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I recently got a Spro baby poppin frog. I took it out on the water today and it got a lot of attention! I got 9 or 10 blowup but not a single hookup! Any advice would be most welcome!

How do you guys cut the legs on your frogs? Very short or leave them long? And what are the benefits of long or short legs?

This is my third video of some highlights from April including my Fiance's first bass. Took some of yall's comments on board and found a software program that will work on my laptop (kind of).

Swapping out the trebles on my blade baits with single hooks. I've selected the VMC In Line Hooks to do this job. I also just picked up a pack of #5 Spro Power Split Rings. They are much more "sturdy" and "springy" than the ones that are currently on my blade baits. I think this will be a good move. However, I have two sets of split ring pliers and neither can open the gap enough to get the hooks on! What make/model pliers do you folks use? Thank you!

When I started throwing frogs for largemouth bass, I was under the impression that if I matched the local forage I would be in a position to give the fish what they were feeding on the most in the region that I was fishing in. Here in central Ontario, most bass fed on leopard frogs which are either green or brown on the topside and usually white on the bottom. Some bass would eat bullfrogs on occasion which were green with a yellow coloured belly. Really, it came down to what was found on the body of water I was fishing. So when it came time to buy my frogs, I focused on green leopard frog patterns that came with a white/yellow type of belly. I rounded out my selection based on what frog fishing guru Dean Rojas stated during one of his many interviews, selecting a couple of all black and all white frogs. Every hollow bodied frog purchased was one of the Spro Bronzeye family. Little did I know how important those selections would be. Over the last few days I found myself in swamp after swamp, searching for some big largemouth to inhale my green leopard frog patterned lures. I saw the frogs hopping around everywhere, so I was pretty sure I could convince the fish to eat what I was throwing. It started well and I was catching fish on numerous casts but nothing over 1lbs in size. Believing that I was throwing the right lure as I was getting bites, I continued using this frog the next day…but while the numbers were there, the size was lacking. So I decided to make a switch. I looked through my box of topwater lures and decided to tie on an all black frog. I threw the new colour into the same water with the same retrieve that I used on the leopard frog patterned lure, only this time the fish were all over it and were bigger in size. Suddenly I was connecting with fish in the 2-3lbs range and nothing smaller which made me one happy camper. The weather was a mix, with the sun being out sometimes and overcast at others. The fish were relating to lily pads and dock edges with lead in cover. I know that time will tell if this pattern of larger fish liking black frogs will hold up, but for now, I’m definitely a convert and believer that black frogs catch more and bigger fish than the classic leopard patterned ones. As many of you know I’m a devout Daiwa product user, but this time I wanted a change. Working at Bass Pro, I want to make sure that I was using gear that other anglers had expressed an interest in so that I could provide them with feedback on its performance. After speaking with the Canadian frogman Pete Garnier about rod selection, he outlined the benefits of the Quantum Smoke 7’ MHF action rod and the success he had found with it while frog fishing here in Canadian waters. I matched the rod with a Team KVD left handed bait casting reel with a 7.0:1 gear ratio and an amazing 16lbs of drag behind it. After loading it with 65lbs timber brown Power Pro Super 8 Slick, I felt confident that I could horse big fish out of the slop I was expecting to fish and this combo didn’t disappoint. Below are two fish, showing the difference in size when it came to fishing the two different coloured frogs. Cheers, and sorry for the long write up but I really wanted to share my experience on this the start of my hollow bodied frog journey. I was mentioning to a friend that I’ll probably have a whole box devoted to frogs by the end of the summer…and that’s not such a bad idea I think.

Got out for a few hours before work on friday. Finally felt conditions were right to try out my new spro rat 40. Water temps were high 60s, and the skies were overcast air temp high 50s low 60s. I was correct the conditions were perfect for the rat i got 7 lmb in just over 2 hours. What a blast nothing huge biggest was 3.4 all others were between 1 and 2.8oz.

What is everyone's favorite frog these days? The jig is my go-to bait of choice, but with all of the great frogs out now, I have jumped on the bandwagon just a bit. I found these Lunker Frog's at Wal-Mart. Wow. Drag this dude over some lily pads, and DANG. Just saying. So what is the best in your opinion? Spro, Lunker Frog, KVD ?? Colors?

