Best Hollow Bodied Frog

[GaterB]

Hey everyone. I have recently fallen in love with frog fishing. I have been using the spro bronzeye, pad crasher, and koppers live target frogs. I was wondering if anyone has opinions about which hollow bodied frogs offer the best hooks or hook up ratio? Two days ago the bass were destroying my live target frog, but I wasn't getting a good hook set. I use a heavy rod and 50-65 lb braid for frogging, and pause for the fish to take the frog before swinging, but still couldn't manage to hook up with as many as I would have liked. I know that I'm going to miss a few fish on the frog, but if there is a brand of frog that would give me a better chance at burying the hook a little better, I'd like to know about it! Thanks!

[BrettD]

Bend the hooks out a little so they are just off the body of the frog. There hasnt been a frog I've used that didnt need some sort of bending of the hooks to fine tune them.I use spro popping frogs most of the time.

[ww2farmer]

On most all the frogs out there hook up ratio depends on the guy fishing, not the frog.

[aavery2]

Try the Jackall Iobee frog,

[lmbfisherman]

My favorite is Live Target, but I don't believe in the "best" theory.  Just a preference, I also own a Snag Proof, SK KVD Frog and Spro.  They all work.

[buzzfrog]

they all work. I love, spro, koppers, kvd, padcrasher and I love Iobee, gill color. 7'2 HXF custom made rode, quantium smoke 7;3.1  with 65 PP. that rod is always with me when i am near water

[Mike L]

Bend the hooks out a little so they are just off the body of the frog. There hasnt been a frog I've used that didnt need som sort of bending of the hooks to fine tune them.I use spro popping frogs most of the time.

 

Brett is exactly right...I also do this on ever frog I have, popping style or not.

To me the sofest frog on the market are the Scum frog's. But I still inspect and bend the hooks on those as well

 

 

Mike

[GaterB]

Thanks everyone!      

[Grizzn N Bassin]

Live target, sk

[SuthernProg]

I've always had my best luck with the Spro Bronze Eye Popper. I've added a Booyah Pad Crasher but haven't had as many strikes with it. It's a little harder to get a good walk the dog action with it.

[BassinLou]

WW2farmer said it best. It's not the frog.  Yes, we will miss some fish and some will get unbuttoned. However, consistently missing big strikes? I will start questioning technique.

[Avalonjohn44]

I have tried all of the most common ones. Koppers, Spro, KVD and the Booyah bait. I seem to keep gravitating back to the Kopper's bait, I just get more hits on it, and I think I land more of those hits.

 

I tend to fish the Kopper's frog in the heavy vegetation, it seems to want to 'hop' out of the water and replicate a fleeing frog better.  In more open water I usually try the Spro frog first, since it is easier to get it to traditionally walk the dog.

I haven't tried bending the hooks upward a bit, but will give it a shot. 

One thing that I do to modify all of my frog baits is to use four tiny rubber bands (like from my son's braces), two on each leg/skirt and make the skirt look like legs. I make two joints one a little more than a third of the way down, and the other two thirds of the way down.   If you place them right, the lower rubber band makes the strands flare out and it looks just like a frog's foot.  It is cheaper than buying those add on legs, and the rubber bands last a long time.