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05-19-2008, 02:48 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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tube and fake worm
As the price of worms continues to rise, I'm considering trying some scented plastic. Anyone out there care to share their experiences?
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05-19-2008, 04:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: marshfield ma
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i have found the berkley sea worms to work very well they look like the real thing and you dont get pinched
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05-19-2008, 04:27 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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I have tried most of the fake worms I have come across and nothing comes close to GULP in my opinion. I have fished both gulp and real worms during the same fishing outting (not at the same time, used gulp once real ones ran out) and not noticed any difference in catch rate. They work really well an with the new GULP alive buckets they are much less costly than the real thing and last a whole season.
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05-19-2008, 04:31 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: newport
Posts: 1,136
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Troll a Pt Jude 3 oz.Wobblehead Eel, and you don't need a worm.  |
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05-19-2008, 04:31 PM
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Ruled only by the tide
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Truro
Posts: 801
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Nothing compares to the real thing...but I always keep the fake plastics on board just in case I run out. I will say that my limited experience suggest that the real thing outfishes the fakes 2:1.
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Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.
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05-19-2008, 06:42 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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I second the above statement, but have friends who like the fakes. Know someone who caught a 50+ and lost a bigger one last year one nite using fakes so they do work
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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05-19-2008, 09:34 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: 14000 / 44031.5
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I think it's like anything else, if the fish are there and on the feed, sure they'll work. But when things are slow, and you have to work for your fish-- ain't nothing like the real thing baby...
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05-19-2008, 09:52 PM
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Fish Hound
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Shrewsbury, MA & Mashpee, MA
Posts: 1,159
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Quote:
Originally Posted by big jay
I think it's like anything else, if the fish are there and on the feed, sure they'll work. But when things are slow, and you have to work for your fish-- ain't nothing like the real thing baby...
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couldn't be more true  |
"There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart.....pursue those."
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05-20-2008, 05:20 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,649
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I know a couple charter guys that use the gulps with as-good success as the real thing. That is all they get now and they stay on the tube better and last longer then natures own. You can get them in bulkl too. They don't bother with the little thin overpriced real worms anymore.
On a related topic, That guy in Maine, seabait I think, was growning some nice ones and had them displayed at the mass bass show a few years ago but I guess it is not taking off because I just don't see them many shops after 6 or so years of "development". I know he sells the scents but if he could grow those bigass worms and sell them at a semi-reasonable price I think he could create a nice nitch market for himself. I am surprised that they have not become more popular. I know a couple shops carry them but most don't.
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05-20-2008, 06:38 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,574
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Not applicable at this time of the season but I have a friend that tips his tubes with peanut bunker when they're available (July-November) - he does VERY well using them.
DZ
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DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.
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05-20-2008, 05:56 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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Sand eels work good too. Just need to find a good bait shop and bribe the owner for the biggest worms. Tell him you will pay more for them. It works. I ask the guy from Seabait every time I see him at the shows. He didn't sound too confident they were going to be around any time soon. Last year my favorite bait shop had stellar worms . Most of the time they were bigger than the tube. IMO the tube has just as much if not more importance than the bait at the tip.
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