Frogs

[bcritch]

I've been checking out the selection of Frogs lately and I like what I've seen. I was at Dick's today getting some Xmas presents for my GF and I had to go over to the fishing section to check things out. I found some Mann's Hard Nose Toads & the Yum Buzzfrog. They both looked pretty good. Has anyone had any success with either of these baits?

 

[little anth]

never tried em but it sounds good

 

[redbug]

I have tried the yum frog and caught some fish but not as many as I have on the gambler ribbit The rabbit is my favorite frog
Never tried the hard nose either

Wayne

 

[Waterwings]

I tried the Mann's Hardnose Toads this past season. A friend and I fished a lake that had major lily pads but didn't stir anything up. He was using a different brand frog (can't recall name). I've also never caught anything on Mann's hardnose lizards either.

 

[bcritch]

You throw one of them around down that shallow end of oak, in the flats and you will see some action come spring time.

I know them flats well :wink:

I want to really get into using some different frogs starting in the spring.

 

[shamoo]

Mr. bcritch, Spro makes a good frog, threw one into the slop of
parvin right after the swimming beach and it didnt get hung up, only got a little look see from another frog.

 

[jkbirocz]

I have never used the Yum frog, but I have used many others; zoom, berkley, culprit, and others. My favorite soft plastic frog is the Sizmic toad. They are part of the uncle josh company and are a deal for the amount of frogs you get. I have seen the yum frogs, but never tried them. They look like they have too much plastic to be able to get a good hookset. While soft plastic buzzfrogs are great, I also use a lot of standard topwater frogs. My favorites are the spro bronzeye frog and the reaction innovations swamp donkey. The swamp donkey is lighter than the standard bronzeye, which doesn't overload a lighter rod. They both have gamakatsu hooks and are very durable. I love frogs, they are by far my favorite bait to use.

 

[Bryan_VA]

I While soft plastic buzzfrogs are great, I also use a lot of standard topwater frogs.

Me too. Both styles of lure have their time and place, but I much prefer the hollow floaters. Spros and Basiriskys are my favorite.

 

[FishinsMyLife]

I usually get more hits on a solid body frog (Hardnose, Horny Toad...) but have better hookups on a hollow body. I caught my biggest bass on a Mann's Super Frog (NOT hardnose) and usually catch every fish I set the hook into with that bait. I have caught a lot of fish on both Zoom Horny Toads and Mann's Hardnose Toads; My hookups are better with the hardnose but the Horny toads are more available around here. Usually, white draws the most hits. Also, If you hook the bait so it has a slight concave bend in it, you can walk the dog underwater if you let the bait sink. I also bought a Furbit the frog, used it once at night and had a good fish throw the bait out of the water and haven't had a chance to use it again because of the weather. What I'm hoping for is that the PC Baits frog will outfish all frogs I use

 

[little anth]

yea good luck with em let us know how you do

 

[Jim]

This is a good topic! It will help you in the spring :wink:

 

[pbw]

I have no faith in frogs

 

[shamoo]

dont give up on them pbw, they are an exciting bait.

 

[Jim]

I have no faith in frogs

Wait till spring, You will have plenty of practice :wink:

 

[SMDave]

I've heard the Yum's flip on the back a lot on the retrieve, and one of the only options is to use a weighted hook. No thanks! I like Zoom Horny Toads and the Stanley Bull Ribbit thing... I like white or junebug/chart legs for the horny toad, for the Stanley, it's a weird color like watermelon red/pearl. Also, watermelon/orange swirl (or something like that) does well too. I fish them weightless on a Zoom Horny Toad hook.

 

[pbw]

What types of cover do you use these around? Pads?

 

[jkbirocz]

Pads, grassbeds, woods, foating grass(my favorite), and everything else. Don't think that you need cover to fish frogs. I have caught many in open water too. For the soft plastic buzz frogs, just think of them as a much more natural buzzbait. The best part about them is you can fish them through the entire water column and be successful.

 

[Bryan_VA]

All this wintertime frog fishing talk is driving me crazy! I can't wait until next summer. Here are a few frog fishin pics from last year. Not the greatest quality pics but they get me in the mood for froggin. Many more pics to come next year

 

[Captain Ahab]

STOP! I cannot take it anymore, frogging is a blast (literally the Bass blast out of the water sometimes)

It will be many moons until I can use a frog

I HATE WINTER!

 

[Jim]

Nice pics! That last ones a hog!