Walking Frogs

[YeahSure]

I recently picked up a couple Spro Bronzeye frogs to try out on my local reservoir and I can not get these things to walk to the side an inch... I'm very good at walking topwater baits like spooks but I couldn't get this thing to sway to the side a bit.. I was throwing it on a 6'5" Loomis topwater rod spooled with 30lb braid and all I could get the bait to do was trudge forward. I tried cutting the legs off about an inch but it didnt help much.

Do I need to take the legs off a little more until I can make it glide? Is the rod set-up I was throwing it on the problem? Is there a different technique to walking a frog vs walking a spook?

[river-rat]

I started using the Spro Frog when it first came out and it took me a couple of trips to get the knack for making it walk. Try cutting 1/2" off one of the legs and thin each leg by removing 6-8 strands of rubber. Using 30# braid should not affect the ability to walk the frog (I use 50# Power Pro). Also, you want to use a medium-heavy (at the least) to heavy rod.

What I had to learn is to leave slack in the line and twitch the slack, not the frog. Use very light twitches and allow the frog to move to the side before making the next twitch. When starting out, get the frog to walk 3-4 times and stop. Eventually you will be able develop a rythm and walk the frog as far as you want.

Besides being effective when fished on top of vegetation, don't hesitate to use the frog in open water in and around brush, standing timber, logs/laydowns, docks, or the edge of weedlines. The majority of the fish I catch on the Spro Frog are in this open water.

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

Yeah what he said. You also have to realize that these baits DON'T really walk and glide as you would with a spook type bait. The nose basically just turns left and right making the legs dance wildly which attracts the fish. Use a lot of slack in the line and short sharp twitches with the wrist only.As long as your getting the body to turn left and right then your doing it correctly. Also instead of a straight downward twitch try using a little rod "english" and go down and to the side. After playing with the bait a while you will see that different rod angles and degrees of twitch will give it different actions just like any topwater.These baits walk just fine without tearing the legs all to hell like everyone seems to suggest IMO. I have never found it any easier to work by trimming the legs all up.

Remember too that the walking style isn't the only or best way to work it either. You can deadstick and twitch to just barely make ripples in the water,move forward and repeat. A chugging style retrieve is where you make the bait surge forward slightly. The body rocks like a boat and appears that it is trying to jump through the water. Chug 2-4 times,pause,repeat.

[texlwedge]

For frogs, I prefer a M/H to H action in the 7' or longer range w/ a fast tip. Braid of choice is 30 - 65 lb depending on the cover. getting the frog to walk may be nothing more than breaking your wrist a little nore than you would when walking a spook. My experience with the Spro, this is what I had to do to get the correct motion I wanted.

[tnbassfisher]

I've seen people only cut down one of the tails. So that one side is longer that the other. Maybe you can try that and it will give you some more side to side action.

[iceintheveins]

I get the spro to walk but it's a pretty subtle walk. The spro popper and the Mad Maxx walk the dog much easier. I use 50 pound braid and a 7' heavy action casting rod.

[brushhoggin]

senko 77 had a video on here not too long ago catchin em walkin the hell outt of a spro, hopefully he chimes in

[Dan:]

x2 on the very subtle twitches. It also helps if you do not allow too much of your braid to lay across the surface tension on the water.