Uncle josh pork frogs

[EasternPAfisherman]

any tips for next year? I'm gonna get some in the mail in a few days and want some tips for next year. I'm gonna get # 11 and some jumbo frogs and wanted to use them on jigs, any tips?

[Fishes in trees]

Back when, late 70's - early 80's, only had 1 rod, I was a bush hippie meat fisherman.  I personally ruined several 1 to 8 acre ponds by taking too many fish from them.  Not totally proud of that - part of my maturation process as a fisherman.

Anyway, that period of time, pork frog was my favorite bait.  Brown or green spots, a plain 1/8 oz jig head, 8 lb test, spinning rod.  Just throw it and fish it.  Try to polish the bottom without getting hung up.

As time went on, got older, acquired more & better tackle the spinning rig & pork frog took a back seat.  When you are rotating through several rods, trying different things, pork becomes a pain to deal with.  It is useless once it dries out.  You can put it back in the jar and try to rehydrate it for later use buy most of the time that don't work.

When you are rotating different baits , I just think that plastic trailers are less of a hassle.

The exception to that rule for me is during tournaments.  I fish as a co-angler (BFL) and once it becomes apparent to me that I'm going to be standing on the back deck pitching jigs the rest of the day, I'll have a pork frog on my jig.  If it dries out during a run, I don't care,  I'll just cut it off and put on another.

I think pork is a better jig trailer, but for my week to week fishing, I don't want to deal with the hassle of pork.

Another thought, it occurs to me that years ago Bass Pro and other tackle stores used to sell pork keepers, a kind of vinyl covered sponge that you'd dunk in the lake to get wet and then  it would velcro shut and keep the wet, tucked away next to your rod.  It has been a long time since I've seen any of those.  I'm going to go to the Uncle Josh web site and see if they still sell those.

Good luck learning to use pork baits.

[whoopbazz]

I used to fish J-n-P quite a bit.

I think you'll find a jumbo frog too big for PA. Also it makes an 1/8 oz jig fall too slow. Stick with the the size 11 or a 101. As far as sizes here in PA try 1/8 or 3/16 oz jigs. I liked black/blue in the spring and brown/orange in the fall. Visulize a crawfish on the bottom as far as working it...changeing your speed according to fish activity. I prefered jigs with rattles too and a little crawfish fish actractant.

[Chris]

if you want more action in your pork whack off the front fatty side up and make it look like a wedge. This lets the pork flap more and when you stick a fish you have less pork to get in the way. You can also cut lines from side to side on the fatty side that will make the pork almost jointed. It makes it more pliable and more fluid in motion. If you take a hole punch and punch out a hole in a coffee lid you can use the plastic circle as a trailer keeper. After you use the trailer for awhile the hole wears and this will give you more use out of it. If you first thread on a piece of plastic worm on the hook before you add the trailer it will keep the trailer from fouling up by preventing it from sliding up your hook. I sometimes use that high floating 3 x cyber plastic material instead of plastic to help control the fall rate when needed. Keep a container weighted with rocks or sand in the boat filled with water to keep it from drying out. You can also push a glass worm rattle into the trailer if you wanted to add a little rattle to it.