68camaro

Congrats, I haven't landed a bass yet on frog as I just started but I have had 4 or 5 swats, one took the frog under but I lost it setting hook to fast, and I saw ones head come up just behind my frog. If I can only control my urge to yank when I get hit I'll hopefully land my first.....

This is something I really try to focus on, but is not easy. I find myself liking jigging and throwing frogs over matts. ponds I fish in really don't have structures or trees laying in or over water to throw to. It's kinda like open water with pads and matts around edges. I focus on shaded areas, points and wind blown sided but still seems very hit or miss. Was out for hour last night caught two in about 1 :15 minutes, one jigging right off bank in matts another with drop shot and 5 feet off back just beyond matts.

Thanks all, I pond bank fish so I really try to have a plan, I fish the close in bank from side to side then expand out. I do try top, middle, bottom as well, I usually only get to fish for 1-3 hours at a time so I need to make my casts count. I do have a reason for each cast. I have started documenting catches so hopefully I will see trends and with more time on water develop than gut instinct.

I am very new to bass fishing, I have a zillion questions but the most pressing is how long do you stick with a presentation or technique before moving on? Is it bait or technique specific? Basically, when fishing how long will you use same lure or fish same spot without hits before deciding to switch? I really don't know if it 10 minutes or 2 hours? Also, I discovered hollow body frogs and love it, have had a bunch of slaps/attacks but not landed any yet? Do you need more patience with frogs? Thanks all Chuck

New bass fisherman, going on three weeks now. Have been long time trout fisherman but recently tried to catch some large mouth bass in local ponds on fly rod, landed a couple but mostly broke line and lost flies. Decided if I wanted bass it would be best to get a bass rod since all our setups were small ultralight trout rigs, OMG.....what a experience this has been! I thought I could just go in and get a spinning reel and ugly stick and I'd be off....not quite, walked out with St. Croix 6'6" med heavy fast action with Basspro bait casting reel they had on sale, very nice set up. It took awhile to get control of bait casting reel but now I like it, almost threw it into pond a few times:) Also recently bought G. Loomis E6x, 7'1" crank bait rod with Shimano Curato 200px reel. Look forward to being part of community, Chuck