Super User HoosierHawgs Posted June 20, 2015 Super User Posted June 20, 2015 Caught a decent sized one this morning on the 2.5. Lost another one, at least a 4 lb fish. I need to work on keeping my rod tip down as I feel the fish try and come up, because once they breach and get some slack, they throw that hook in no time flat. Quote
Super User HoosierHawgs Posted June 20, 2015 Super User Posted June 20, 2015 Also, really enjoyed the BPS Extreme HM54 6'6" MH I night for Squarebills. Nice moderate action but plenty of backbone. Nice and sensitive, as well as light and balanced to boot. Quote
lectricbassman Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 Caught these this morning from the bank on a white scum frog. Who says you need a boat!? 3 Quote
vmabuck Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 Caught these this morning from the bank on a white scum frog. Who says you need a boat!? Fatties! Quote
SchlottyD Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 Caught these this morning from the bank on a white scum frog. Who says you need a boat!? Lordy I need to get me some of that frog bite. Knew I should have bought those scum frogs at the store. Quote
vmabuck Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 Lordy I need to get me some of that frog bite. Knew I should have bought those scum frogs at the store. I think most any frog will work to an extent but I tell you, this KVD sexy frog seems to really entice the big ones. I went out with my dad last night, I missed to bruisers and he got no strikes. He was using the Padcrasher. I fished the Scum Frog on the banks all one morning a week or so ago with out a strike. Next day, landed two decent fish with KVD Sexy Frog fishing the same ground. I don't know what it is, but for me, they seem to like that better. I use the mottled brown pattern with the pearl/yellow belly. The other tip I got from Youtube was to cut almost half of the leg material off. Seems to have help my hit/miss ratio. This is probably all anecdotal evidence but it inspires my confidence so I am sticking with it. LOL! 1 Quote
lectricbassman Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 I think most any frog will work to an extent but I tell you, this KVD sexy frog seems to really entice the big ones. I went out with my dad last night, I missed to bruisers and he got no strikes. He was using the Padcrasher. I fished the Scum Frog on the banks all one morning a week or so ago with out a strike. Next day, landed two decent fish with KVD Sexy Frog fishing the same ground. I don't know what it is, but for me, they seem to like that better. I use the mottled brown pattern with the pearl/yellow belly. The other tip I got from Youtube was to cut almost half of the leg material off. Seems to have help my hit/miss ratio. This is probably all anecdotal evidence but it inspires my confidence so I am sticking with it. LOL! I think youre on the right track. The type of frog doent matter so much as the size and color. I also use booyah pad crashers and the h20 tiny toads. The pad crashers are pretty big compared to the scum and h20 frogs. Right now, in my waters, smaller is key. As far as colors, light or dark bellies, thats all i care about. Use one or the other depending on the lighting conditions. Im pretty sure bass dont see what brands of frogs we use. Where im throwing them i doubt they even see a frog, just something moving on the surface, an easy meal. Not saying there isnt a place for the other types and brands of frogs, i just like to keep it simple and not overthink it Quote
wytstang Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 I've been struggling off the banks since just after winter basically. I'll have an o.k day here and there but this year seems to be off in the ponds I fish. On top of that baby gators have shown up and they love to chase lures and pretty much ruin my cast/retrieve. Yesterday skunked and today I fished for about 6 hours with just 2 fish ( one 1/2lb and one 3.90lb bass) for my effort. I thought with the early summer we are having the banks would be loaded with lunkers feeding but nope I can't find them. Quote
lectricbassman Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 I've been struggling off the banks since just after winter basically. I'll have an o.k day here and there but this year seems to be off in the ponds I fish. On top of that baby gators have shown up and they love to chase lures and pretty much ruin my cast/retrieve. Yesterday skunked and today I fished for about 6 hours with just 2 fish ( one 1/2lb and one 3.90lb bass) for my effort. I thought with the early summer we are having the banks would be loaded with lunkers feeding but nope I can't find them. Haha baby gators! I thought turtles were bad, guess i should consider myself lucky! 1 Quote
wytstang Posted June 20, 2015 Posted June 20, 2015 Haha baby gators! I thought turtles were bad, guess i should consider myself lucky! The turtles take off as soon as they see me but the baby gators swim towards me to see what I got. I have a lil fun with them every now and again, it's the only way I keep my patients with them. Besides I'm just a guest in their home. Here's a short vid I made for my mom to show how close they like to get before they hit the brakes. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/wytstang/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-06/th_20150605_085405_zpspggbvdew.mp4 Quote
