frog questions

[FatBoy]

I know there have been a lot of discussions of floating frogs, but I'm hoping some of y'all can give me a quick rundown on these guys.  Specifically, I'm talking about a SPRO bronzeye.  

Do you move it with a twitch, jerk, pull, with the reel?

Are you trying to make a commotion or move it more subtly?

How far do you move it each time?

How long do you pause?  

Any other tips?

I know the standard answer: experiment with different retrieves and see what the fish want that day.  But beyond that, what seems to work best most often (for you)?

[Cajun1977]

in reality you answered all of your questions yourself all those techniques work.  the only thing is you said use the reel to move the frog,,a reel should never be used to move the bait a reel is for taking up slack  use the rod to move your bait,as for me and this frog i use a twitch twitch pause retreive  after about 15 seconds or less i reel in and cast again

[Fisherman]

I would say my most effective retrieve with the Bronzeye would be twitch, twitch, twitch and pause; I vary the pause frequently.

But as you said yourself, you need to vary the retrieve and speed depending on what the fish want at that given time.

[rebelbasspro]

If you want to master the frog u must WALK THE FROG.  With a 7 to 71/2 foot heavy action.  Takes a heck of a lot of wrist action.  But it is a must to learn.

[kms399]

I have done well by lifting the rod so the frog moves like two-three feet pretty quick then reel in the slack and repeat. they will usually hit when picking up slack. i will usually do this when the twitch, twitch pause isn't working. a good coating of mega strike doesn't hurt either.

not to thread jack, but a buddy of mine said he wont fish frogs unless he can hear the sunfish popping in them, you know that little pop they make when picking up bugs or whatever. what do you all think about that. seems odd to me but this guy has cought a lot of big bass.

[The Next KVD]

When fishing a frog, I use constant downward twitches of the rod tip.  In vegetation the frog MUST BE CONSTANTLY MOVING otherwise if a fish is tracking it from underneath waiting for the frog to get in open water/ less dense vegetaiton and if u stop it the fish will lose track of it and give up. In open water i also don't put a pause in because I want it to look like the frog fell into the water by mistake and is trying to get out of the water causing a reaction strike from a fish.

[johnkook73]

I just saw on a fishing show where they recommend cutting one of the leg skirts about 1/4 to 1/2 inch. This will cause the frog to "walk the dog" alot easier when you twitch it.

[FatBoy]

Thanks for the replys.  I've mostly been fishing the frogs pretty slow.  Maybe I've been going to slow.  I'll try speeding it up some to see if that works any better for me.

[cullin8s]

Go to the spro website www.spro.com and look around for the videos of Dean Rojas where he is talking about and showing how he works the frog, also read the articles about it by him that you can find googling the net.