Whats A Frog Rod?

[MichiganFishing1997]

I hear about frog rods and frogging, but i dont know what it is.

[Senkoman12]

its a heavy action rod with a high speed reel with heavy line on it used to fish topwater frogs(scum frog, spro, etc). this technique is known as froggin

[MichiganFishing1997]

oh okay thanks, i will have to consider this for my next rod, how do they fish it?

[Wild Bill [NY]]

Wild Bill, the 'frog-a-holic' here.

Been fishing them since 1969. I favor Snag Proofs. Their "Wild Bull Frog" color is actually named after me.

Hollow bodied frogs really shine when they are fished in and over heavy surface vegetation., usually once air temps get warmer and the frogs become active in your area.

Small baitfish and insects will attract the carnivorous frogs into the heavy cover, and all of that frog activity will cause Big ol' Bass to blow up on the frogs, with the Bass often coming right up and out of the cover on the attack, throwing weeds and water around.

I use 50 pound braided line, and a heavy 7'3" rod for this technique , so that once the bass fully eats the frog lure, then I can pull that Bass up and out of that heavy weed. The heavy-wire hooks on the frogs requirea god, strong hookset to bury them into the Bass's hard mouth tissue.

Be sure to wait long enough for the Bass to close it's mouth before you set the hok, or else your froggie will be flying back to you, and you will have missed that fish.

My favorite frog is the "Bobby's Perfect Frog" made in America by Snag Proof.

The fish in my avatar photo was caught on one.

To give you a size reference, I weigh 275 pounds.

The rod I use the most often for frogging is the Daiwa "Light and Tough" 7'3" Frog Rod, paired with a 7/1 [quick retrieve] Curado reel.

It doubles nicely as a heavy pitching rod, for slinging 1/2 ounce jigs or T-rigs.,or follow-up baits for missed frog attacks.

I like that rod so much that I have two of them..

[Wild Bill [NY]]

A decent frog rod will start out with an extra fast tip that tapers quickly to a rod with a LOT of backbone.

You need that extra fast tip to really sling that frog accurately, and you need that backbone in the rod to pull the fish and a near gazillion pounds of weeds out with the fish.

Many try to get by by using a Flipping rod because they already have one, but a true flipping rod has too stiff of a rod tip to sling the froggy with any accuracy or distance.

Braided line is crucial as part of this set up because it offers zero line stretch , so you get really good hooksets that do not come undone as the fish balls you up in the weeds, and the braid has enough strength to pull that fish back to you from amid all that slop..

If I can answer any questions about frogging, ask away.

I am here representing site sponsor SNAG PROOF .

I am proud to wear their hat and shirt as I fish, as seen in my avatar photo.

[MichiganFishing1997]

That was so helpful. I really like the sound of this and even though i just got a brand new rod and reel, i want another, a frog setup. How much did the set up cost you?

[Wild Bill [NY]]

I watch for sales and deals...

That rod has a MSRP of about $160.

The still-new Curado E were [and still are in some circumstances] really being knocked pricewise as the newer models came out recently.

For frogging, I would recommend a 7/1 ratio reel , so that you can reel in really quickly after missed attacks and cast it back to the 'scene of the crime' [missed attack]..

I put some old mono on the reel as backing, then filled it with 50 pound Power Pro.

Good to go...

[MichiganFishing1997]

Thanks!