Ever Caught A Bullfrog While Fishing?

[pbizzle]

I was watching Facts of Fishing and saw him catch a bullfrog on a hollow body frog. How common is this? Have you done it?

[Bluebasser86]

I've done it several times. Some places there's so many big bullfrogs it gets really annoying when they keep chasing the frog and I keep having to reel it away from them. We used to use a grub on a aberdeen hook to catch bullfrogs for frog legs when I was a kid. 

[Wayne P.]

Yes, several times. I used a small single hook weedguard frog I think was made by Berkley--about 30 years ago.

Bull frogs are cannibles and eat their own.

[Grizzn N Bassin]

Yea I have to I hook em in the lip...only happened to me once tho and it was on a hollow body frog

[Grizzn N Bassin]

It was a SK sexy frog how could a frog resist!

[pbizzle]

Man, I've been left out of this bullfrog stuff. I did have a water moccasin chase my frog once but that's it.

[TheMightyQuinn]

One time I had a bullfrog engulf the 9 inch lizard I was throwing. The entire lizard and 5/0 hook was in its mouth...

[Dyerbassman]

Frogs around here love my plastic worms.

[Snakehead Whisperer]

Had to dig through my photos but I finally found one. This frog just jumped on top of my lure but didn't try to eat it. This frog was released mostly unharmed. Caught on a sexy shad Spro popper frog.

 

I've since learned to differentiate a frog from a fish strike, so I don't really catch them anymore. But they strike pretty frequently. I've also caught a lot of birds and northern watersnakes on topwater  The snakes are fun, the birds are just mean.

[pbizzle]

I imagine that they don't really fight, but just feel like you're bringing in some weeds.

[CPBassFishing]

I've caught at least a dozen this summer. The ponds I fish have about a foot of floating scum all along the bank and whenever I fish frogs along the bank and they come out of the cattails and eat it.

[Christian M]

I've caught several big bullfrogs using hollow body frogs. I've heard that bullfrogs are territorial and will chase anything that comes within their area, I don't know how true that is. I did read an article about a technique using frogs to catch Lunker bass. The article recommended using a splitshot or dropshot rig to weigh the frog down using a leader that gives the frog just enough line for the frog to barely reach the surface. It said that the commotion of the frog trying to reach the surface would attract big bass. Never tried it though.

[Mr. Wilson]

one time my uncle caught a goose--yeah that was interesting--broke the line though---poor bird--lol

[McFurie]

never caught but ive seen em tryn smash it was using a live target frog in the bullfrog color  i honestly thought he was tryn to mate with it

[Snakehead Whisperer]

one time my uncle caught a goose--yeah that was interesting--broke the line though---poor bird--lol

I catch seagulls quite a bit in the fall on poppers. They're rarely hooked, however. They usually will hold onto the lure until I reel them in though, then give me a dirty look as if I'm stealing their fish. They don't fight very well. 

 

Once I caught a peregrine falcon on a popper. It was hooked on it's foot. Unhooking and releasing that bird was one of the scariest things I've done while fishing, but I got it done without getting attacked.

[Big Jon]

I just caught one the other day on a Booyah frog.

[Bluebasser86]

I catch seagulls quite a bit in the fall on poppers. They're rarely hooked, however. They usually will hold onto the lure until I reel them in though, then give me a dirty look as if I'm stealing their fish. They don't fight very well. 

 

Once I caught a peregrine falcon on a popper. It was hooked on it's foot. Unhooking and releasing that bird was one of the scariest things I've done while fishing, but I got it done without getting attacked.

I caught an owl on a jitterbug while I was night fishing several years ago. Thankfully it crash landed in some blackberry bushes and pulled the hooks loose or he would have been keeping my jitterbug. 

[coryn h. fishowl]

No bullfrogs, but i've had a leopard frog latch on and try to mate with a koppler 

[Diggy]

I havent but I did have some giant godzilla like lizard come after my frog on repeated casts

[Bankbeater]

I have never caught one, but I have had several chase a spro frog across the lake.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

A little over a week ago caught one. Had an ika on put the rod down to use  lipless crank rod and the ika rod started moving. Im like wth grabbed ika rod and frog on with trokar hook poking out side of its mouth. 

[tholmes]

I've caught a few bullfrogs on hollow-bodied frogs and on weightless t-rigged plastics. 

 

I once had an osprey grab a Zara Spook and fly off with it. Fortunately, he didn't get hooked. I'm sure that if he had, it wouldn't have ended well.

 

Tom

[pbizzle]

No bullfrogs, but i've had a leopard frog latch on and try to mate with a koppler 

Sure you weren't using a horny toad?

[Felix77]

Caught one on a senko before.  Had to dig for the picture.

 

[Snakehead Whisperer]

Caught one on a senko before.  Had to dig for the picture.

 

Big Frog on a Senko.jpg

That thing's a monster. Nice frog. New PB?