What is the best swimbait? Never fished swimbaits before, looking for one in bluegill or other sunfish colors, perch too. How do you rig these swimbaits too? Saw a video of these guys fishing them and it briefly showed them screwing it in to the hook. You cant rig these like a soft plastic? any reccomendations?

Any opinions on this bait? They look nice and they don't seem too expensive either.

Hello everyone, I've been looking to get into frog fishing and im going to buy a spro topwater frog. I am stuck on which one to buy and which colors. So what is each spro frog's advantage and which is your favorite? Which are the best colors for day w/ clear skies, day w/ clouds and nighttime Thanks - Welds

This stems from another great thread about "what's the best frog on the Market"- After posting several times in there, and being such a big fan of frog fishing, I realized this needs a whole new thread...but I reccomend checking that thread out! ( http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/102691-spro-scum-or-live-target-frogs/page__st__15 ). But as I thought about "Whats THE best frog?" I thought to myself- Impossible to answer. It's become too large of a market...I remember when the scum frog and snag proof were pretty much your choices and they were super cool and 'ground breaking'...so never forget who laid the ground work. But since then the market has BOOMED...there's walking frogs, spitting frogs, popping frogs, "gurgling" frogs, BIG frogs, small frogs, "regular" frogs...etc, etc. And this is pertaining only to Soft, Hollow-Body Frogs. Not to mention all the soft plastic and hard body frogs out there...It can get overwhelming...I think the frog is under-utilized. In the sense that...with Crankbaits, with soft plastics, etc. we have so many factores that determine what we use and why and when. Depth, water clarity, vegetation, water temp, I could go on for days. Hollow frogs need to be looked @ in a similiar fashion. People just say 'I'm going frogging" and throw on a frog...Not taking into account vegetation style/type, thickness of vegetation, weater, wind, fish's "mood", etc. etc. This should be done and will increase your frogging exponentially! So below is a list of "types" of frogs and my favorite for each category. I think this will help you realize t hat there's more to it than just chucking out a frog you like and pullin it to the boat. 1. General purpose frog that spits and "hops" over mats very weedlessly- Spro or Koppers cannot be beat. Spro's ONLY downfall to me (otherwise perfect general frog) is that it's a little firm...newer frogs have been made much softer. I dont have the biggest hook up problem w/ frogs but if u do, go w/ Koppers. 2. A Frog that makes lots of noise and does all the "work" for you/good in open water as well: Deps Basirisky frog...forward arching legs make it gurgle/shimmy like a jitterbug. Great on edges of pads and @ night. OR River2sea "Step Wa" Frog- I've never used it but videos can be seen on youtube. Has a clear from lip just like a jitterbug lip...rest of the frog is the same as any weedless, hollow-body frog. 3. A Frog that "walks the dog" easily: TW stopped carrying another frog that i cant remember the name of...an expensive japanese frog w/ a swivel to attach a small colorado blade or a single skirt....walked better than any frog, as easily as a spook. But now the best walking frog is the Jackall Iobee...their "finish" and "realism" may not be #1, but the design is to me...the hook is built around that frog...perfection...The legs are just right length and phenomonal living rubber that just flares perfectly n slowly, It is also sealed extremely well from any water getting in, and it walks quite easily thanks to a keel weighted hook inside and a keel-shape. I've heard the booyah walks well too...snag proof makes a spook-style hollow-body bait also. 4. A Finesse Frog- Koppers smallest size is a true "finesse frog"...River2sea's smallest is a good downsizer, and of course the spro Jr. The spro Jr. downsizes the least, then the river2sea is just a tad smaller, the smallest koppers is a real little guy but still has enough weight to throw out there just fine. Like I said in the thread above ^- I had a tournament I won in the last 20-25 minutes by downsizing my offering after beating a small creek arm HARD with other frogs. 