gulps!

birdman · Post by **birdman** » June 10th, 2007, 12:14 pm

Man I bought 4 or 5 bags of gulps from one of our local stores and they were extremely soft and tore really easily! Has anyone else experienced this? Is this a bad batch or has Berkley modified their formula to get us idiots to buy more of them now that they have us hooked?

Post by **bman** » June 10th, 2007, 12:19 pm

Nope- and I used a few yesterday that I got on Friday.

I do think the curly tail and the jerk shad get ripped up to easily.
I like the shrimp its the most durable- 2nd best is the pogy...

Soccerdad · Post by **Soccerdad** » June 10th, 2007, 12:34 pm

I think heat and sun make them limp. I try to keep 'em in the shade.

Post by **CairoTrout** » June 10th, 2007, 12:49 pm

IF you think they were bad send them to Berkley. They will send you more. They are a soft bait though.

Post by **Redbelly** » June 10th, 2007, 1:05 pm

The glow seems tougher than the other colors. The curly tails don't last cause the fish bite the tails off.
The pogy is ok but they bite the tails off it too, but it's a litlle tougher.

I only buy the shrimp.

Good Times · Post by **Good Times** » June 10th, 2007, 3:19 pm

I bought two bags of new penny shrimp about a month ago. Fished one bag then and the second on Friday. The first bag lasted me all day. The second bag lasted two hours. The pin fish action was about the same. The difference was the temp outside. No wind and hot on Friday. Maybe we should keep them in the cooler.

Saltwater4me · Post by **Saltwater4me** » June 10th, 2007, 4:35 pm

I had the same problem last week. I bought 2 packs of 3" New Penny and 1 pack of 3" Pearl. Both were shrimp. The New Penny were VERY soft compared to normal and the Pearl were fine. The New Penny would literally sling off of the jig head. I kept the packaging and contacted Berkley. They said they would replace them. I was told to write a brief description of the problem and send them to the following:

PURE FISHING CUSTOMER SERVICE
1900 18TH ST
SPIRIT LAKE IA 51360

best regards,

Nissa Lundquist
Customer Service Representative

Post by **BAD BEHAVIOR** » June 10th, 2007, 10:30 pm

Mirrolures will solve all your problems!!!!

redfisher2424 · Post by **redfisher2424** » June 12th, 2007, 8:31 pm

Rapala of all makes will solve the problem also. My favorite is the x-rap caught reds, trout, spanish, flounder, ladys, sharks. Just change the way u retrieve for different fish.