The Frog Fishing Thread

[WPCfishing]

On 3/11/2022 at 12:09 AM, swhit140 said:

I have 2 new Xtreme Angler rods too,  I picked up the 7'1 Med Hvy & 7'3 Hvy. 

I just bought a Titanium 7’1” MH.

I also have the 7’4” Hvy Plus Mod Fast. I haven’t fished with it yet. Waiting for the cover to pop. 

 

[Ryan Smith]

For close contact or skipping under trees or short casts I use a 7’3” MHF Kistler Magnesium NFC blank which is really a heavy fast with 50lb suffix 832 never broken off and I’m in Fl. I use a Diawa Tatula 8.1. If I’m fishing really heavy fields of cheese I will go to my 7’6”Kistler KLX HF or Expride 7’6Xh with a Lews BB1. I use the River 2 Sea Frogs and Spro for matted cheese but mostly use the Kaera frogs and I will change out my hooks to Trokar and boil my frogs. I have a few frog setups on my deck 365 days a year. This is by far my favorite way to fish I could skip frogs under trees all day long. There’s nothing like that blowup from a frog. 

[MiceNReets]

21 minutes ago, Ryan Smith said:

For close contact or skipping under trees or short casts I use a 7’3” MHF Kistler Magnesium NFC blank which is really a heavy fast with 50lb suffix 832 never broken off and I’m in Fl. I use a Diawa Tatula 8.1. If I’m fishing really heavy fields of cheese I will go to my 7’6”Kistler KLX HF or Expride 7’6Xh with a Lews BB1. I use the River 2 Sea Frogs and Spro for matted cheese but mostly use the Kaera frogs and I will change out my hooks to Trokar and boil my frogs. I have a few frog setups on my deck 365 days a year. This is by far my favorite way to fish I could skip frogs under trees all day long. There’s nothing like that blowup from a frog. 

You boil the Kaera frogs?

[Ryan Smith]

9 minutes ago, MiceNReets said:

You boil the Kaera frogs?

Yes I will still boil them but not for very long as you can fish them straight out of the package. 

[MiceNReets]

9 minutes ago, Ryan Smith said:

Yes I will still boil them but not for very long as you can fish them straight out of the package. 

Hmm…  I’ve had terrible hook sets with the kaera frogs.  I have 7 and they’re all the same yet my buddy just crushes on them.    It’s the only frog I’ve used that I can’t even get hooks in.  I’ll try boiling mine then

[CDMTJager]

Bare in mind I am a shore fisherman and encounters with bass over 6lbs is a rare thing indeed. 98% of the bass I catch on frogs are under 5lbs. So if big bass over 6lbs are a very real possibility for you, (they are not for me) you might wish to use bigger frogs than I do.

Currently use a 7.1:1 Abu Garcia Max Pro4 I picked up off Ebay (four of them to be exact) for <$50 TMD a 7' MHFA Ugly Stick Elite and 50lb Power Pro Braid. Tried Walking frogs from Booyha, Strike King and Scum Frog, popping frogs from Scum Frog and Booyah.

Hands down my best performing most successful for hookups and landings has been frogs made by Scum Frog. Best performing Scum Frog has been the SCum Frog trophy series frog which is slightly smaller and is made from a plastic that is much softer and compresses much more easily the any other frog I have. For me and the bass I catch 90%+ of the time using a smaller frog GREATLY increased my hookup and landing success.

For me absolutely no other way to fish for bass beats frog fishing I absolutely love it. I'm sure because for 90% of the lakes I fish you either become good at fishing frogs for bass or don't fish 70-75% of the lake so completely do pads and weeds take over the lakes I fish by last week of May.

[LootyDjibouti]

After missing probably my first ten blowups on a frog, I adjusted my setup and now having a lot more success.

I was previously using a 6'9" H/F rod, and switched to a 7'2" megabass levante perfect pitch. Not sure if it's the added length picking up more line, or the action, but I'm landing a ton more now. 

Quickly becoming my favorite way to catch them. Very addicting and works in the heat of the day. And the blowup + jacking em on the hookset is simply too much fun. 

[MontclairDave]

On 3/10/2022 at 3:28 PM, Hook2Jaw said:

Short rod frogman here.

 

6'9" Daiwa Tatula Elite Skippin' Jig HF

8 speed Daiwa Tatula SV103

50# Berkley X9

 

I typically throw frogs right after the spawn until jerkbait season in the fall.

x2 on the short frog rod. I use my Falcon Expert 6’ 10” Head Turner Heavy/Mod Fast but it’s really a MH+ and can handle most moderate cover frogging. When the frog bite isn’t there I cut it off and junk fish with it for most single-hook applications. Want to go up a power to the Bayou for really heavy pads and slop but I don’t fish that kind of cover enough to warrant the $$ (bait monkey disagrees). Reel and line in transition (another thread!)

[LootyDjibouti]

13 hours ago, MontclairDave said:

x2 on the short frog rod. I use my Falcon Expert 6’ 10” Head Turner Heavy/Mod Fast but it’s really a MH+ and can handle most moderate cover frogging. When the frog bite isn’t there I cut it off and junk fish with it for most single-hook applications. Want to go up a power to the Bayou for really heavy pads and slop but I don’t fish that kind of cover enough to warrant the $$ (bait monkey disagrees). Reel and line in transition (another thread!)

I love the Head Turner for buzzbaits, swim jigs, and medium-large topwaters. Very versatile rod.