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Gulp Minnows... Man I love those things

Sako

Sako

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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...
 

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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.
 
WTM said:
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.
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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...
 
Sako said:
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...
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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.
 
goose17 said:
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.
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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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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.
 
FLTENNHUNTER1 said:
Is this an App?
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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.

 

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