Gulp Minnows... Man I love those things

[Sako]

Great time of year to be fishing them on Ultralight gear with 6 pound fluorocarbon. I went fishing this evening with a buddy of mine and I caught Largemouth, Bluegill, Crappie, skipjack and shellcrackers all on the same lure... 3 inch gulp minnow and a trout magnet jig... lost count of all the fish I caught but sure is fun... I kept expecting to catch a catfish and small mouth but did not... That would have been the "evening trifecta"... It is strange cause I catch a lot of channel cats on them and also small mouth but neither of those showed up tonight.

Just figured I would share the info...

 

[RUGER]

Sounds like a blast for sure.

 

[WTM]

nice. i use the 1" lil minnow and the pink waxies for bluegill and half the nightcrawler threaded on a panfish mushroom head(ned) for shellcrackers. i cant say that they outfish live bait but its pretty close that i dont use live bait.

 

[TDW05]

Nice!

 

[Sako]

nice. i use the 1" lil minnow and the pink waxies for bluegill and half the nightcrawler threaded on a panfish mushroom head(ned) for shellcrackers. i cant say that they outfish live bait but its pretty close that i dont use live bait.

I hear ya... they are very close to live bait... it never seems to amaze me the volume and variety I catch when fishing with these things... I tend to catch more on the 1 inch but mainly just catching more bream...

 

[goose17]

Great time of year to be fishing them on Ultralight gear with 6 pound fluorocarbon. I went fishing this evening with a buddy of mine and I caught Largemouth, Bluegill, Crappie, skipjack and shellcrackers all on the same lure... 3 inch gulp minnow and a trout magnet jig... lost count of all the fish I caught but sure is fun... I kept expecting to catch a catfish and small mouth but did not... That would have been the "evening trifecta"... It is strange cause I catch a lot of channel cats on them and also small mouth but neither of those showed up tonight.

Just figured I would share the info...

Funny you should post that. I fished with the 4 inch gulp minnow Friday for the first time . I caught 3 large mouth, several got off. 3 channel catfish and a sauger. I started off today with a 3 inch gulp minnow and only got one hit on it all morning before I switched to a crank bait.

 

[Deer Assassin]

Picture of the bait?

Congrats

 

[WTM]

Funny you should post that. I fished with the 4 inch gulp minnow Friday for the first time . I caught 3 large mouth, several got off. 3 channel catfish and a sauger. I started off today with a 3 inch gulp minnow and only got one hit on it all morning before I switched to a crank bait.

of course FAL friday was outstanding as compared to today. when they hungry, they hungry but when they aint, they are finicky.

 

[SES]

Second biggest largemouth I ever caught was on a gulp minnow. I just had it dangling over the side of the boat and a 7+ pound largemouth came out of no where and inhaled it on the French Broad across the river from where the little pigeon dumps out in to it.

 

[timberjack86]

Picture of the bait?

Congrats

X2!

 

[CritterGitter]

They are indeed very lifelike looking. They come in a variety of colors. Ive seen Richard gene on YouTube use them .

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

of course FAL friday was outstanding as compared to today. when they hungry, they hungry but when they aint, they are finicky.




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Is this an App?

 

[WTM]

Is this an App?

yeah its free to use on a day by day basis. i bought the full app for a couple of bucks which allows you to pull up any day.

a yankee buddy turned me on to it. he used it for 2 years and calculated its accuracy to around 80%. he holds the record for the most master angler certificates in michigan. ive been using it for 4 years and seeing around the same accuracy.

on low FAL days ive seen fish act more finicky and sometimes spooky but it doesnt mean they cant be caught.

i do not use it for hunting.

Fishing and Hunting Solunar Time App for iOS and Android devices

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

Thank you WTM. I paid the $3.99 for the Pro version. Cool app lots of good info.