Cant Crack The Frog Bite

[C0lt]

So this morning I headed out to a very weedy pond behind my house at around 5:30. fishing from then until 6:45, I only managed to catch this small one (I decided to leave early because I heard a bobcat pretty close by). one night last week around 6pm the frog bite was ON FIRE, but besides then its been pretty dead. Does the frog bite pick up in the fall at all? We've had a recent cold front (Connecticut), does that have to do with anything? any help would be much appreciated. 

[BassinLou]

So this morning I headed out to a very weedy pond behind my house at around 5:30. fishing from then until 6:45, I only managed to catch this small one (I decided to leave early because I heard a bobcat pretty close by). one night last week around 6pm the frog bite was ON FIRE, but besides then its been pretty dead. Does the frog bite pick up in the fall at all? We've had a recent cold front (Connecticut), does that have to do with anything? any help would be much appreciated. 

 

COlt, this topic has come up alot this summer. As I have mentioned before, I loooove fishing the frog. However, I have also learned, if the frog bite is very very slow or nonexistent, i do not continue to pound the frog down their throats. So when the frog bite is dead, I switch gears. I try to find the "bite" throwing other productive baits. You may be surprised how different your outing may be if you did such a simple transition. The good news is the frog bite will return. When? Only time on the water will help you determine that. Good luck. 

[C0lt]

COlt, this topic has come up alot this summer. As I have mentioned before, I loooove fishing the frog. However, I have also learned, if the frog bite is very very slow or nonexistent, i do not continue to pound the frog down their throats. So when the frog bite is dead, I switch gears. I try to find the "bite" throwing other productive baits. You may be surprised how different your outing may be if you did such a simple transition. The good news is the frog bite will return. When? Only time on the water will help you determine that. Good luck. 

I agree with not beating a dead horse when theyre not biting the frogs, however this pond is so weedy and so much subsurface algae that its hard to throw anything that isnt topwater. 

[Driftb]

If they aren't biting early, try fishing late!  Frogs are more active at the warmest part of the day.  Of course you are actually looking for active fish, not active frogs!  If the pond is overly choked with weeds, you may have an oxygen problem, especially in early morning and after a few cloudy days.  Plants only produce oxygen during the day in sunlight.  When it gets dark, especially during a cloudy few days at this end of the season, you can have an overload of weed which can take up a lot of oxygen. 

[BassinLou]

I agree with not beating a dead horse when theyre not biting the frogs, however this pond is so weedy and so much subsurface algae that its hard to throw anything that isnt topwater. 

 

Colt, that was an important detail you left out... lol... I am assuming if you are fishing a frog you are utilizing braid. If so, what # are you throwing. If its 50lb or higher. You may have to punch for them. That is, securing a nice hefty weight to a weight stop with a hefty hook and small profile bait. Break through the weedy layer up top to reach them down below. I am assuming you are fishing from the bank, so although this technique will better serve you on a boat, it's not unheard of from the bank. Your outfit must be well equipped. Your outfit will have to be at least MH, ideally H. Your reel, 7.1:1 to reel those fish quickly out of the cover.