Frog Bass Fishing Baits

Where to throw frogs

These bass fishing baits work great in heavy vegetation. The weed-less design of the frog make them the perfect bait to throw on the hot summer days. During the hottest days of the summer fish often move up right below the heaviest vegetation to escape the heat of direct sunlight. Working with a hop and stop method across heavy vegetation will generate big strikes. The hook up ratio in this style of frog fishing is less than the other styles of frog fishing, but the strikes are heart stopping and memorable! It's an awesome sight to see a huge bass bust through all the vegetation trying to eat your frog!

Types of Frogs

There are many types of these bass fishing baits on the market today. The Snagproof, Sumo, and Spro frogs are made of hard plastic with either a single or double hook. These frogs work well in both the vegetation and open water techniques. However, these frogs sometimes need to be modified to get them to walk correctly. I'll cover the modification possibilities a little later.

The soft plastic style frog baits like the Zoom Horny Toad, Sizmic Toad, Stanley Jigs' Ribbit, and the Gambler Cane Toad can all be fished in both the vegetation and open water situations as well. However, the bait is much more suited for open water or low vegetation applications. In the vegetation, these baits are generally much lighter than the hard plastic style frogs and therefore make less of a commotion on top of the thicker vegetation.

In open water they are fished more like buzz baits. Some float and some sink. The floating styles can be buzzed and then paused and then buzzed again often triggering the strike on the pause. Another technique is to Texas-rig one and throw it like you would a swimbait. I've even heard of guys Carolina rigging some of these soft plastic frogs.

Frog Modifications

With the hard plastic style bass fishing baits, many anglers have gone to modifying them to work the way they want. Although everyone has different modifications they make to the bait, here are some of the more popular changes.

1. The legs are one area that bass fisherman make changes to. Often the thicker rubber legs on the frogs are being swapped out with finer rubber. Using longer legs with this finer rubber helps the bait "walk the dog" in open water situations a little easier. When fishing in the vegetation leaving the legs hanging into a hole in the vegetation also creates added strikes.
2. With some models of hard plastic frogs, anglers are cutting the tips of the hard plastic legs off then retying them with braid to keep the water out. The shorter legs on the bait again help the bait to walk easier.
3. From a color perspective, using model paint many anglers are adding additional colors to the bottom of the frog.
4. Swapping out the standard hooks with bigger frog style hooks often increase the hook up ratio on the hard plastic baits.
5. Weights and rattles added inside the main body of the frog is a very common thing among frog anglers.

Thanks for reading.

Good fishing.

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