Since Gulp baits have come on the scene there are hundreds of testimonials popping up all over the internet.

As a fisherman I know the art of lying so I am pretty skeptical these days. Back in the day I tried the flying lures, helicopter lures and any number of other gimicky fishing lure that I thought could give me an edge.

Some of them seemed to work some didn’t but in the end most of them set in my multitude of tackle boxes just waiting for me to bust out the big guns which I never did.

Then along come gulp. There are testimonials, videos, tons of marketing hype from both amateur and professional fisherman. My instinct is to say “that’s just another gimick to sell fishing tackle”

But because I am a fisherman and I always want to have that edge I gave in.

I went to Bandon Bait and picked up a few bags of the 4″ squid in a couple of colors. I don’t remember which ones but I had 3 colors.

At that time they didn’t have as many varieties of Gulp Bait as they have now but that was a start. Then I was at Fred Meyers and they had a sale on Gulp Saltwater curly tail worms. Unfortunately they were only in pink, but the price was right so I got those too.

The next weekend was the 4th of July and I went out aboard the Mis Chief from ProwlerCharters.com. I went with my wife and step daughter Kerstin.

Since I am a fan of using my own gear instead of their gear I brought three poles and had them all set up with 3oz jigs with the 4″ Gulp Squid attached. Usually I like to target Ling Cod but I started with fishing for anything.

Bandon Bait has many Gulp varieties

So we drop our lines and it wasn’t long before the fish were biting. I think all three of us hooked up almost immediatly upon hitting the bottom. A few nice blacks and we were on our way to limiting out.

We seemed to be getting more bites than some of the others and every time I hooked one, I made a gulp sound and said GULP!

It really did seem to be the bait. So now I thought what about getting me some Lings on Gulp bait. I hooked up a 6oz jig with one of the long curly tails and hit the bottom. I don’t think it was there a minute before bamm, and a fish hit the lure. I tried to set the hook but was a bit slow and missed it. Then bamm again and the fish hit it again and I blew it one more time. Thinking I was done and possibly the bait had come off I started to reel in when, bamm the fish hit it again. This time I set the hook hard, and as Wayne of Prowler Charters says, rip their lips off.

I knew right away I had hooked a nice ling cod.

For those of you who catch lings you know often if you miss them once you are done. This one had hit the Gulp bait 3 times before I hooked him. When I got him aboard it was about a 12 pound ling cod. Not bad at all. And my Gulp bait was still on the hook and ready for more.

That day I caught a total of 6 ling cod out of the 8 we had on board. One of the others was my step daughter.

Each and every bite I had was solid. I think it was one of the best days fishing for Lings I had ever had. And I have to say, they like the Gulp Bait. They hit it and hit it until you finally get the hook set.

I would highly recommend that anyone fishing give gulp baits a try. You can get many different varieties at Bandon Bait in Bandon, Oregon.

Good Luck and FISH ON!

Catching crabs using crab rings is fairly easy and just about anyone can do it. This is a great activity to do on the Oregon coast and can be done by one person or a whole family. Then of course there is the good part of the crabbing, you get to eat the dungeness crab.

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