Frogg colors

[primetime]

I love buying frogs as much as I love to fish them, I have a ton of colors in my box but I tend to only throw Brown, White & black and something in Chartruese/Orange bottom when bluegills are around. I carry sharpies and spike it pens to add color to bottom of white frogs and also use em to brighten the tops so I can see when they are underwater and the fish has em. 

 

I miss way to many fish on frogs, especially when you can bomb long casts and they often get crushed upon landing or first few twitches. Since there are not any treble hooks to help with premature hook sets, I like being able to see my bait. I do the same thing with all my topwaters, red line on top of lure if making long casts. 

[NorthernBasser]

On 12/22/2024 at 8:45 PM, WRB said:

 Have you ever seen a frog swim on the surface? Frogs swim under water  and come to the surface with the head/eyes above water with body below the surface.

We work a hollow body frog like a surface lure or crawl it on top of weed mates….not a natural movement.

Colors.; the vast frog color is green followed by brown, both with creams color belly’s.

Someone needs to make a hollow body frog that can be worked on top of weed mates and swim under water in open water pockets.

My old Hawaiian  Wiggker #3 and Johnson Silver minnow spoon replicates a real frog better then then soft plastic frogs!

Tom

 

Frogs casually swim on the surface all the time. It's when they feel danger and wanna get away quickly they'll dive sub-surface.

 

 

[SkippinJimmy]

14 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

 

Frogs casually swim on the surface all the time. It's when they feel danger and wanna get away quickly they'll dive sub-surface.

 

 

That looks like my pool right now.

[Rockhopper]

I typically pick frog colors that match the frogs in my area and that has always worked well.  I am confident all that really matters is the underside of the frog. Can't go wrong with all white or all black.  But if it can be made to look exactly like frogs in the area, I figure I might as well mimic as closely as I can.  Probably doesn't matter much though.

[Bankbeater]

This year I listened to what everyone was saying on BR.  I started using a black frog and a white frog, and my number of bites went up. All of the green and brown colored frogs went into their own box on the shelf.

[woolleyfooley]

6 hours ago, Bankbeater said:

This year I listened to what everyone was saying on BR.  I started using a black frog and a white frog, and my number of bites went up. All of the green and brown colored frogs went into their own box on the shelf.

Interesting. Do any of your green/brown frogs have white bellies?

[Bankbeater]

18 hours ago, woolleyfooley said:

Interesting. Do any of your green/brown frogs have white bellies?

Some of them do and some of them don't.  I've had some luck with the white bellies, but this year I've noticed that the bass seem to go after the solid black or solid white frogs better.

[MonsterZero]

The top does not matter that much, unless you have some kind of diving frog that I am not familiar with. The bottom color, profile, and presentation are what are important. We call these lures frogs, but you can use them to imitate other animals, like baitfish. So the shape, weight, etc of the lure can make a difference. And while, yes, most fish are white/offwhite on the bottom, sometimes a darker color makes a better silhouette, and that will help the fish lock on. Black hollow bodies are extremely successful.