brgbassmaster Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 Also if your using mono and not braid the stretch could be making you miss frog hits. I use 65lb braid and when I wait that split second you can feel the hooks drive home on braid. Quote
Super User Senko lover Posted June 6, 2015 Super User Posted June 6, 2015 This is a good thread! 1 Quote
FloridaBasser1 Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 I went to a new pond two days ago, and it was covered in slimy vegetation. I threw a frog on top of it and got over 8-9 hits. I am not a pro at frog hooksets, but I did wait and then rare back on several of them, no luck. They weren't even taking it under. I switched to a worm and caught three. They were very small bass, so I'm guessing that they weren't choking the bait. -Maybe you'd get a better hookup ratio on a trebled topwater -Try a trailer hook? Someone suggested I should try one, and I think it'll help my hookup ratio. You say what i did it the topic i started! Wire, hook, pliers/wirecutters. pretty simple, and you will hook up if they grab it. Quote
FloridaBasser1 Posted June 6, 2015 Posted June 6, 2015 Also if your using mono and not braid the stretch could be making you miss frog hits. I use 65lb braid and when I wait that split second you can feel the hooks drive home on braid. I do it with a Daiwa V-Shock Combo- 6 pound mono.... never had one break off! I don't do the same setup as most, thats for sure. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted June 6, 2015 Super User Posted June 6, 2015 If you have had success with your frog fishing (day or night) and during one particular outing the fish aren't getting the bait, I wouldn't be too concern. If the right size fish actually intends to eat your bait (which is what you need to hook the bass) regardless of how you happen to be working it, there is No Doubt she'll get it and there's nothing you can do to stop it. I just have to remember this video - a perfect example of what I'm referring too. Since a bass can to this - there is little doubt she can take your bait on a stop & go retrieve. A-Jay Quote
Super User tcbass Posted June 7, 2015 Super User Posted June 7, 2015 Maybe open up the hooks a little bit too. Sometimes making the hooks go farther away from the body helps. Crazily one of the best lures I've found for lilypads/topwater is a Ragetail Bug (structure bug). 3 of us were fishing pads with topwater frogs and having the exact same problem you were having. I don't think it was a problem of size though because the bass few bass that we did get out of there were big, about 2lbs each. So we caught like 3 that way but missed about 10. I think the problem was the lilypads being too dense. Sometimes they'd blow up in an opening and get the frogs, other times they'd miss an opening and just throw the frog in the air. We retrieved slower and even let the frogs sit on the pads at openings. I switched to a Ragetail Bug and quickly caught 3. It's a smaller lure so maybe that helped. Although the Bug is supposed to be a bottom lure I've actually caught almost all the bass on it on pads. Weird, I know. I just put a hook on it and use it like a topwater frog. Quote
hatrix Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 Lots of times the will just slash at a frog first and try to maybe stun or injure it. They almost always come back again as long as you don't rip it away from them. Some days they just grab the legs and that doesn't mean they are little fish. Try to not have any slack in your line when you go to set the hook. That makes a hufe difference in actually sticking a hook in them. with slack it suddenly rips away from them but with no slack its more a slow hookset that just buries it self. Quote
jtharris3 Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 If you have had success with your frog fishing (day or night) and during one particular outing the fish aren't getting the bait, I wouldn't be too concern. If the right size fish actually intends to eat your bait (which is what you need to hook the bass) regardless of how you happen to be working it, there is No Doubt she'll get it and there's nothing you can do to stop it. I just have to remember this video - a perfect example of what I'm referring too. Since a bass can to this - there is little doubt she can take your bait on a stop & go retrieve. A-Jay Is he fishing a private lake? 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted June 8, 2015 Super User Posted June 8, 2015 Is he fishing a private lake? I do not know for sure - But I think there may be some type of limited access involved. Either way - the man (and his wife) catches some very respectable bass. A-Jay Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 10, 2015 Global Moderator Posted June 10, 2015 Is he fishing a private lake? It's a very expensive pay-to-play lake I believe. I think it might be Dream Lake in Alabama. Quote
jtharris3 Posted June 10, 2015 Posted June 10, 2015 It's a very expensive pay-to-play lake I believe. I think it might be Dream Lake in Alabama. Looks like that have a great management system for that lake! Quote
NEBasser101 Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 I went out last night and had the same problem. I had a bunch of hits, but I couldn't set the hook. Quote
thirtysixit Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 1.Use braided line. 2.Drag as tight as possible. 3.Let them take it. 4.Rip lips. My Favorite is KVD Sexy Frog in Black. Snag Proof is also a good one. 1 Quote
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