27 replies to this topic

[crankbait2009]

School me here folks.

I have been to a number of local lakes/rivers/streams and I have NEVER seen a single lily pad.

There are a lot of people that go "froggin'" for Bass. Do there need to be lily pads in order for bass to be waiting for a frog to come along? Do frogs come across all kinds of water regardless if there are pads or not?

On a side note, why don't all lakes or bodies of freshwater have lily pads????

With me living in southern Ohio, I don't think that would be the main reason. Lily pads are in the midwest, right?

[BrianinMD]

Any heavy grass or cover will work for froggin...

[logan9209]

I would love to know the answer to this one. My fishing buddy and I have thrown frogs under tree overhangs and on top of any surface substance (i.e. moss and pollen). We've gotten strikes, but never landed any bass. We're not even sure it was bass that hit them. The turtles on our lakes will chase down poppers, spooks, and frogs. So, it could have been them.

[Busy]

Have caught on frogs in open water. There doesn't need to be lily pads for there to be frogs in the area.

[J Francho]

Mr. Rojas won an event on Oneida using a frog around docks and water willow.....

[dcorp]

We dont have lilly pads where I fish in California either. I fish frogs a lot and usually cast them near cattails, branches, and heavy grass cover. I have also caught bass in open water on frogs.

[tholmes]

I've caught bass "froggin'" along the outside edge of a stand of cattails. Also among a mess of submerged stumps in about 4' of water. So no, IMHO you don't need lily pads, but they are prime spots for fishin' frogs.

Tom

[Olebiker]

You can catch bass on Zoom Horny Toad type frogs any time and place you would catch them on a buzz bait.

[gobig]

Frogs can work anywhere! There are several lakes that I fish that have very little cover and they still eat frogs.

[crankbait2009]

I guess I was swimming in my own tears for never having luck with froggin' so I just blamed the non existance of lily pads

[tomustang]

Do there need to be lily pads in order for bass to be waiting for a frog to come along?

I think the common misconception of frogs is when you see a lillypad you think frog, I bet cartoons back in the good old days implant that when you see either of them.

[CalebWVU]

I had this question too, so I'm glad you asked it. I've seen videos of people topwater fishing with frogs and it looks so fun, but there aren't any pads around here so I didn't think they'd work well. I may pick some up if DSG still has em on sale. I just need to force myself not to buy anything else while I'm there...bait monkey always gets me....

[crankbait2009]

I knew cartoons wern't doing me any good..............

[logan9209]

I would start out with soft plastic frogs like the Zoom Horny Toad or Strike King's Rage Toad. If you lose one then you're not out of much money, they act as buzz baits on the surface, and they can dive for a more versatile action.

[crankbait2009]

I have the Rage Tail toads and have thrown them a few times but never saw any action, so back in the package they went. I don;t have much luck or patience for plastic baits so that didn't help matters none either.