Deansey

I think a lot of it depends on you location, and the age of the body of water/course. Golf course architecture was my fathers greatest passion, and I grew up around quite a few golf course renovations/constructions. Water hazards are very difficult to remove, but they are often added and re-modeled. As a result you will likely encounter a lot of bodies that have zero fish in them. As a little kid I would often ask if there were fish in the water, and either a greens chair, greenskeeper, or my dad would usually say no. Additionally, I know that there are very few fish on the surrounding courses is my area. On my home course there is a fairly big pond and its either natural, or built before the 20th century. The only thing over an inch in that hole are giant koi that were stocked in there 20 years ago when they renovated the course. long story short, if you're going to fish on a golf course, the first thing you should look for is a pond that is very old and natural. Its highly unlikely that the water hazards are untouched eco systems, and even more unlikely that they are stocked. Now, its highly likely that this varies by region, as I wouldn't be surprised to see somebody flip into a hazard on a florida course and pull out a peacock that was introduced for conservation issues. most of all stay legal!!!! most of the courses near me have night rangers at the least. Im sure some have law enforcement that patrol occasionally. The last thing you want to do is get trespassing+ charges for enjoying yourself. You never know how kindly the members or administration take to others. if you can, speak to the ranger beforehand, or talk to the greenskeeper during the day. many of them live on course property and probably would be glad to give you the green light for the occasional 6 pack on their porch.

well, after you finish up that TN handle rod for me I'm never going back to EVA for freshwater again.

I saw them a few months back on Reddit/r/tacklebox the guy that got the deal with the factory basically had the same problem as you and put some links out for the community. As far as the skirts go you're probably out of luck there. You can always buy your own (just google rubber or silicone fishing skirts) and replace them, but you risk changing the way the air flows through the frog. P.s. Rubber skirts are round and silicone skirts are square.

what kind are you using right now? you're gonna run into durability issues any way you cut it with frogs, especially if you're catching them at a 35 per day clip. you might just want to get some Chinese cheepos off eBay. that being said I can weigh in on 3 frogs. Snagless (Ish's phat frog) Spro and Live Target. They're the most durable on the market. However, you're going to have to consider price. I personally think the phat frogs are the best at what they do, even though they look really cheap. As per usual, live target lures look really great, but I've never seen the value in the difference. In fact, I have never actually purchased a live target lure, but have been given/gifted quite a few. I'd say spro's are a happy medium. they look good, perform well, and the price isn't completely insane.

honestly, I thought they were just unsegmented swim baits before I they explained the action in the videos. As we both know though, even if you keep one of those on the surface, there not gonna disrupt the water much. That tail moves water like a backwards popper. If you look, the shape of the sides does a lot of work too!

those cork colored ones look great man. I might actually have to try those out since i really dislike holding and looking down at squishy, black, EVA. What would you compare the feel to? I used to have winn grips on a set of gold clubs when I was a child, and even then I remember them feeling much more like a soft rubber tennis racquet grip than the higher density rubber you see on most golf clubs. Although theres much less friction on a grip when you cast a rod versus when you swing a golf club, even as a little kid those things wore down very fast.

pretty much signed up to say this. Has anybody ever seen a topwater lure that gets its action from the tail? already pre ordered in two patterns and might have to take a shot at making my own if i can't wait until september.