5. A BIG frog for BIG Bass when the bite is ON: The ish monroe giant frog is a good BIG frog and he's had some great success with it and Koppers offers a largest size that is nice n big and the Evolve Nervous Walker is a pretty large/wide frog with beads inside and nice soft rubber, good hook ups! 5. A popping/spittin' frog- Hands down- The SPRO popping frog. Paycheck baits makes one that looks decent/different but the spro spits the way it should, it's a great bait. Scum frog makes a weak attempt at a popping frog IMO...but it'll catch em just not "pop" all that much. 6. Miscellaneous/hard body/open water frog: The koppers field mouse- soft body- AWESOME! The River2sea dahlberg frog intrigues me A LOT... i haven't had the chance to really put it thru it's paces yet but it's a hard body frog but always lands rightside up, has a great weedless feature so will be FINE in mats...and witha steady DOWNWARD pull it dives downward...and if u continue to do long pulls downward it can get down to like 5-6 feet and look just like a frog trying to borrow itself under something to survive...Also in scattered open mats popping it along the mats then diving it under the "holes/openings" should be incredible...It's versatile and great. The Koppers makes a hard body spook style bait thats a very realistic frog profile...great open water bait already done well w/ it. Subtle walker. Then there's that new weird Molix frog/crankbait deal...looks ridiculous to me just thought I'd mention it. The point is...asking "what's the best frog on the market?" is becoming like asking "what's the best single soft bait on the market?" or "What's the best crankbait on the market?"---It's become too large a market with too big an array of options for what you need out of the frog...There is frogs for every situation now and it helps to have 1 of each @ least if u care about froggin'. And frogging yields some LARGE bass as we know. And as far as hook-up ratio problems go...make sure you're using the right gear.... and you need to practive patience, once you see the BLOW UP your natural reaction is to do exactly that---REACT! DON'T react right away...wait til you make sure that frog is under the water and reel down and get that slack up- then set the jaw off of that fish! Gear plays a big role in this as well. IMHO You NEED a good stiff, fast blank...a frog specific rod would be great but if not, a heavy jig rod or flipping rod...I prefer a little over 7 feet for frogging, 7'2"-7'4" but 7'6" will do if it's all you have and so will 7foot. Second I think a high speed reel is needed for the same reasons you want the longer rod...a lot of "slack" is involved in frog fishing, u need to be able to "pick up" line and move line FAST. So a long rod, and a fast reel helps a TON. Lastly...I am a flourocarbon/mono guy...I rarely use braid but I do believe that braid is the only way to go for heavy-mat frog fishing. It has 0 stretch, enables u to CUT (literally) thru vegetation...and it floats well and has extreme responsiveness to your frog. You don't NEED all 3 of these things to fish frogs. But the more you can afford to employ, the better your frog fishing will be. If you don't have a longer rod use the longest you have and stiffest u have, but u have a high speed reel..a 7 footer w/ a high speed is just FINE. If you don't have a high speed but have a nice stought, long rod then use the fastest reel you have. If you don't like Braid or don't want to pay for it then a good ABRASION resistant heavy mono or co-polymer can be great too...I find the line to be the least important of the 3, u dont NEED braid...I use mono and copolymer sometimes if I'm not in the heaviest of heavy stuff and our water clarity is very clear...I often punch w/ my frog rods too so even w/ all that vegetation I just dont have the confidence w/ braid because I believe fish CAN see braid and that's a whole 'nother thread right there. I believe you lose bites, plain and simple unless it's topwater frogging. Keep in mind even in our HEAVY vegetation our visibility is easily 5-7 ft. @ the worst...we have 15 ft. and up visibility out here...most of our lakes are very clear here in Massachusetts. So if Braid's not ur thing, or you dont wanna pay, or for wahtever reason, then I reccomend, If you don't mind paying a little, Sunline Machinegun Test Co-Polymer is greattt for frogging. Extremely abrasion resistant, very low stretch and manageable, good line. It's about 17$ for 165$ yard...I'd use 20-25lbs test. If you don't wanna pay that much the new Trilene XL "Armor Coated" is great- the manageability of XL with an abrasion resistant coating, and less stretch...again 20-25lbs test for heavy vegetation. I have only found Armor Coated XL to go up to 20# on TW but that's just fine. This is inexpensive @ 9.95 for 220 yards. Berkley "BIG GAME" is great too. Thanks for reading and I hope this helps some more with the great frog debate!!! If you have any more questions or anything feel free to contact me via PM or post it right on in here! Hope this helps some people!!!