

    Dont forget the fish fry from gulp alive as well.

    The nuggies and wedgees are sweet….but there is a new secret that will be behind thorne doors rather shortly!

    I have been fishing these puppies all winter and they are awesome. If I was smart I would have never got the guys stuff into the store…and kept them to myself…

    crappie66
    Iowa City, IA
    Posts: 56
    January 1, 2011 at 10:33 am #921465

    Um?
    Any hints, Chris

    Ron Johnsen
    Platteville wi
    Posts: 2969
    January 1, 2011 at 1:06 pm #921484

    Thanks for the tip Bret

    Mudshark
    LaCrosse WI
    Posts: 2973
    January 1, 2011 at 1:16 pm #921489

    Bought a jar of the 1″ Black Shad last summer….Used them on a white and pink Ratso on Green Bay (shore fishing) and was out fishing the guy next to me using minnows….
    Now if they could only make the jars so they would totally seal…..No matter how hard I put the cover on it still leaks…and that juice REALLY stinks

    Dave Ansell
    Rushford, MN
    Posts: 1572
    January 1, 2011 at 2:35 pm #921525

    Thanks for the tips

    This info is what makes this site so great and sets it far above the other sites out there

    Dave

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    January 1, 2011 at 2:50 pm #921532

    Quote:

    Now if they could only make the jars so they would totally seal…..No matter how hard I put the cover on it still leaks…and that juice REALLY stinks

    I hear ya Jeff
    Learned the hard way back in the day with Josh’s products in a jar. Jars are meant to sit upright…thank the good Lord for zip lock bags now days

    Something else I just did….
    Took some Wedgee’s from CJ&S and put in the jar of solution. If you read the directions it says to put your bait back into the jar to rejuvenate…why wouldn’t it impregnate my plastics?

    Given’ it a try….I do believe the sent helps a plastic bait!!

    dan-tessmann
    Kieler, Wis
    Posts: 664
    January 1, 2011 at 3:37 pm #921557

    I believe there was a post on here about the leaky jars. A guy was using plumbers tape and it stopped the leaks. I tried it and it works awesome. Just make sure the jar is as dry as possible. Also dont forget the gulp minnow heads on a fiskas. It has been awesome for me this year. It seems to get the bigger gills. Ive got like 20 jars of gulp and when it leaked all EVERYTHING it made a big stinky mess. Dan

    Joel Ballweg
    Sauk City, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3295
    January 3, 2011 at 5:36 pm #922103

    Quote:

    I believe there was a post on here about the leaky jars. A guy was using plumbers tape and it stopped the leaks. I tried it and it works awesome. Just make sure the jar is as dry as possible. Also dont forget the gulp minnow heads on a fiskas. It has been awesome for me this year. It seems to get the bigger gills. Ive got like 20 jars of gulp and when it leaked all EVERYTHING it made a big stinky mess. Dan

    Here is how you keep these jars from leaking all over the place. Open the lid, cut an “X” in the center of the gasket. Do not remove the gasket! Reach down threw the middle of the “X” and pull out a bait. Again, leave the gasket under the lid attached to the top of the container.

    It also helps a great deal if you store the jar upright!

    Whiskerkev
    Madison
    Posts: 3835
    January 3, 2011 at 7:22 pm #922143

    That is good stuff there.

    lhprop1
    Eagan
    Posts: 1899
    January 3, 2011 at 7:33 pm #922151

    Quote:

    I believe there was a post on here about the leaky jars. A guy was using plumbers tape and it stopped the leaks. I tried it and it works awesome. Just make sure the jar is as dry as possible.

    I’ve been doing that since I first spilled Gulp juice all over the place a few years ago. No one seems to believe me that the solution is as simple as a 79 cent roll of plumbers tape and they all try to convince themselves that they have to go buy some crazy contraption that costs 20 bucks and takes up a bunch more room.

    mower
    Wisconsin, Outagamie
    Posts: 515
    January 3, 2011 at 7:37 pm #922154

    Doe’s the liquid tape work too?

    Chuck Melcher
    SE Wisconsin, Racine County
    Posts: 1966
    January 3, 2011 at 7:40 pm #922156

    tape…. going to have to try that. I finally got the smell out of the boat after a jar flipped over (with lid closed) in my glove box. Total stinky mess. Only let that happen once.

    On the weggies, do any of you find you have to trim the from little ball smaller on real little jigs?

    cade-laufenberg
    Winona,MN/La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 3667
    January 4, 2011 at 1:13 am #922263

    Quote:

    Something else I just did….
    Took some Wedgee’s from CJ&S and put in the jar of solution. If you read the directions it says to put your bait back into the jar to rejuvenate…why wouldn’t it impregnate my plastics?

    Given’ it a try….I do believe the sent helps a plastic bait!!

    A lot of guys in the bass world do this, and swear by it. Plastics….even spinnerbaits, if soaked long in the juice it will take on that wonderful gulp smell. I’ve been a huge fan of gulp for bass fishing the Great Lakes for smallmouth and have stocked plenty of the minnows, maggots, and minnow heads while working at Fleet Farm but still have never bothered to give it a try for ice fishing. Might just have to do that…

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