Frog Fishing!!

[bmorgan0714]

Hey bass resource members I need your help I'm fishing a pond with lily pads covering the water and I want to fish a soft plastic frog. What would be the best frog and also a hook that would be weedless so I want snag on lily pads. That's the thing I'm looking for the most is something that will not hook onto lily pad and get me stuck.

[MarkH024]

Any hollowbody frog on the market will work. Or get a Rage Frog with a 5/o gama ewg hook. Also search here for frog fishing. 100 topics on this. Good luck!

[BassinLou]

^^^^^ what he said^^^^^

[SwampLife]

I like Stanley ribbit frogs with a double take hook... Frog fishing is fun!!

[Sam Fisher]

Top water fishing is the best, get you a few hollow body frogs and have at it....

[Marty]

What would be the best frog and also a hook that would be weedless so I want snag on lily pads.

 

 

Take your choice of Horny Toads, Ribbits, Sizmic Toads and others, they all catch fish. It's not the hook that's weedless, it's the way you rig it. Depending on the thickness of the bait, I'd use a 4/0 or 5/0 extra-wide-gap hook, rigged "Texposed." You won't have to worry about snagging the pads, you might have to worry about getting a big fish out of the pads.

[martintheduck]

I fish EXACTLY the conditions you're talking about. I use Stanley Floating Ribbits (non-hollowbody style) with a 4/0 wide gap twist-lock hook. If you end up with a hollowbody frog, be sure to get a double hook. I prefer the 4/0 size on frogs because the barb sits more toward the middle of the body instead of the end, thus giving me better performance in the heavy cover.

[bmorgan0714]

Also what size weight should I use when frog fishing if its a soft plastic frog

[Snakehead Whisperer]

Haven't seen it mentioned in the thread, but you should throw your frog on 30lb. braid or heavier (most opt for 40-50lb afaik.) I like 30lb for the castability. That way if you do get snagged you can pull yourself free. It will also help when pulling a fish through that vegetation. 14lb. mono or heavier is also an option, but I'd go with the braid personally. 

 

As for size, it probably won't matter much. Larger frog will weed out smaller fish (maybe,) although I've had bluegill and crappie strike XL frogs before. A 12" bass can easily eat a 4" frog in real life. 

 

edit: just realized you asked about size of the weight. I'd use no weight at all with a soft plastic frog like a horny toad, although I'm sure some will recommend weights. These things cast a country mile with no weight added. You can also insert a worm rattle into the body for added noise/vibration. I like the brass ones. As for hooks I'd definitely use a 5/o swimbait hook. The Zoom Horny Toad hooks in red are usually my choice. 

[martintheduck]

Haven't seen it mentioned in the thread, but you should throw your frog on 30lb. braid or heavier (most opt for 40-50lb afaik.) I like 30lb for the castability. That way if you do get snagged you can pull yourself free. It will also help when pulling a fish through that vegetation. 14lb. mono or heavier is also an option, but I'd go with the braid personally. 

 

As for size, it probably won't matter much. Larger frog will weed out smaller fish (maybe,) although I've had bluegill and crappie strike XL frogs before. A 12" bass can easily eat a 4" frog in real life. 

 

edit: just realized you asked about size of the weight. I'd use no weight at all with a soft plastic frog like a horny toad, although I'm sure some will recommend weights. These things cast a country mile with no weight added. You can also insert a worm rattle into the body for added noise/vibration. I like the brass ones. As for hooks I'd definitely use a 5/o swimbait hook. The Zoom Horny Toad hooks in red are usually my choice. 

 

The heavy braid is touchy for me. I use 14lb flouro to keep my frogs right on top the water. So far, I haven't had a problem getting super snagged. (the stanley ribbits non-hollow don't float entirely too well, but the bass just eat em up. any heavy lb line tends to weight them down and go under the water just a few inches and really messes up the presentation).

Also what size weight should I use when frog fishing if its a soft plastic frog

 

 

Well, are you using top water frogs? Top waters, no weight. If you're trying to fish them under water, which I never do, just a 1/8th bullet is good, are a keel weighted swimbait hook. I strictly use frogs to topwater.

[Snakehead Whisperer]

The heavy braid is touchy for me. I use 14lb flouro to keep my frogs right on top the water. So far, I haven't had a problem getting super snagged. (the stanley ribbits non-hollow don't float entirely too well, but the bass just eat em up. any heavy lb line tends to weight them down and go under the water just a few inches and really messes up the presentation).

 

 

Well, are you using top water frogs? Top waters, no weight. If you're trying to fish them under water, which I never do, just a 1/8th bullet is good, are a keel weighted swimbait hook. I strictly use

frogs to topwater.

Usually yes, topwater. But I swim them too, and when I do it's without weight.

[Grizzn N Bassin]

I use 65 pound braid just BC the place I go froging is lily pad heaven... the resivoir is engulfed all summer and I've lost fish using 40 pound.. I got a few fish over 7 and I'll.tell you what If.I didn't have high braid on I would of lost the fish , my 12 dollar frog "live target" and about 15 dollars worth of line.. that would have gotten me a little ticked..