Fishing with frog lures

[SCangler91]

Any tips on what techniques to use when wishing with them?  Where to throw them? Whats the best kind?  Thanks in advance guys

[Chris W.]

Try throwing it into and around lilly pads. When i throw mine i throw them as far into the pads as i can and slowly retrieve to the side. I give a pause in open pockets of water, or on the last pad right before it enters the water, then give a jerk and let it fall in, wait a few seconds and continue the retrieve. Throw it also on the side of the water and retrieve in. Give pauses, twitches or just reel in slow. Quick jerks and pauses work good too. Remember to wait a few seconds before setting the hook. What frog do you use? Spro frogs work well I guess, i use a plastic frog with curly legs which i can swim as a buzzbait as well as any depth of water. I've also used bass pro shops type frogs with the thin dangly legs and huge bodies, i get lots of hits on them. I guarantee you your fishing will pick up! The only bait i've used that was better than a frog, got hung up less, had more hits and more hook ups was a chartreuse mouse with a black tail and a huge treble coming out the back. I'll show you a pic of all 3 types here.

Mouse

Thin leg frog

Curly leg frog

Here are some links. The bass pro shops ones are the closest i could find to my baits, i bought the mouse and thin leg frog YEARS ago at walmart. Haven't seen em since. Good luck!

http://www.caseplastics.com/case/product_info.php?cPath=27_69&products_id=398

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_29941____SearchResults

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_37014____SearchResults

Here are the spro frogs i mentioned. http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_73278____SearchResults A little tip i learned is drill a small hole in the back of the bait so that you can squeeze the water out because it will go in by the hooks in the bait and it's hard to get out otherwise, and bend the hooks out a bit to improve hookset.

[brushhoggin]

hollowbodys (preferably a spro bronzeye) is the worm of frogs, they stay in the strike zone longer. fish over pads or any type of vegetation really. they've been productive in open water also. watch a video of a frog swimming and try to simulate that.

buzz frogs (preferably a Stanley ribbit) are pulled at a constant pace, slow or fast. use these first to see if they are in a chasing mood, again over pads but across a lesser concentration of pads. some solid bodies are louder than others, the ribbit is a subtle churn. rage toads make more noise but are better on windier days.

also i'd recommend casting onto the bank and pulling softly into the water. i get tons of hits like this when the bites good. and don't wait to set the hook! set it as soon as you know he didn't just swat and miss. set the hook upwards violently but reel in your slack before doing so

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

I just started with a Bronzeye65 Green Tree frog this week and think its my best lure ever. Ive been tossing it out onto thick layer of algea that covers half the lake Im fishing. Its basically like a carpet. The frog isnt even in the water but at some 1' wide holes every 20' here and there caused by the frog landing and missed strikes :'(. I just try to hop it with steady retrieve like I think a real frog would do.

[5bass]

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[Chris W.]

Most of the time on pads, a bass cant distinguish a frog from a mouse from a piece of turd, so you just need to make it known that it's there. Bass will follow under the pads and once you get to the side of the bed, will most likely strike. I've had quite a few hits come from the pads themselves but they take in weeds and spit it back out.

[Hook Set]

Nice info Chris, great post!

[Chaz Hickcox]

This doesn't have anything to do with grass, but I have a lot of success when I toss a bronze eye against a cypress tree and they will nail it as soon as it hits the water.  This is best used in an area where there is a lot of shade.  Just my two cents.

[Kowen117]

I just try to hop it with steady retrieve like I think a real frog would do.

See here is a perfect example most people think that you throw a frog to match frogs in the area but it isnt always so. In may or june try a green frog with black legs to imitate a baby bass or if there are a lot of bluegill try a green frog with a white/orange belly and black legs to imitate bluegill eating flys/bugs on the water

[Owasco]

So far the best fro that I have used is the Stanley Ribbit. Hands down without a doubt the best frog out there in my opinion.  I've hear some good things about the rage tail toad but haven't had the chance to use it yet.

The ribbit works great t-rigged with almost any type o retrieve. I bring it back with subtle jerks and usually get a strike. I that's not working I'll use a slow to medium steady retrieve parallel to the shoreline with great success. An if thats no working (pretty rare), then I'll burn it.

Bottom line is I do a great deal of shore fishing and this is the first bait I reach for.

I love the Ribbit.

[Owasco]

Sorry about all the typos. I'm using an android device with a touch screen to type on. Sometimes it doesn't pick up every keystroke and sometimes it completely changes the word before I notice.