Is it me or is this scary?

[pequa1]

To those of you who consistently examine the stomach contents of your catch, how many of you discovered plastic baits?

 

[Roccus7]

To those of you who consistently examine the stomach contents of your catch, how many of you discovered plastic baits?

Not a one for me, from local stripers, large bergalls, cod, pollock, BSB, and haddock, nor LI Fluke...

 

[pequa1]

The "spit up " in my kayak (which I quickly and meticulously throw back overboard) is always just grass shrimp, spearing, and peanuts. I have a lot of unopened Gulp! to use once Cellfish's lawyers intervene, lol.

 

[longcast]

Not a one for me, from local stripers, large bergalls, cod, pollock, BSB, and haddock, nor LI Fluke...

None. And even if they try, due to the cost of Gulp, they are forced to relinquish.

 

[pequa1]

Cost of Gulp! ? Since I have often caught several fish on the same piece of Gulp! and it "rejuvenates" so well, I think it is more economical as well as so much more convenient. Buying it online, no wasted gas going to the dicks at Dicks, lol.

 

[CELLFISH]

remember this one…
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[Hunter704]

For all of you who drank the Koolaid and want to do the "right thing", send me your Gulp!. Pink and white in smaller sizes preferred.

Gulp is definitely the ticket my 86 year fishing buddy uses them straight up nothing else, I always tip with squid or spearing and he out does me every time

 

[pequa1]

But but but that elderly gent is poisoning the fishery, harming the environment and potentially causing world catastrophies !

 

[Tigashrk]

I’m not taking any sides here. I use gulp and I use bait and I have also caught fish with gulp or something similar in their belly, mostly cbass and fluke. I don’t check the belly of every fish I catch but when I’m filleting the catch if the belly is loaded I will cut it open. I’m sure I missed a few also. To say I would only fish one way would be silly because I have watched many days go from not so good to great by being open minded and trying different techniques. At the end of the day I’m trying to bring something home for dinner while enjoying myself and not worrying about how much money or how long it’s gonna take me to clean up, I’m enjoying the process. To each his own.

 

[longcast]

Cost of Gulp! ? Since I have often caught several fish on the same piece of Gulp! and it "rejuvenates" so well, I think it is more economical as well as so much more convenient. Buying it online, no wasted gas going to the dicks at Dicks, lol.

When you have to pick through 20-30 fish an outing to get something for the table, the Gulp can go real quickly. And don’t forget the tail biters that never make it to the boat!

 

[pequa1]

Its funny but years ago when I fished with spearing and squid on an unadorned hook, dragging a 2 ounce sinker, and not with bucktail dressed teasers and leadheads with just Gulp!, I definitely had a 10 to one ratio of shorts to keepers, but looking at my more recent logs its more like 3 to 1. Perhaps it's that I now attract the fish more by aggressive jigging ( ? )

Edited to add:
By no means am I catching a lot of fluke or weaks. I am quite satisfied to catch two or three fish, with one keeper, in my 2 to 4 hour paddle in my back bay area.

 

[Hunter704]

Fishing a hook with spearing and tipped with squid are long gone, at least from what I see on private boats and myself the sinker dragging with a hook and bait are party boats. Bucktails and gulps along with other artificial’s are the least of our worries. Balloons, balls of fishing lines garbage and the list can go on with things that hurt the fishing. Come on spring ready for some jigging.

 

[pequa1]

Well, that was fun. Think I will unwtch this thread for a bit 1

 

[CELLFISH]

never found any plastics in my fish, most likely they all were killed eating synthetics before being caught.., cell…

 

[BoatGuy]

Please allow me to follow up on this. In the thread Mike "Salty" Fogg, pequa1 asked :

"Perhaps someone can ask "Salty" about non-biodegradeable plastics ? (I would but having oral surgery the day before.) My offer to rent out my "NY Angler.com" hoodie or tee still stands though, lol !"

It seemed like a very reasonable request. I sent him an email reply as he mentioned he may block this thread. He asked me to “Maybe post in the thread too ?”

He is my email:

“Please allow me to follow up on our discussion “Is this me or is this scary”. Since you may have blocked the posts, I am replying here.

I asked “Salty” if Stony Brook examined stomach contents. He said he did not, he was more interested in fish tagging.

At John Skinners seminar, John mentioned he saw the scientists at “GULP”. So, I asked him about GULP digestibility. He said the GULP scientists did studies on this. His reply was basically that the GULP passes through the fish and is biodegradable.

You were right. We are not leaving a bunch of fish dead in water ”

My only addition to what I mention is that I now feel comfortable using GULP and Fishbites (they replied and mentioned their product was digestible and passable). Sometimes a little research helps. Also, if you have a theory, a good scientist will do his best to disprove it.

 

[CELLFISH]

here in SE Florida , passing tru the “OFF SHORE” tackle section… they even have scented varieties… lol…
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[CELLFISH]

Please allow me to follow up on this. In the thread Mike "Salty" Fogg, pequa1 asked :

"Perhaps someone can ask "Salty" about non-biodegradeable plastics ? (I would but having oral surgery the day before.) My offer to rent out my "NY Angler.com" hoodie or tee still stands though, lol !"

It seemed like a very reasonable request. I sent him an email reply as he mentioned he may block this thread. He asked me to “Maybe post in the thread too ?”

He is my email:

“Please allow me to follow up on our discussion “Is this me or is this scary”. Since you may have blocked the posts, I am replying here.

I asked “Salty” if Stony Brook examined stomach contents. He said he did not, he was more interested in fish tagging.

At John Skinners seminar, John mentioned he saw the scientists at “GULP”. So, I asked him about GULP digestibility. He said the GULP scientists did studies on this. His reply was basically that the GULP passes through the fish and is biodegradable.

You were right. We are not leaving a bunch of fish dead in water ”

My only addition to what I mention is that I now feel comfortable using GULP and Fishbites (they replied and mentioned their product was digestible and passable). Sometimes a little research helps. Also, if you have a theory, a good scientist will do his best to disprove it.

easy to verify: in a bowl, drop Gulp in water, let stand till dissolved…

i know Fishbites melt’s quickly…

would be nice if mentioned on package , rather than word of mouth… cellie…
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[pequa1]

is something left standing in plain water the same as something left in the gastrointestinal liquids of a live animal ?

the owner of a certain tackle shop near me once placed a Gulp! on his counter and showed all customers how it hardly changed over the weeks. of course said owner wanted to sell frozen bait and not compete with the dicks at Dicks or Amazon selling Gulp!

 

[CELLFISH]

is something left standing in plain water the same as something left in the gastrointestinal liquids of a live animal ?

the owner of a certain tackle shop near me once placed a Gulp! on his counter and showed all customers how it hardly changed over the weeks. of course said owner wanted to sell frozen bait and not compete with the dicks at Dicks or Amazon selling Gulp!

water is a good standard to start from, if that dosent work, upgrade to salt water… if that dosent work, try “PICKLE JUICE”… yep…

 

[pequa1]

so scientific LOL !