Annoyed with soft bodied frog tails: Only buying cheapies

[J Francho]

Spend a few bucks more and get Bully WA frogs, you wont regret it.

Why, do the skirted legs last forever?  In my experience, the legs get fried, no matter the brand or the price.  I just figure its the cost of frogging.

[central.PA.bass]

i have never had any problems with my spro frogs..

[HomersTomaco]

I have Spro, River2sea, Koppers etc.... but I like the BPS Kermy.  It's Cheap, really soft and works.  I actually had a better hook up: Blow up ratio on it than any other frog.

Nothing could be worse than the Tru-Tungsten frog... but we dont have to worry about those any more.

[bigbassctchr101]

Why is the Tru Tungsten Frog so bad?  Not questioning your knowledge, just questioning the comment? I've never used them and bought a few before they sold out at Dick's.  Since I have them I'll use them, but would like to hear what there is to say about them. I like Spro Frogs pretty good.  Wouldn't mind trying the Phat Frog either.

[7mm-08]

I've been addicted to frog fishing for about six years now and while I've had good luck with the Spro and other expensive frogs, I can generally catch 2 or 3 times as many fish on the lowly poppin scum frogs as any other frog I've tried. It isn't just smaller fish due to the diminutive size of the bait either. I just flat out get more hits and better hookup percentages. About the only drawback would be that they are light so long casts aren't as feasible. Plus, I can buy 3 of them and a bottle of Mountain Dew for the price of a single Spro.  They are pretty soft but I've found them to hold up pretty darn well considering.  I usually can catch dozens of fish (if not 50+) before they will start to tear where the hook enters the front of the bait.  A little super glue will fix it but they are so cheap I usually don't even bother.

[big t 4488]

So you hate catching fish as well as spending money?[/quote]

[J Francho]

Why is the Tru Tungsten Frog so bad? Not questioning your knowledge, just questioning the comment? I've never used them and bought a few before they sold out at Dick's. Since I have them I'll use them, but would like to hear what there is to say about them. I like Spro Frogs pretty good. Wouldn't mind trying the Phat Frog either.

There's a lot of "stuff" inside that interferes with the hook's bite.

[dwtaylor]

I use both the spro frogs and the tru tungsten frogs.  They are both good frogs, but if i were to choose one it would be the spro.  When storing the frog, keep it out of the sunlight.  Also, only store them in frog only containers.  Another tip, after you are done fishing for the day, dip the legs of the frog in the water to 1. let them cool 2.  clean them off.  Sometimes scum will effect how the skirt melts. 

My hookup ratio for frogs is about 80% and all I do is wait about a second and a half to two seconds.  I do not change the hooks out of spros.  After you catch a bunch of fish on one bait, spros become waterlogged.  Thats normal because of normal wear and tear to the bait.  Kermit frogs are similar to spros, but the hooks arent as high quality and the bait requires a little more tuning out of the box to walk than the spro.  I also think that the bodies are tougher than the spros and the mad-max, so hook up percentages might be lowered. 

[ABLE2DISABLE1]

After using the frog's dry them some what before you put them back into your tackle.Then when completely dry place a bit of baby powder on them,but not allot.Shake and store,for next trip.Keeps from stick-in.

[BassThumb]

I've never had the legs of any of my frogs get sticky or melt. Some of the Spros were bought when they were first introduced, maybe 4 years ago. I keep them together in a Plano box and sometimes scent them with Megastrike.  Keep them cool and dry and you should be fine.  A lot of lures will fall apart if you mistreat them, not just frogs.

[K.Fox]

Tru- tungston frogs have 2rattles scotch-tapped onto the hook inside the body of the frog. It blocks ya from getting a good hooks set.

[Vinny Chase]

Just like almost everything else in the fishing market, you get what you pay for..obviously there are exceptions, but when it comes to frogs, you want to get a quality frog that will hold up and be productive at the same time...go with a bully wa, you wont be disappointing