Super User HoosierHawgs Posted June 20, 2015 Super User Posted June 20, 2015 Haha baby gators! I thought turtles were bad, guess i should consider myself lucky!We have turtles here too. One broke my buddy off a few weeks ago. Quote
SchlottyD Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 Lordy I need to get me some of that frog bite. Knew I should have bought those scum frogs at the store. I think most any frog will work to an extent but I tell you, this KVD sexy frog seems to really entice the big ones. I went out with my dad last night, I missed to bruisers and he got no strikes. He was using the Padcrasher. I fished the Scum Frog on the banks all one morning a week or so ago with out a strike. Next day, landed two decent fish with KVD Sexy Frog fishing the same ground. I don't know what it is, but for me, they seem to like that better. I use the mottled brown pattern with the pearl/yellow belly. The other tip I got from Youtube was to cut almost half of the leg material off. Seems to have help my hit/miss ratio. This is probably all anecdotal evidence but it inspires my confidence so I am sticking with it. LOL! Well, ran to Dicks Sporting Goods on the way to get my wife since I saw they had some sales on frogs and picked up a *** Combat Frog in the Cane pattern, a Booyah Poppin Pad Crasher in Bull Frog for more open water and weeds, and Jawbone tackle company smaller sized frog in lighter colors that my daughter picked out. 1 Quote
Super User HoosierHawgs Posted June 21, 2015 Super User Posted June 21, 2015 Well, ran to Dicks Sporting Goods on the way to get my wife since I saw they had some sales on frogs and picked up a *** Combat Frog in the Cane pattern, a Booyah Poppin Pad Crasher in Bull Frog for more open water and weeds, and Jawbone tackle company smaller sized frog in lighter colors that my daughter picked out.All good frog choices. Now you just have to get Kermit to sashay across a ten pounder. 1 Quote
lectricbassman Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 Well, ran to Dicks Sporting Goods on the way to get my wife since I saw they had some sales on frogs and picked up a *** Combat Frog in the Cane pattern, a Booyah Poppin Pad Crasher in Bull Frog for more open water and weeds, and Jawbone tackle company smaller sized frog in lighter colors that my daughter picked out. Ive wanted to try the jawbone line of products, let us know how they do 1 Quote
SchlottyD Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 All good frog choices. Now you just have to get Kermit to sashay across a ten pounder. Thanks, mainly wanted to try to cover multiple scenarios. If I bust anything 8lbs or bigger I will be extremely happy.Ive wanted to try the jawbone line of products, let us know how they doWill do, look pretty good, about the same size as scum frogs with short "legs", went ahead and sealed the hook up. 1 Quote
Super User HoosierHawgs Posted June 21, 2015 Super User Posted June 21, 2015 Looks like the pics are upside down, but here are some fish I caught on the 2.5 this morning. Caught 5 total. Only got 2 pictures. 2 Quote
Adleyfishes Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 I bank fish mostly I struggle late in the day so I may go out in a paddle boat at noon... Quote
BocaGrande Posted June 22, 2015 Posted June 22, 2015 Just caught this one today from the banks. I don't get out on my kayak much but I work with what I got.. can also be seen here: http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/159188-new-personal-best-i-think/#entry1796803 2 Quote
Super User HoosierHawgs Posted July 24, 2015 Super User Posted July 24, 2015 Finally got out and walked the banks again this morning. Scraped out 5 fish in 2 and a half hours. Two biggest were around 3 lbs or so. Pics are upside down, I'll upload tomorrow. Quote
monkeyman3dee Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 Any one have experience with the Deeper fish finder? It's a castable sonar unit. Quote
hoosierbass07 Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 I'm seeing more and more videos of the deeper fish finder on youtube and I'm starting to think I should do some serious looking at that thing since I do a lot of bank fishing. It might be really fun (and productive) to use that deeper fish finder. Quote
mackroper Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 Caught four fish from 2.5 - 4 lbs yesterday, in 101 degree direct sunlight on a weightless Texas rigged senko. 1 Quote
kcdinkerz Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 Been hammering the dinks on a 12 inch man's jelly worm Texas rigged. No big ones yet but suprised to see tiny bass eat the big worm 1 Quote
mackroper Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 Been hammering the dinks on a 12 inch man's jelly worm Texas rigged. No big ones yet but suprised to see tiny bass eat the big wormI tried that exact set up yesterday with zero luck lol 2 Quote
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