Are 100 % Gulp

Fred Onion - powerbaits are even worse than exudes! Get some bios or squidgies as a point of difference to the gulp.

mate, biff the exudes, theyre useless 

I have caught Gurnards, Blue Cod and Barrocuta on excudes. I use mine when the coutas are about because they are hard on baits and excudes are quite cheap.  Never got a Snapper on one. Most of the excudes I have tried are quite stiff with poor 'action'. The long 'worm baits' from excudes have more action but only ever caught gurnard on them. 

I have found Powerbaits to be as good as most other baits, they are nice and soft.

Alot of people cant catch fish on plastics because they dont know how to work a lure its about the action with the plastics where as most of the berkleys i feel are more of a bait. If people fish soft plastics as they would a gulp dont expect the same results. I use both and have no probs catching fish on my tikis gamblers and so on while the old man uses gulp. I use gulp aswell and have nothing against them they are as durable as some plastics and always seem to work when theres fish on the bite or in the area. At the same time i get more satisfaction using the plastics because they look better and you have to fish them not just leave them for roddy the rod holder to catch the fish for you.

_macca__ wrote: Thats interesting. A guy at the boat show told me "If you want to learn how to soft bait properly use any brand. But if you simply want to catch fish use Gulp!"  (BTW he wasn't a Berkley sponsored pro)

Thats a big call....ive been thrased by a bloke who fished his rod in the rodholder all day so he could free his hands up to smoke and drink... wonder if he was doing it properly,i was jiggling the baits all day and got a few...maybe i wasnt doing it properly,but then again another bloke i know does this huge lift thingy then drops the rod tip to the water....maybe he was doing it properly,but the pros tell us to go wash fishing..is that doing it properly ...Damb still got a bit to learn,one thing i have learnt is use the baits that catch fish for you....now thats doin it properly ...... AC does alright on the exudes.infact hes the only person ive ever seen catch snapper on the exudes..Hard to tell if your doing it properly and i fail to see how a different brand of s/bs will help you do it properly..if gulps work use them,if non scented work for you use them,if allens snakes work for you ,use em..

I've caught nadda of any interest on the exude shads but have caught plenty on the crabs. Exudes and food source are at the bottom of my list for sure.

_macca__ wrote: A guy at the boat show told me "If you want to learn how to soft bait properly use any brand. But if you simply want to catch fish use Gulp!

I reckon that guys comment is probably pretty right. I'm certainly no gulp sponsored fisherman, and I use very few gulps at all. You can catch a hell of a lot of fish on them with very little experience so thats gotta be good. I just like to use other more durable ones that rely on more action.

Finatic wrote: Would have to be pretty damn flat for your softbait not to have action even if sitting in the rod holder, considering stretch in braid is a bout zip. Mr Rod Holder has caught fish in my boat on Slug-Gos and other unscented softies on calm days when its been flat as a mill pond. Drift provides movement. Anyone ever experienced 0 knots drift?

Yeah good point Simon, the point im getting at is the so called experts  telling people what to do when in reality where all different and have our own way of fishing s/bs and we all catch fish

That's one of the reasons it such a cool way to fish.

I had one mad session at motuhie where only exudes were catching. apart from that, a few other occasions only.