Frog Colors

[nickw234]

I was looking to expand my hollow body frog collection. I was just wondering what colors you guys throw for cloudy and sunny days? Most lakes I fish are somewhat clear, but have a slight stain to them.

Thanks, Nick

[psuangler91]

I've come to the conclusion that color doesn't matter with frogs. I know a lot of people will disagree with me but I regularly fish a lake with gin clear water and get most of my blow ups away from the mat and have not noticed any one color that does better than the others. I catch them on black and red, bright green and yellow, brown, and dark green. I just won a club tournament on the Potomac with half my fish caught on frogs and I had five bites on a black and red but it started taking on water real bad and I didn't have another so I switched and got 4 more bites on a green and yellow. So here's my 2 cents, if they're biting frogs they're just worried about killing whatevers on top of the water, and half the time they're busting through a mat and probably never even see the colors.

[ww2farmer]

Exactly what the previous poster said. But I have seen a color change switch slappers and followers to hook ups, but that usually is a once or twice a year deal. Most of the time when the frog bite is on, any color will do. I carry two colors, a translucent Green pumpkin color (Spro or SK KVD, both work well for me) for clear, semi open water, and something with a yellow belly, I don't care what color the back is,as long as it's green or brown, both work fine, thats a good general purpose use, use in any type of water, frog color. IDK what it is about black or white for me, every one else likes those colors, but I can't buy a bite on them.

[Vinny Chase]

Pearl belly..that is the beginning and end of what colors I look for in a frog.

[webertime]

I've had a ton of fish fall for my Baby Blue colored Tru Tungsten frog. Color is the last thing I care about with frogs.

[buzzfrog]

Yep, give em yellowish white or black, know I have lots of colors, most is for me to see the frog.

LOL I am probably the only person to throw the Halloween color spro frog, can see it a mile away

[Kyle Mahaffey]

Can you fish them by grass and fallen trees or is it only by lilly pads. I say this because it depends of the water level for me, sometimes I can get to the pads sometimes I cant.

[nickw234]

Can you fish them by grass and fallen trees or is it only by lilly pads. I say this because it depends of the water level for me, sometimes I can get to the pads sometimes I cant.

I can fish them by all three of those things. Grass, fallen trees and lilly pads.

[Kyle Mahaffey]

Nice. Looking forward to Frog fishing.

[WookieeJedi]

I use a bright yellow leopard frog color with a white belly. I have used a darker bullfrog color, but the leopard frogs are more numerous here, so I use it almost exclusively now. Both of them catch fish. I think the action matters more than color. For that I like the Pad Crasher. The Live Target frog looks very similar, and works just as well for $5 more. I'll stick with the Crasher.

[buzzfrog]

Can you fish them by grass and fallen trees or is it only by lilly pads. I say this because it depends of the water level for me, sometimes I can get to the pads sometimes I cant.

H rod, 65-80 braid, fast reel, palmer knot, boy you can toss those things into anything except a grinfer

[countryfried]

just your greens will do fine. i have also noticed they will bust the bait regardless wat color it is

[BassThumb]

I don't think it matters a whole lot. I prefer black frogs, regardless of conditions. I've occasionally seen light colored frogs outfish black ones, but for the most part, I think you can get away with just black.

[Bluebasser86]

Sunny days=black

cloudy days=black

anything in between=black

doesn't have to be solid black, can have red, yellow, blue, whatever other colors on it, as long as it's mostly black. Like others have said color doesn't seem to matter much but I've found I seem to hook up more often with black frogs. My theory is they can see it better so it makes it an easier target for them to get.

[buzzfrog]

Sunny days=black

cloudy days=black

anything in between=black

doesn't have to be solid black, can have red, yellow, blue, whatever other colors on it, as long as it's mostly black. Like others have said color doesn't seem to matter much but I've found I seem to hook up more often with black frogs. My theory is they can see it better so it makes it an easier target for them to get.

must be some diff bass lol, i can only get away with black at night, or in the ponds i fish, right after a long, say 3 day rain, other than that crystal clear, like 3 feet down, only yellow or green/brown colors..

[nickw234]

must be some diff bass lol, i can only get away with black at night, or in the ponds i fish, right after a long, say 3 day rain, other than that crystal clear, like 3 feet down, only yellow or green/brown colors..

Same with me thats why I asked the question. I kept reading about how black works, I went and got some black frogs and haven't gotten any hits yet. Ill keep trying with them but I am definitely going to try some greens, and yellows.

[WookieeJedi]

A bullfrog has a very dark color when they are in the water. The black may be working better where there are more bullfrogs. I got plenty of both, with the majority being leopard frogs, but since both are so plentiful, it could explain why the color has made little difference where I fish. Maybe "match the hatch" is the way to go.

[nickw234]

A bullfrog has a very dark color when they are in the water. The black may be working better where there are more bullfrogs. I got plenty of both, with the majority being leopard frogs, but since both are so plentiful, it could explain why the color has made little difference where I fish. Maybe "match the hatch" is the way to go.

Ill have to do some reach on what kind of frogs hang around the lakes here in Orlando, but I think we have a lot of bullfrogs hanging around.

[Diggy]

I like to use black and cricket/brown color since it looks similar-ish to what we have locally. In heavy matter vegetation, I feel any color will work since they just hit it based on movement since they can barely see it.

[Bankbeater]

I have had luck with green and yellow. I tried black, but the only thing that went after that color was frogs.

[Aackask]

I've used black belly frogs and white with a hint of yellow and I find I get more hits with my lighter belly frogs no matter the conditions or time of day

[MDbassin]

So far this year the only frog they are biting for me is a black belly frog.

 

In general tho if I'm fishing over mats I don't think it matters as they don't get a real good look at it anyway.

 

Open water I keep it simple black belly, white belly, maybe a yellow belly

[Lil fat guy]

People seem to swear by different color frogs everywhere.  I think it has to do with both forage color and a fish's ability to see different colors in varying water clarity and light.  If someone is just getting into frog fishing I recommend they get 3, a black, white, and a more natural pearl or yellowish belly.  Try them all one will likely work great for you.  And get one popping frog.  I think I do better on it personally.  I think it's because fish don't have to see it as well, they are investigating the pop sound.

 

And don't be afraid to throw where frogs don't always stay.  Especially with a popping frog, I get bites out in the middle of the lake on it sometimes.  Frogs do mostly stay around the edge near cover, but a lot of that's because they know fish will eat them if they go for a joy swim in the middle!