Reconstituted Berkley Gulp

[YZ250]

About 4 months ago I went fishing in Sussex inlet and was using a Berkley Gulp 7 inch shad in nuclear chicken colour.  I wasn't having much luck with it so I swapped it out for something else and promptly forgot about it.

Fast forward four months and I am getting ready for a trip to Narooma when I found this shrivelled, dry lump in tacklebox.  It was the shad and it was as hard as iron and a very dark brown colour.  I was going to bin it but it had a brand new TT jig head in it that I wanted to retrieve.  The problem was the thing was too dry and shrivelled to get it out.  So I decided to soak it in water to loosen it up.

Over the course of the next three days I witnessed a transformation of biblical proportions.  The lure was reborn, like a phoenix rising from the ashes.  It slowly and consistently grew in size, became supple and incredibly it took on all its glorious nuclear colours again.  I compared it to a brand new lure from the packet and you could not tell the difference - they were identical in all aspects.

I decided to roadtest the reborn lure in the backwaters of Wagonga where it elicited a massive hit from something (presumably a flatty) and was bitten clean in half.  

I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't experience this whole thing first hand.  Ill definitely employ the same technique next time I dry out a gulp!

YZ

[Rebel]

@YZ250I did an article on this recently. It is on the Forum. Some soft plastics can be saved.

That is why Berkley invented the Gulp Recharge.

Cheers.

Edited January 29, 2021 by Rebel

[Green Hornet]

If you need to rehydrate Gulp and are going to use water, boil the water and add bit of aniseed or anise essence. 

It gives them an attractive scent that the fish like and is absorbed well into the plastic. 

[Fab1]

Wish I knew this when I threw some out recently that were shrivelled/dry and hard as granite.

[Green Hornet]

37 minutes ago, Fab1 said:

Wish I knew this when I threw some out recently that were shrivelled/dry and hard as granite.

That's a bugger mate. 

If you keep your eyes open the larger tackle chains have them on special pretty often.

[Fox Bite]

Great stuff! I am glad that I came across this chat as there are a few packets of Gulp in my possession that were going to be thrown in the rubbish bin soon as they have dried out. It’s time to rejuvenate them then, thanks folks.

Also, does anyone have an experience of using Gulp Alive Recharge?

[Green Hornet]

1 hour ago, Fox Bite said:

Great stuff! I am glad that I came across this chat as there are a few packets of Gulp in my possession that were going to be thrown in the rubbish bin soon as they have dried out. It’s time to rejuvenate them then, thanks folks.

Also, does anyone have an experience of using Gulp Alive Recharge?

I haven’t used Recharge to rehydrate dried out Gulps, but have used it to “re-scent” those that have lost their goodness. 

The stuff definitely works.

[Rebel]

@Fab1I left you some info. a couple days ago how to treat soft plastics. You must of missed it.

[Fab1]

49 minutes ago, Rebel said:

@Fab1I left you some info. a couple days ago how to treat soft plastics. You must of missed it.

I saw it after I threw them out mate and it was bin pickup day.It was only 4 gulp prawns but i would of liked to try your trick on them for future reference.