makes a couple of plastic lures that i found work great as the waves swash at the OBX. they are called saltwater shad and shad assassin. a guy i meet several years ago in VA turned me onto them. we found them in the clearance bin at BPS. look for the color called albino.
if you have gulp in your bag then there is no need to have anything else. Some amazing flounder fishermen I know did extensive testing between gulp and regular soft plastics over the course of several days and gulp absolutely destroyed the other baits. For instance 4" white gulp mullet compared to 4" white twister and gulp out fished the twisters over and over again. If you are going to tip soft plastics with live bait why not just fish live bait?
Come see me in May or June .. I'll make you a believer Seriously !
On another note I have fished Gulp from North Carolina to New Jersey and its been a killer bait . You'd be surprised at what will eat Gulp . There are times IMO that Gulp isnt the right choice or perhaps it doesnt make a difference in abnormally cold water or fast currents where the "scent" could be washed out or not strong enough to make a real difference .
Flounder , Weakfish , Stripers , Tog , Seabass , Blueline Tiles , Spot , Croakers , Bluefish and Grouper just to name a few frequently fall prey to Gulp for me
In the past 4 years I have landed near or over 1000 Flounder over 18"
BTW I have told this story before but my first drum (a nice slot) was caught on a guld shrimp! Everyone else was jigging pink worms for trout but my red was the only one caught and on Gulp!, Made me a believer!
I'm not trying to stir the pot here but gulp baits work for crap up this way....they are expensive and couldn't catch poop!!!
Maybe they are great baits in the southern part of the country but they don't seem to work in New England water's.......
I have friends and family that fish in the U.K. and they are not to impressed with gulp baits......
I'm not trying to stir the pot here but gulp baits work for crap up this way....they are expensive and couldn't catch poop!!!
Maybe they are great baits in the southern part of the country but they don't seem to work in New England water's.......
I have friends and family that fish in the U.K. and they are not to impressed with gulp baits......
Rob it sounds to me like they want an alternative to bait to use deadsticking . It also sounds like they dont often use lures . What kind of fish are they after ?
You could be right that Gulp doesnt work "Well" up North but I doubt it .. A Flounder is a Flounder and it will eat GULP .
It might be a little different down here, but my two favorites on the flats along the Gulf Coast of Florida are the Gulp shrimp or a D.O.A. CAL shad tail on a jig head.
These two baits in a variety of colors have produced the most flatties for me over the last few years.
I've had success on the East Coast of Florida as well around Fort Pierce and Sebastian Inlet. Conditions there are more similar to what you up north East Coasters get.
I don't think there is a "best" soft plastic or lure for flounder or any fish for that matter, they all work good if the fish are eating in that particular water at the time. There have been times here around southport/oak-island that I have outfished both live and artificial bait with flies, white halfandhalf, when I'm flyfishing for flatties, that is my fly of choice.
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