Im not understanding frog colors

[Heron]

Is there any rhyme or reason to the process of selecting a frog color?   On one hand Im impressed by some of the realism, on the other hand Im reminded that the fish mostly only see the underside.   There are some of these way out strange color patterns that seem effective, then there are some that are painted to look more like fish instead of frogs.   Others honestly have a cheesy paint job they look more like they came from Seseme Street.  Then I try to select a frog based on the conditions of the day, but haven't caught any fish on any frog as of yet.

Then there are the all white frogs, and the all yellow frogs, like the Pad Crashers have.  Most of these are effective and catch fish just fine.

So do I actually have a question about this?  I don't know, but the more thought I put in to it, the more confused I get.  

[gardnerjigman]

K.I.S.S.

 

[Heron]

Ok heres a question.   Plenty of people catch fish well with white or yellow Pad Crashers.   When you want to fish with a frog, what are some reasons that drive you to use the all-white frog?

[gardnerjigman]

A white and a black frog will do all it needs too. Any variation of those colors will work. I throw the Cricket poppin pad crasher, white belly. 

 

[Heron]

1 minute ago, gardnerjigman said:

K.I.S.S.

 

Trying.

[Deleted account]

This is how I choose frog color, BLACK.

[BassinLou]

I keep my frog colors very simple. Dark tones. White underside with a brown throat is ideal for me. On really bright days, I will go black. That's pretty much it. Throw in the thick stuff, and hold on tight to your rod when the water blows up, after you have recuperated from the shock, set the hook very strong. 

[Bruce424]

The bottom is the most important yellow, orange, black, white. Either imitation of a bluegill or shad or a silouette of somthing else to eat. 

[ww2farmer]

40 minutes ago, Bruce424 said:

The bottom is the most important yellow, orange, black, white. Either imitation of a bluegill or shad or a silouette of somthing else to eat. 

Yup...............

[MDbassin]

I have 6 frogs 3 white, black, and yellow or orange belly in a walking style and 3 white, black, and yellow or orange belly popping style.

I don't look at the top color IMO thats to catch fisherman not fish. I like to stick with the mid size frogs I don't like the small frogs and the big ones for me are to big

[ErikmonBillsfon]

I love how some company's offer such cool colors and they will have 28 choices but every belly is white. Shouldn't that cool paint job also be on the side that the fish see? I also think that if the sky is white with clouds I would want a dark brown bottom to contrast it but my dark brown frog has a white belly!!

[WRB]

Put yourself in the frog business, do you want 1or 2 colors to offer bass anglers who are willing to purchase 6 colors?

If bass are feeding on shad would you use a black or white frog?

If the predominate frog where you fish is brown or green would you fish a white or black frog?

Answer those questions and you have your answer.

Tom

 

[IndianaFinesse]

Yep, pretty much the only part of the frog where colors matters is the belly of the frog.  The rest is to catch fisherman, not fish.  My personal favorite color of frog is all black, just be a use it throws a better silhouette.

[Heron]

20 minutes ago, WRB said:

Put yourself in the frog business, do you want 1or 2 colors to offer bass anglers who are willing to purchase 6 colors?

If bass are feeding on shad would you use a black or white frog?

If the predominate frog where you fish is brown or green would you fish a white or black frog?

Answer those questions and you have your answer.

Tom

 

Alrighty, I'll give it a try...

1.) Yes, but that doesn't address why the other whacky colors als work fairly well.

2.) If the bass were feeding on shad....would I use a frog?

3.) Is there a place where the predominate frog species is white? Nope, Do the fish still eat white frogs? Yep.

 

 

[gardnerjigman]

6 minutes ago, Heron said:

Alrighty, I'll give it a try...

1.) Yes, but that doesn't address why the other whacky colors als work fairly well.

2.) If the bass were feeding on shad....would I use a frog?

3.) Is there a place where the predominate frog species is white? Nope, Do the fish still eat white frogs? Yep.

 

 

I don't believe by any stretch of the imagination they know exactly what they are eating. It is surface activity and small enough they can eat. 

[Heron]

Speaking of white frogs, how does the white frog with white legs fit in to all of this?

Black frogs for silhouette makes sense to me.

Natural looking frogs that look like frogs, makes sense to me. But theyre not producing.

White Frogs?   I don't get it.  

[IndianaFinesse]

7 minutes ago, Heron said:

Alrighty, I'll give it a try...

1.) Yes, but that doesn't address why the other whacky colors als work fairly well.

2.) If the bass were feeding on shad....would I use a frog?

3.) Is there a place where the predominate frog species is white? Nope, Do the fish still eat white frogs? Yep.

 

 

The belly of a real frog is usually white, and that is all they see.  That being said, I don't know if they really care what color it is.

[Heron]

Honestly, choosing frog colors should be the easiest of the match-the-hatch choices.   If the paint job looks like a frog, then it should pass off as a frog.  Simple.  But it doesn't always play out that way.

Does anyone here use a white/white frog?

[Raul]

I don't care much about what they're eating, I care a lot more about what I'm able to see, my frogs are white and bright yellow because I want to to see when they gulp it.

[Airman4754]

Black, white, and chart belly. Match it to the conditions. 

[Heron]

12 minutes ago, Mosster47 said:

Black, white, and chart belly. Match it to the conditions. 

What conditions differentiate the use of the white belly vs. the chart belly for you?

18 minutes ago, Raul said:

I don't care much about what they're eating, I care a lot more about what I'm able to see, my frogs are white and bright yellow because I want to to see when they gulp it.

Now this makes sense to me.

[Airman4754]

Think about it as bass look up at frogs. If it's overcast/cloudy how easy is it to see a white belly on a frog? 

Black for cloudy, chart for stained water, white for everything else is how I fish them. I try to be as efficient as possible so I can fish more and think less. 

 

[paangler13]

My favorite is a pad crasher with a white belly and a yellow back. The keys is the white, the back is so I can see the dang thing at 40 yards! I fish all white a lot too. 

My theory is this: Shad, perch, crappie, frogs, mice, suckers, bass, trout, all have white bellies. At some point in time, a bass has seen some white as it struck something from below!

Black is good too, especially on really dark days and early and late.  

Good luck!

Jim 

[Maxximus Redneckus]

frogs colors on top are for 2 things camoflauge from over head predators and so they can id each other for mating ,,bass will eat frogs but im thinking they prefer mammals mice,rats and birds easier to digest and non toxic ..KISS bass will eat any color them 50 colors we see for sale aint for bass its for catching the anglers eyes

[Heron]

40 minutes ago, Mosster47 said:

Think about it as bass look up at frogs. If it's overcast/cloudy how easy is it to see a white belly on a frog? 

Black for cloudy, chart for stained water, white for everything else is how I fish them. I try to be as efficient as possible so I can fish more and think less. 

 

Chart for stained water.  Hmmm, that's interesting.  Makes me wonder how much that really matters at the surface