I Want To Frog Fish But My Areas Have No Lillies Or Slop, No Structure Either, Just Drop Off

[Matthew Veillion]

Can i walk it or can i fish it some other way?

[Gatorbassman]

Do you have frogs?

[Catch N Release]

Out with my buddie last summer and the fish werent biting much,,,as a spoof i put a zoom toad on a mo-jo rig as we were fishin a deep drop off.Within 10 minutes of putting it on i had 2 nice smallies and one walleye.Havnt done it since,but we find when the bass arent slappin on top,we let it drop down and work it like free falling senko.

[unionman]

Walk it in open water. If they are hitting the top it will work.

[BassAssassin726]

Fish very early in low light. Fish will be busting the surface, if they are, throw that frog. I fish a quarry lake with only logs and fallen trees for shoreline cover, no veg, no lilles. When im there at like 5am and i see fish busting the surface i immediately tie on a frog and slay them. Cast it, let the ripples fully go away and start a stop and go retrieve. I like 3-4 twitches or walks and then stop until the ripples go away again. Open water frogging rocks! Great article in a recent Bassmaster with Dean Rojas. It opened my eyes to open water froggin.

[A-Rob]

Switch to a worm

or switch you lakes haha

[J Francho]

[redboat]

I went to a local class a couple years ago that a pro does from time to time. He explained how to rig a frog, where to throw them, etc. Pretty good stuff. So for about a year I kept a frog rigged, threw it a few times to an hour every time I went out.

It got hit pretty regularly, but I could NEVER get a hook set no matter what I did. I told a buddy about that; he suggested I try a trailer hook. I rigged up a swivel and a weedless octopus hook as a trailer - then I hooked up EVERY TIME I threw the frog. Problem was, the biggest bass I caught was about a pound.

I don't throw frogs any more.

[Scorcher214]

What kind of trailer hook did you use redboat? A single straight shank hook? I've never used them on frogs but in open water, it couldn't hurt.

[redboat]

What kind of trailer hook did you use redboat? A single straight shank hook? I've never used them on frogs but in open water, it couldn't hurt.

I had some small weedless Gamagatsu (sp?) circle hooks, about a #1-0 I think. I used a small swivel, small enough that I had to jam the split ring onto the main frog hook, the split ring at the other end I threaded through the eye of the circle hook. Like I said, it worked pretty well but all I caught was little bass so I gave up on it.

With the small weedless hook it wouldn't get hung up even in lilly pads or heavy slop.

[5dollarsplash]

I've had some of my best frog luck while walking in open areas off of cover. Walk it real slow and let it take on water and slowly sink. I've had some big ones nail it when its 6" under the surface in its slow fall.

[MarkH024]

Frogs always produce quality fish. Granted I was fishing in some thick lilies and vegetation, you can catch them in open water if the circumstances are right. Just like BassinAssissin said, if they're active on the top, doesn't hurt to try it. It never hurts to have a frog or two in your arsenal. I have an entire box of just frogs, along with soft body plastic frogs too. It's an addicting way to fish!

[B@ssCrzy]

Stanley Ribbits are my favorite for open water...buzz em like a buzz bait and chomp chomp!! If your talking hollow body frogs I have not had a lot of success with those. Tried to learn the walk the dog technique, but for the life of me I can't figure it out.

[iceintheveins]

Try skipping them back into shady pockets under trees and brush during the middle of the day. You will get bit, often as soon as it hits the water.

[mikey5string]

I think that there are better options for drop offs with no cover on top. Frogs are unlikely to swim out into open water, the fish wait in the pads/grass to ambush them. If the bass are breaking they are chasing baitfish. A better option would be a buzzbait. You could walk the frog to try to imitate a fleeing baitfish but thats kind of backwards when there are inexpensive buzzbaits that will do the job much better.

If you HAVE to throw the frog, get it as close to the bank as you can. On the bank is even better, then just hop it in. If bass are going after frogs, you will get hit right away.