Froggy Thoughts

[Finnz922]

make sure you have a solid hang over and the delay from that should give you enough time to set the hook on them after they take it .

 

Nah, JK. The key is to make sure you feel them on the line and that they actually have taken the frog. I would also suggest trying different colors. I have thrown a white belly and had blow ups and misses, but switched to black belly only to catch the heck out of them. 

 

[primetime]

Its the Go Pro. Leave it at home by accident and I bet that is the day when they want a frog. Always happens when I catch a big fish, I reach for my phone and realize I left it in the car....

I know what you are saying,I have ponds where I live full of 10-14" bass and I have never had them consistently take a hollow body, they nudge it and that is 99% of time. Even the 45T size. If you are getting bumps on top, and you do not see Bass breaking the surface, then you know the bass are in the area, but are not feeding on top, so it is just not going to be a good frog day most likely. Fish in shallows are usually feeding on craws, fry, panfish, or frogs etc....but if they will not hit either size, try a popping frog, chart or orange belly, or as mentioned a buzz toad....Some days you can't force feed topwater lures, I know because I always try, but I have walked areas with a frog and had bumps, swirls, and on way back to car I put on a texas rig or jig, spinnerbait and clean up...If you can get a Floating Jerkbait or minnow in any area, you can fish that topwater or down to 4'. If lots of weeds, you only need to slowly reel, usually they hit it b4 rings are gone, or on first shake....

But the few times I have had a go Pro for filming, I have never had good topwater fishing until one day it was not filming while we thought it was, but it was not on. We were so upset when realizing the mistake, but the Go pro can mess things up. Frogs to me are like wake baits, when they work they work, but when they don't they don't. Hope that helps. I would try horny toads, or 3-4" swimbait reeled on top for blowups...Paddle tail swimbaits will draw them in shallow water. It works all the time, 50% of the time.

[Master Bait'r]

Smaller frogs, bigger hooks.  Works like a charm!  

 

 

Hoping the big guys take note at some point and make it easier to throw them, it's definitely a pain to make your own all the time.