The Frog

[JWOA]

How you get this to work? I'm using 50 pound braid 7 to one gear ratio and a 7'6" medium heavy rod.

I'll pick up frogs today.

[loodkop]

Soft frogs (horny toad, ribbit etc) and hollow bodied frogs can be fished in the same places for the most part the main difference coming in the retrieve. I use the buzzing toad style like a buzzbait but in the thickest cover I can find. A steady medium fast retrieve is my basic and I will speed up or slow down as dictated by the bass. I reach for the hollow bodies when I want a slower walk the dog or popping retrieve. However frog applications are nearly endless and can also work in open water situations. The big pressure point for beginner froggers is the strike. The frog can provoke vicious strikes and the first instinct is to swing as soon as you see a swirl. Train yourself to drop the rod tip a the first sign of a strike, take up any slack and really whack him when you feel any weight or see the line move. I don't use a count before striking as imo not al bass take the same amount of seconds to eat the frog. Frogging to me is a full contact sport using big hooks, big line, big rods and big bass.

[BassinLou]

^^ What he said ^^

[5dollarsplash]

Your gear is good, tie good knots and hang on! 

 

As for frogs, I mainly use hollow bodies.  Livetarget is probably my favorite, but is also more costly.  The Snagproof Pro Series Tournament Frog is another I have multiple of, but at a much friendlier price point. 

[Kyle Mahaffey]

I love my Strike king Sexy frog and I like my other hollow body frog from booyah named pad crasher

[Grizzn N Bassin]

Also live.target frogs... are good I've been frogging for the last 2 weeks and caught a ton.. do what he said above me and you'll be golden

[200racing]

for hollow body frogs

you can make them walk the dog with very small twitches. jerk hard for a splash popper type retrieve or real slowly for a drag retrieve. also dont be afraid to let that puppy sit. 

 

and dont forgot to squeaze the water out of the body every couple of cast. 

[JWOA]

Alright then thanks for helping me...How do you walk the dog?

[CountBassula]

I recommend Booyah Pod Crasher JUNIOR. I noticed I catch same size bass on a smaller frog but my hookup ratio went way up. oh, and no drag. zero. nada. that was the trick to increasing my hookup ratio by 500%. also, conditions permitting, if you can cast onto the shore and then slowly pop the frog into the water, you get almost instant strikes, rather than dropping it a foot or two away from shore and into the water. i made that mistake few days ago, and dropped a frog right on top of a snakehead, spooking it in the process :-(

[Mike L]

On 6/5/2013 at 8:50 AM, loodkop said:

Glenn has a great video on this in the video section. This is 1 of those that is easier to show than tell.

 

The key to walkin is slack...Watch that video, it will definately help you

[BrettD]

for hollow body frogs

you can make them walk the dog with very small twitches. jerk hard for a splash popper type retrieve or real slowly for a drag retrieve. also dont be afraid to let that puppy sit. 

 

and dont forgot to squeaze the water out of the body every couple of cast. 

I like to leave the water in the bait they tend to sit lower in the water and have a larger displacement. Which moves more water and causes a bigger commotion.