How to Use Gulp Bait
- 1). Identify the species of game fish you will be trying to lure and catch. Spend some time learning about the fish, what it likes to eat, how it eats and other information that will prove helpful in presenting a bait to the fish.
- 2). Choose a Berkley Gulp bait that imitates the type of natural food the fish likes to eat. Choose a Berkley Gulp night crawler or wacky worm for bass or a small maggot for bream, bluegill or trout. Matching the hatch is a term used by fly anglers, however, matching what is naturally found where a fish feeds can apply to most all game fish.
- 3). Rig the bait so that it is presented most naturally. A wacky worm, for example, would benefit from a Texas rig using an offset bend or wide gap worm hook. Rig a worm Texas style by inserting the point of an offset hook through the nose and 1/2 inch into the body. Turn the hook point down and out the bottom of the worm. Slide the threaded worm onto the offset of the hook near the eye, turn the point toward the worm and insert the point through the worm and out the top.
- 4). Cast a Berkley Gulp bait to areas where fish typically hold or feed. A bass, for example, will hold along weeds and grass, stumps, docks and other structures. Trout commonly feed along the edges of flowing water in streams facing upstream. Bream and bluegill feed typically along banks and shore lines as well as in deeper waters.
- 5). Work the Gulp bait naturally in the water. Allow the bait to move with the current in the water. Also consider providing short jerking motions to imitate injured bait fish. Mix up the presentation and always allow a brief pause to allow a fish to close and strike the bait.
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