I know this forum is sponsored by SLAM but I just had to mention how the Bio-Baits  from Go-Fish performed in Aussie out at the Great Barrier reef and more importantly in our own backyard at Waiheke over these last few winter days. Doing my bit for the environment in Aussie I only used non toxic Bio-degradable softbaits, so only Bio-Baits and Gulps were used as these were the only ones I used, and all manner of tropical species were caught , most with lots of teeth.  The first thing you will notice about the Bio's is the thick paste gooh that they put in the packets, I will be asking Greg at Go-Fish if they can reduce this somewhat as it can make it a little slippery and messy getting them on the hooks and jigheads. That aside though the bait are fully scented throughout and hit the water running with scent oozzing out straight away, they have a great action if matched to the correct weight Jig head and hooks. It's hard to compare them to Gulp or anyother softbait for that matter because of their composition being a plastic that dosen't contain petrolium, and no one eles was using softbaits of my recent Aussie trip. They aren't a protein based product and they are reported as a non toxic bio-degradable softbait  (as claimed by the manufacturer and accepted by the FDA in the USA). Second thing to stand out is they can take a good strike without falling apart on the first hit (unless that big 20lber gets it) as mentioned a lot of the species on the Reff had teeth and they stood up really well  to the point where I was averaging 3-4 fish and I got the same result here in NZ on our local species, my best results being 8 fish before a bait change.

Yes Badfish... Tiny does love his Tikiman Snakes, we are getting spoilt for choice with the varity of softbaits at present, Gulp would still have to be tops for selection of colours and shapes, they now have more chicken flavours than KFC. Can't wait for the SLAM but they wouldn't want too many more baits like Bio-Bait to move into the market while we wait for their release date.

For me bio baits have fixed a couple of the more undesirable things I didn't like about gulps, like the drying out, what to do with a bait that was untouched but wet and not meant to go back into the packs... etc.

Yet to try those Madias Badfish they look the business for the deeper areas where there are no real bust off structure, I see the Japanese have been developing them over the past few years with great effect.  I did try a type of these last summer, it consisted of one of our #3 Deepwater rigs, a 7" Gulp poked up the middle of one of those cheap coloured squid lure skirts and a 6/0 long shank hook, worked well on the Snapper even after the Gulp got bitten off.

Not much those f----ing Cudas won't take

Badfish wrote: like the drying out, what to do with a bait that was untouched but wet and not meant to go back into the packs... etc.

Just dry them out on your **** and they can go back in the pack. I have been doing this for a long time and have had on probs
Dean

Definitey different than summer but very rewarding and I have found average size better than summer. You don't mind if there is a bit of time between fish so long as you know u are in the right place and they will turn up and pull some string soon.

A BF I got ya back for the 27th gave MIB a couple $ to get me a good mix of Bio-b and Tikis I promise to keep mys eyes of ya SSSSnakes on the next trip .

How can you moan about the juice in biobaits or sauce smells better then the crap on gulps and is one of the reasons they works so well i tke them out the packet and 
put them in a tray and they still have some goo on them but its not really 
much of an issue if it smelt bad then it might be but a quick wipe with
a towel and its sorted?

if you store them in a tray why not just wipe if off then put them away
for me its a non issue they are awesome baits and after the "new"
ones come out i will no longer have a reason to buy gulps

The slimey liquid on the Bio bait, is what they are made out of, the liquid in its raw form apparently.
They contain No petrochemicals and they have been found to be dissolving in fishes stomachs.
Will have a web site up soon biobait.co.nz with stockists,


Cheers Greg