Best Time To Use Top Water Frogs

[Shawn9106]

Will frogs work other then in the morning and night ? im talking top water poppers

[CalebWVU]

They'll work just about any time, but I'd say morning and night are generally more productive.

[Shawn9106]

i never knew you could use them all day, i would quit about 10 in the morning and start back around 8ish at night haha

[webertime]

How's this... Fished a tournament Saturday up on Missisquois Bay (Where David Dudley won the Champlain FLW). We gave the reef a break at noon and went to the backwater. Sunny, very few clouds, water is LOW (77 degrees) and the weeds/pads are lacking this year. I threw into 8" of very clear water near an isolated group of pads and had a 2lber smack my frog. We had several more blow ups before we got sketched out about getting the 522 we were in stuck and moved back to the reef. Fish them anytime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mikey5string]

All day.

The frog has been my number one produce this summer by far.

Bass LOVE frogs. Theyre a nice sized, easy meal loaded with protein. They live in the same places bass hunt; aquatic vegetation close to shore. They swim on top and cant see an ambush from below. I think a bass would go for a frog over chasing a shad or getting a mouthful of claws and shell any day.

I always have a rod with a frog tied on and I throw it at anything green close to shore. I will get hits as soon as it hits the water. If not, I will twitch it once and get hit. I rarely use them in open water or away from shore but have caught fish walking them in open water.

Frogs are a classic, proven bass bait, big bass too. I catch bigger bass more consistently with a frog than any other bait.

Jackall Iobee frog is a great one, it is expensive though. The boo yah pad crasher is a great lower priced alternative. The pastic is softer than other brands and allows for better hook up ratios.

[LgMouthGambler]

The times to use frogs are very optional. I like to use them to try and find the fish in heavy cover. They will attack them all times of the day. Bass tend to hit topwater all day long as long as the conditions are right. Spooks work great, but not in heavy cover, which is when I use a frog. Down here in S Fl, I like to throw them in heavy pads, and see if there are any fish in the area. Its a hard bait to throw just because when you see the hit you tend to want to set the hook and pull them in. You have to be a little patient with them. BooYah is a great frog and I get better catch ratios with them. The best way is throw it, let it hit the water, let the ripples die out, then give it a few tugs, let it sit, and give it a few more. Keep repeating, and walk along the cover. Use heavy braid, and if you see the hit, give it a few seconds check for line tension, and if its there, set the hook. Its a tough skill to master, but when you get it down, it can be very rewarding.

[mikey5string]

plus one for lgmouths point about heavy cover. Youd be hard pressed to find a more weedless bait than a hollow body frog.

[iceintheveins]

I use frogs more in sunny conditions than in cloudy ones. This is because those conditions are conducive to bass holding under thick surface vegetation, and in shaded pockets along the shoreline. Both are the best places to throw a frog. So if you can't find thick vegetation, throw to the shoreline shade!

[NewEnglandFishing]

I barely have luck with my frog. I have the Lunkerhunt Croaker in green. It's a mid-size frog. I most fish off shore on a local pond. Can hear frogs, but very little lily pad. However, I have fished it in heavy lily pad from my canoe and have never gotten a bite.

 

Any recommendations for maybe a different frog, or anything to add to this one to make it more attractive? I hear people putting rooster tails on them. I am in the Northeast if that matters.

[tcbass]

35 minutes ago, NewEnglandFishing said:

I barely have luck with my frog. I have the Lunkerhunt Croaker in green. It's a mid-size frog. I most fish off shore on a local pond. Can hear frogs, but very little lily pad. However, I have fished it in heavy lily pad from my canoe and have never gotten a bite.

 

Any recommendations for maybe a different frog, or anything to add to this one to make it more attractive? I hear people putting rooster tails on them. I am in the Northeast if that matters.

 

Buy a cheap Booyah and make a paddle tail frog. 

 

 

 

[J Francho]

All day.

[jbmaine]

I like a rage tail toad. Keep your rod tip up with a steady retrieve and they will run on the surface, slow down and they will run sub surface. I've caught a lot of fish on them just under the surface and /or stopping and let it sink.

[tcbass]

36 minutes ago, jbmaine said:

I like a rage tail toad. Keep your rod tip up with a steady retrieve and they will run on the surface, slow down and they will run sub surface. I've caught a lot of fish on them just under the surface and /or stopping and let it sink.

 

 

Used to be my go too frog. Caught a lot by just letting the sink in the landing too. 

[Arlo Smithereen]

I use a frog all day long. Sometimes they inhale it and sometimes they just swipe at it. Either way, it lets me know the fish are there. If I miss them on the frog, I pick up my flippin rod and throw right back with a soft plastic bait. 

[Smalls]

A good chunk, if not most of my frog bites are early afternoon, high sun and high temps. 

 

Early morning/ later evening I get almost no frog bites. I’ll switch to a walking bait or popper and comb just outside of cover areas. Seems to draw them out more. 

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10 hours ago, Smalls said:

A good chunk, if not most of my frog bites are early afternoon, high sun and high temps.

Same here, I haven't figured out the how and why, but mid day sunny day usually between 1 and 3 PM is good for a couple of big fish in some places around me. Of course dragging a frog through the thick gnarly stuff is also good any time of day. I'll usually go to a popper or buzzbait early and late, and switch to a frog if I get no love (unusual) or if the grass is just too thick.