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This is the best thing I've added to my boat this year.
I know some on here are very familiar with this device but I was a nay sayer about nibblets. Now that I can pump up my jig bodies with nibbles, I have found my hook up percentage has doubled.
WHo uses one?
I use mine all the time. Less time spent dealing with getting minnows out of the bucket then getting them hooked. Fish off, line back down, and I can catch more fish per hour that way.
There were times this spring when the only thing catching crappie was tubes filled with nibbles from a bait pump.
Right now I believe injecting our tubes with the bait pump is helping a lot.
That looks really interesting. I've briefly heard/read about people using them, but never knew exactly what they were. Does this work for gills as well?
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Does this work for gills as well?
For all the no's on the poll....try one its definatly worth the small investment....it will improve your catch rate.
If I am not using a hair jig, I am using minnows or tubes and you can bet the tube is gonna be pumped up with nibbles. Matter of fact, I have 2 of them incase something happens to one of them. I don't think you will find a better constructed peice of equipment for your tackle box. The quality is unmatched and the shipping is super fast.
I'm telling ya, this is why I put the poll up here. Since I started using it, my HOOK-UP rate has doubled. I mean, who wouldn't want to catch more fish?
Does the nibble "mush" ever reach a point after being in the pump to where it's too dry to squish out into the tube like you want it to.......or maybe need to be moistened before putting in the pump??
I have 4 of em for different colors. I use chart mainly.I have BPs with nibbles from last year that don't need to be "moistened up". I LOVE EM!
Jigster
We really kill em in the fall with the pump !!!!!!
Yea, if anything the tip is like a tip on your mustard in the frig. you just send a little thru and any part that got dried out comes right thru.
We love the BaitPump and they are practically indistructable but I did let mine roll off the edge of my boat onto the floor and it broke a piece off of the tip. The tip has to be so small to get inside of the tube jigs. It still works just not as neatly as before.
Like Sac said the Crappie Nibbles will stay as fresh in the BaitPump as they do in the jar. I usually just push the dry out of the stem and put it back in the pump to mix with the fresh.
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Originally Posted by luvjign
good question,I'd like to know that myself.
Originally Posted by luvjign
Does the nibble "mush" ever reach a point after being in the pump to where it's too dry to squish out into the tube like you want it to.......or maybe need to be moistened before putting in the pump??
See my post above.
I had the tip of mine break and I emailed them about it. They sent me a new tip section that day!
Have it, but don't use it a lot since I don't use tubes very often. I guess my only complaint is it's difficult to hold your tube jig and turn the bait pump at the same time. Example is I only used tubes 2 time this year and only part of each trip when it was used.
I have never had a problem with them drying inside the pump, only a little at the tip.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiptomylu
And as for holding the tube while twisting the pump, I don't have a problem with that either, the tube fits snug on the tip and when it pumps, as it fills it pushes the tube off. If you hold it, it may over pump and start tearing the tubes.
I done got a cravin' flung on me now.........gotta get one:D .
oh there might be a very small amount in the tip,but you can push that out and get to fresh,,,i have 1 that has been loaded for as long as two months(have more than 1 with different color loaded)and no problems(great product)Quote:
Originally Posted by luvjign
You guys sure make a lot of fuss about those tube enemas. Are those tube enemas the 'real' reason why those fishes you catch are so fat? haha
Load up a turkey injector and it works great. $1.50 at the Dollar Store.
Yea, I heard the turkey baster/injector but that won't fit in my pocket. I like this little device. In a world of $3-4 a gal gas, who can really even compare spending $15 bucks to $1.50. Mama always told me this...You get what you pay fer.
I believe the bait pump is an excellent tool. I am not sure it gets me any more bites, but there is no doubt they will hold on to the jigs longer without spitting them out.
This is the time of year to be using tube jigs and a Bait Pump thats for sure!
OK everyone. Been looking into these for awhile and just ordered one online. Hope it is good. I am putting a "YES" on the pole.
turkey basters, little kid medicine syringes are nice i guess but neither are as easy at the baitpump. its a genius product that pretty much enhanced my catch rate by 100%. is it because it catches more fish than just a nibbler on the hook? no. but i spend about 1/2 the time rebaiting. thus more time with my bait in the water.
I have one and love it. I took a piece of airline tubing and heated the ends and sealed that end together. Slip the open end over the bait pump and itkeeps it from drying out as well as protects the end.
that is great tool I'm going to buy one....Crappies and Raiders? OMGsh is this Heaven?Quote:
Originally Posted by sac-a-lait
CJ
Yes......Crappie heaven!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappieJed
I have never seen one until I stumbled across this thread. It looks like it will solve my problem/issue with using crappie nibbles in that they fall off easy. I am going to get one.
LB
I ordered one today, it really looks good.Quote:
Originally Posted by sac-a-lait
Thinking about ordering one. Looking at em online. But first I have to try some syringes that I have and see if they have enough pressure to do the same thing. I guess I am very frugal. (tightwad);)
slipfloater, Good luck! I know the baitpump works. I remember when it was first on here and a bunch of people were doing the same thing as you. I believe a lot of them bought the pump. It WORKS!
haven't heard of one until I saw this thread. Ordered one today. hope it works as good as it looks
i dont own the pump...i never used the nibbles but i have a jar..i went down to the pond this evening...fished jigs no nibbles...put on some nibbles and got bites immediately...you guys may be on to something here
CJ
Tried syringe , Ordered one of the bait pumps this morning, think it will work
my first experience with crappie nibbles was about 7 years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappieJed
i have a spot i can fish from shore during the crappie spawn that would generally produce sporadically. i would go and hammer them or i would go and catch 1 or 2 over a couple of hours. this was frustrating at times as it was quite a trek to get there. i would use maribou jigs or tube jigs, no other bait really....then in 04, i was fishing not catching anything, when i looked at the jig package and it had a little sample tube of nibbles (not berkley ones but a dough bait nonetheless) and i put it on. immediately i caught a fish. nice slab crappie. put another one on, caught a fish. another and another and another until i had used up all 10 nibbles in the 2 tubes from the 2 packs of jigs i bought. didn't catch another fish.
i've been using nibbles ever since. been a 2 year user of the bait pump.
on maribou jigs i have a jar that i water down and dip them in.
Nibbles are effective, but, it is impossible to inject them into solid body tubes and curly tails, even with a bait pump. Unless this is another of the many secrets that I've missed out on?
Just got mine. Haven't got to use it, but a very well made product and MADE IN USA!