GULP baits??

i have always been a firm believer in live bait. i would through cocahoes when the terd hustlers got to thick. since katrina there are no more bait shops here and last fall when the reds were runnin the bays there wasnt a live shrimp to be had. so i got me a bag of those gulps. RESULTS! i was surprised. those things realy work! especially the darker colors, round here. the only prob i have found with them is finding them. every time i go to academy or walmart thier sold out. its like some jerk keeps going down there and buying them all up! i have to say, results aside, i miss the days of tossing out some live shrimp behind a popping cork or a cajun thunder, kicking back and waiting while my shrimpies do all the work for me