mid 30 lows. frog?

[ptomacbass]

tonight the temperature will drop to about 37 degrees farenheight.  I  will be fishing in a vey weedy area at about 5 a.m. which is probablly a little early with temperatures this cold but it's the latest I can go.  do you guys think a spro frog would work if fished very slowly?

I know I should probablly use a jig but I was just wondering.

[smallieking]

Since the surface temp is so cold in early morning, frogs will not naturally skip across but they will work, Dean Rojas says he catches fish in the dead of winter when the bass school up.  Next year im going to get into the frog craze more but from what i have read, you can catch some bass on frogs.  Good luck.

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

Anythings worth a try.The frog would probably have to worked painfully slow. I think you'd be better off with a trick worm fished weightless,wind permitting.Of course I don't know how weedy it is but a splitshot rig with a slender mojo style weight swam through the grass slowly would work if is scattered or clumped grass.

[Dan:]

what is the water temp where you are fishing?

[.dsaavedra.]

i would burn shallow cranks over the weeds, or fish with weedless plastics.

[ptomacbass]

the mid water column temperature should be about 62.5 degrees tomorrow.

[BossierBassHunter]

Since the surface temp is so cold in early morning, frogs will not naturally skip across but they will work, Dean Rojas says he catches fish in the dead of winter when the bass school up. Next year im going to get into the frog craze more but from what i have read, you can catch some bass on frogs. Good luck.

Then again he could catch one in your bathtub on a frog.

[smallieking]

Since the surface temp is so cold in early morning, frogs will not naturally skip across but they will work, Dean Rojas says he catches fish in the dead of winter when the bass school up. Next year im going to get into the frog craze more but from what i have read, you can catch some bass on frogs. Good luck.

Then again he could catch one in your bathtub on a frog.

lol very true

[ptomacbass]

I got one strike.  I waited until I felt the fish pulling and then set the hook but it still popped out of his mouth.  It was frezzing and about 37 degrees with wind chill but it got up to about 45 degrees.

[smallieking]

what type of frog were you using?  

[ptomacbass]

spro  bronzeye in the big size.

[smallieking]

o just wondering cause i miss alot of fish on the cheaper frogs but the bronzeeye has a good hookup ratio

[Pigsticker]

Fished a frog this weekend temps 35-50, caught one 4-4.5 but I waited til afternoon to fish it (warmer) and I used a Gambler Cane toad. Soft plastic frogs will increase your hook-up percentage tremendously. You just have to reel very slowly......

Like Bassfinatic said when its cold try a frog, then switch to a trickworm with a 1/16 oz weight. I did a lot better with the trick worm, and I was fishing the same conditions you were Potomac bass only windier

[Big-O]

I have also used floating twitch frogs almost year around with good results but on colder days , I wait till the sun is high and surface temp is on the rise.

Big O

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[The Next KVD]

sorry guyz but to me its just unnatural in my mind to fish a frog w/ confidence in water that cold.  Today, i was fishing water that was in the mid 40's and couldn't get a bite on the frog fished sloooooooooooowwwwwwwwww.  Switched to a trickworm w/ a 1/8oz. wieght and flipped it on 50lb braid and caught 10 fish between 1 and 5lbs in about 30 mins.