Frizzy Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Went under the Iron Cove bridge yesterday morning just before the run out tide with my first packet of Gulps. I decided not to use them first and started flicking a clear grub for the first 30 minutes without much luck apart from getting a few hits from some chopper tailor... It got to a point when I was I was hoping one of them would bite the tail off my grub just so I could switch over to one of these gulps... Several casts later my prayers were answered... but not in the way I hoped... the 6lb leader malfunctioned and the jig and grub went into the water without any line attatched to it. I tied on a new jighead and out came the gulp 3" fry. I did a test cast in close just to see its action... it didnt exactly have swim or wriggle action like a squidgie... it just sank vertically and darted around in random directions when i flicked the rod tip... I didnt exactly find my prospects promising, but after a couple of casts, I was getting hits but my drag wasnt tight enough... not long after setting the drag with the right amount of tension I hook on to my first trevally on SP... Back he went after a quick photo and for the next hour I was getting constant hits and hooked several flatties of varying sizes... nothing huge but still fun on light gear... and one awesome sight was to see a couple of flathead following the jig all the way to the surface... A few flatheads later, I noticed the 6lb leader was getting a bit worn... I should have retied the jig but was lazy and not long after that... something hits the jig hard and the leader malfunctions again... With the bite being so hot, I decided to give the clear grubs another chance... which resulted in a couple more flathead and some chopper tailor... which eventually chewed off the tail... Being satisfied with my results, I called it a day... All fish were released to fight another day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nargse1 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 start saving now. welcome to the bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 too true every time i walk into my tackle shop he just asks how many packets ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Good report,these gulps work very well & catch plenty of fish.Great fun to use on light tackle spin gear,it gets very addictive too. well done mate! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trungie Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Rock on! was this the north or south side of the bridge? Didnt know there was any fish there!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frizzy Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 Not the side with Birkenhead point... =] I've armed myself with some hb lures now... Lets hope the rain stops sometime soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langa Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 I have a bad Gulp habit which with all the Leatherjackets around is costing me a fortune! I have bought myself a couple of blades which hopefully will last a lot longer. Cheers, Langa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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