Berkley Gulp Alive (the stuff in buckets)

[Fisher_90]

Hey guys does anybody know when this is going to hit our shores. Their is a number of threads on fishnet and ausfish saying that it is meant to be here by now. I really like the idea of it as you can recharge your old gulps in it and while ure fishing. It works out about the same price as packets. Their is 2 sizes of buckets.

Here is a forum in America. Some good info here.

/>http://www.catcherman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4485

And here is some Youtube videos...

/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-jWJyHVgUo

/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLJyP4i5Fi0

They are also releasing a gulp alive spray that u can spray on ure hardbodies and tackle. Sounds good.:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

ps. Im hoping it will be here at the boatshow so i can buy a couple of the shrimp . I reckon they will be gun i saltwater for Flatty's and Whiting cross Sandbanks.

Post edited by: Fisher_90, at: 2007/08/08 04:23

[username_taken]

motackle.com.au already has some on their website for sale...

[Fisher_90]

Nice but i couldnt find it 3 days ago?

[namyau]

its been advertised in several magazines as well - most adds dont state the release date just the advantages and that it will be avail in a 450grm tub in the popular shapes and sizes ie 2&3 inch shrimp, minnows, peeler crab, worms cant remember the others

[Fisher_90]

Awesome

[blue_mako]

They don't have any of the good stuff yet, except 2\" Shrimp in Molting. Here's the link. No more bent tails. I think you only get something like 25 Shrimp in a $27 tub.

They are also having particular Gulps of sale for $7.15 and under and TT Lures Jigheads for $5.85 a pack which is unbeatable .

/>http://www.motackle.com.au/index.cfm?pr=catalogue&category_id=249&page_no=3

Troy

[Fisher_90]

Yeh but i dont wanna pay 15.85 for jigheads or $37 for the gulp. I will just hang out. Bloody Postage.

[Dan23]

Anyone got a trick for keeping gulps from drying out?? Mine always shrivle up and go hard after one use.

[Fisher_90]

Yep Buy some Gulp Alive and leave them in that. You can keep any gulps in it, but not Powerbait or anyother plastics.

[Dan23]

So you can already buy Alive? I'm confused. Are you saying buy one of these buckets then chuck all your gulps in it??

[Fisher_90]

If you want to bring life back into ure gulps then leave them in a bucket of Alive. Im unsure when they will arive local (well their not at my local tackle shop yet) so you will have to wait and find out.

[namyau]

i have got some GULP ALIVE in 2inch shrimp natural - just got it this morn havent had the chance to test it as im at work - but ill post how it goes when i get the chance to try them

[Master Sardines]

BCF at Lawnton have the buckets at the bottom of the Berkley stand.

[Plastic Fantastic]

Mate BCF Ipswich has the new GULP! buckets your after i know this because today some brat kid opened one and dropped it all over the floor...nothing beats mopping up that crap lol but yea the buckets are $29.95, you get approx. 3 times the amount of plastics you get in a normal pack hence the 3x norm price... we currently have 15cm sandworm, a stack of shrimp in various sizes and colurs, peeler crabs, minnows and pogys. they are located on the one of the end bays within the soft plastic area.

hope that was some help

cheers

[blue_mako]

Fisher: You do realise it's $10 for how ever much you order don't you? Not $10 per item. When I order from Mo or any other internet site I spend around $100 and it ends up being really cheap, even with the postage.

Dan23: It's because you aren't zipping the pack up properly. If it's not air tight they will shrivel up in a few hours. Gulp! are different to other plastics and are biodegradable. If they dry out, put a bit of water and tuna oil in the pack an reseal it and they absorb the moisture within a few days, though they won't be as soft as they originally were.

Troy

[Fisher_90]

Yeh i know but i dont really need more tackle...(:. I will just go into BCF

[bootyinblue]

Got a brochure today in the BCF area of Ipswich and they have then advertised for $29.95.

Plastic - I will be coming in the next couple of days to buy atleast 1 to store my opened packs in!

[namyau]

just a tip if anyone is getting any of the stuff - the buckets that it comes in is not actually leak proof, mine and jeryl's both leaked the other night :evil: but yeah some sort of leak proof container should be able to fix it

[Cowfish13]

Were they being stored upside-down?

[namyau]

of course they were upright - may been tilted as we moved around (using rapala side satchel/carry tackle bag)

[bootyinblue]

Oh I see.

I got an email back from Berkely about storing the packet gulps in the liquid too and the official reply back was 'only if they have not been used'

Go figure seeing as they are spruiking this stuff as being a rehydration liquid???

[jeff f]

bootyinblue wrote:

Oh I see.

I got an email back from Berkely about storing the packet gulps in the liquid too and the official reply back was 'only if they have not been used'

Go figure seeing as they are spruiking this stuff as being a rehydration liquid???

mate i reckon they only say that so they dry out and you have to buy more

i put them back in the bag it came in after use, but then i.ve caught very little on them