Hollow Body Frog "niche" Guys- A ? Or Two

[ww2farmer]

Fish that actually feel steel... I land probably 75%-80%. All blow ups combined.. Less than 50%. I have never had a day where 100% of bites on a frog have made it to the boat, but I have had multiple days where I get lots of blow ups and connect on few. I frog fish a lot more open water than a lot of people and that's where my high percentage hook ups are.... Get into slop and mats and it goes way down.

[Dick Lathbury]

 

I have actually talked to a couple of bass pros and they told me if your strike to catch ratio is 1 in 4 you are doing well...in addition there are a couple of things you can do to improve catch ratios. On hollow body frogs cut about 1 inch or so off of the legs, bass tend to grab the legs sometimes and not the entire bait. Also you can bend the hooks up and out just a wee bit for better hook-ups.

[YoTone]

seems for me, the smaller the bass the lower the ratio.

i dont get really frustrated in missed hook ups because i see theyre mostly under 1 lbs.

[Scarborough817]

im not really one for bringing back dead threads but this past weekend i had 12 blowups and caught 10 fish so i guess my hookup ratio is pretty d**n good so far this year 83% actually 

[Deleted account]

I'm about 80% also. Some days you get most, and others they are just nosing it though and you miss a bunch, that's just part of frogging. I don't really like fishing frogs, but sometimes it's the best or only choice. I seldom fish it in open or water or light cover, too many other better bait choices.