Im horrible at frog fishing.

[primetime]

Good hook set on a fish that size. Booyah makes a great frog regardless of money. I enjoy fishing a Frog even when I am missing strikes, you never know when the next strike comes and it could be the desired "Silent Boil".

[YoTone]

25 minutes ago, primetime said:

Good hook set on a fish that size. Booyah makes a great frog regardless of money. I enjoy fishing a Frog even when I am missing strikes, you never know when the next strike comes and it could be the desired "Silent Boil".

you know a few days ago i had like 6 missed strikes on frogs and didnt land anything but the whole time i had a real blast. its such an exciting way to fish. 

[the reel ess]

On 7/26/2016 at 9:29 AM, thebillsman said:

The only time I have been relatively successful fishing top water is in the early morning. Just keep plugging away, if your set on making frogs work keep trying new areas and find fish that like them.

You can bend the hooks out a little to try and get a better hook set. I usually trim the legs a little bit and I always make sure it isn't filled up with water. Fish it over thick cover, pads and grass. Oh, and make sure there's fish where you're casting!

This is all good advice. Yeah, the two times during daylight you can reasonable expect a topwater bite are morning and evening. I'm no expert, but I do fish topwaters a lot. Of course, there are times that will make a liar out of me.

I find the best places to get bites on frogs are shallower, smaller bodies of water and places with a lot of cover. Some have said they get bites in open water on them and I'm sure they do, but I don't. I get bites in ponds with dark water, lilies and flooded timber where the water is probably no more than 8 ft deep except at the dam. If I come to a place with a lot of large lilies, I'm sure to put a frog on.

When I get a bite, I don't yank. I reel down to it quickly, feel the fish and set it HARD. They will usually hol it a couple seconds and I don't take that long. I have a rod specifically for frogs in junk. I use 50# braid on it. Sometimes the fish don't bite the bait but rather slap at it. If you can see it, it wasn't a bite. Let it rest a few seconds and resume the retrieve slowly.

If you get a bite that misses, you can toss a Senko type bait over and often catch that fish. I guess the fish thinks it stunned its prey. I almost always have a Trick Worm tied on in shallower ponds.

I see others have mentioned bending out the hooks, which I do before I even tie frogs on. Also, hold the frog nose down so the skirts hang to each side and trim those skirts about even with the frog eyes. Some trim them even more. I usually trim to the eyes and stop there. This makes a smaller target for the fish to bite.

[YoTone]

wow the advice given by obviously some serious frog anglers here is mucho appreciated.

i kinda of want to go back out and try those tips out now. 

 

[Coonedawg]

Try these next time on your frog. I've been using them for about 3 months and have been hooking up 9 out of 10 blowups. These also really help out the Livetarget Bluegills baits. 

[Jonathan Evans]

6 hours ago, YoTone said:

only took me 6 different types of frogs over the course of 3 months to catch one.

but thanks for the help everyone

NICE!!!

[Bluebasser86]

12 hours ago, YoTone said:

only took me 6 different types of frogs over the course of 3 months to catch one.

but thanks for the help everyone

Congrats!

Now, take that snap swivel off and throw it. Doesn't matter where, just somewhere you can't find it and have the urge to use it again. Then retie your frog straight to your braid and prepare to be amazed how much better your frog moves and catches. 

[the reel ess]

6 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Congrats!

Now, take that snap swivel off and throw it. Doesn't matter where, just somewhere you can't find it and have the urge to use it again. Then retie your frog straight to your braid and prepare to be amazed how much better your frog moves and catches. 

I'd like to add to this that if you tie a loop knot to the frog you'll get it to walk easier. I usually don't though because I can walk the frog and that knot is hard for me to tie without leaving a big loop.

[YoTone]

well i went out this morning and tossed the frog around and got too confident in my casting abilities and got hung up on a tree branch and lost my pad crasher. i had a black spro frog so i worked with it for a bit and got this dink