frogflogger

No, I use an Ardent 1000, an old calcutta 250 (my favorite frog reel) - I'm sure the tatula would work as would the revo - they just have to be able to stand up to the grinding big fish festooned with veggies into the boat.

put new hooks on and fish - caught my first topwater bass on one in the 1950's they still catch fish - used them in Belize for snook and tarpon - great lures - of course I'm not a collector

We all have our own ideas/experiences on hooksets - 90% of my hooksets are wind like crazy and swing to the side and keep reeling, it's easier to demonstrate than to explain - I taught this to many clients and friends and it helped with their hook ups. By jerking straight up you will take the frog out and away from contention a lot of times. The bass will turn when he eats and that is the time to be cranking tight and setting the hook with a forceful side sweep and keep cranking. We've had whole days without missing a fish with this technique - of course I've had days when I missed a lot of them but it's usually on days when smaller bass are striking but not eating. It's been my experience that bass over 5 lbs. usually choke a frog if given the opportunity.

I guess because the horny toad started the solid body craze I call all solid bodies Toads - hollow bodies are frogs - they're different lures with their own seperate techniques - the only thing they have in common is the tackle used and the cover they are commonly fished over.

I almost always have a black belly rigged and if things are slow I'll throw them for a change up - of course, if it's a dark overcast day it'll be the color I throw first.

I usually have 4 frog rods rigged on the deck the daiwa light and tough has been my favorite since it came out - it is a very versatile rod that can do lots of other duties.

We use to change out the hooks on the 3/8th's and use a slow steady twitching retrieve and whack em pretty good.

Fish them everywhere - pads, vegetation, laydowns, clear water over deep points, fish em fast, fish em slow, don't be afraid to dead stick them for as long as you can take it - throw them on the bank and hop them into the water, throw them over tree limbs and see saw them, if not a howling gale, wind is your friend, most have a light belly be sure you have at least one in black. You're in for a lot of fun and some big fish.

furbit until it almost whitecaps then spinnerbait

zoom trick worm - black

frog or spook

I have some "high maintainance" frogs - if they are effective I will work on them constantly (furbit) but it they are no more effective than other more durable models then I won't buy them.

Oh man another frog I must have.

Yep

I have a friend who uses a noodle rod for smallmouth on a local small river - his best fish was 23" 6+ lbs - a real big fish by our standards - he says the noodle rod allows him to another site with light line.

leverage spinner bait and 17 - 20# sufix tritanium - the leverage was/is the best at keeping fish on that I've used.

plastic worm -

I use 20# sifix tritanium for sb's

There are lots of big bass caught on trick worms - big old florida bass love them - they are a staple there.

senko type - for me usually a stik-o

spook on mono or braid with leader - but I love a furbit on 50# sufix performance braid in clear water - keep it moving they will come up for either bait from surprising depths..And like big swimbaits even if they don't strike they show themselves and you can go back with a senko or something of that sort.

You all are probably tired of my frog posts but if you aren't trying the furbit when there is a bit of wind you are short changing yourself. They are somewhat fragile but with tye wraps and super glue they'll catch a dozen or so bass - I've had over 20 on one bait. I fish every frog that comes out and they all catch fish - I don't know if the swamp donkey is still in production but it, the furbit, and a snag proof tweetie have accounted for hundreds of bass over 5lbs for me and dozens over 7lbs. Toad fishing, I use the horny toad, case plastics toad, and the manns hard nose when water is calm - when a bit of wind the gambler cane toad, ribbit and toads of that ilk come into play.. As for colors I'll go for pretty new patterns but know all you really need is black ones and white ones 99.9% of the time. For me frog fishing is somewhat akin to big swimbait tossing - you gotta believe!

In my personal experience most of my big fish have come during "dr. pepper" time - 10 am to 2 pm - most of them on topwaters - the last 10 yrs on frogs, the previous 40+ yrs on spooks or big prop baits. Dawn and dusk are good times for numbers on conventional topwaters but for big fish mid day has been the best for me.

Check out Ned Kehde's blog on in-fishermans web page - there you'll find out how deadly light weight jig heads are with soft plastics in shallow water. VERY EFFICIENT

Yep - I agree - from bonefish, permit, grouper, sailfish, lm,sm, spotted bass,trout, crappie and on and on it is the lure for all seasons and all waters. Or as my old mentor said "learn to fish a bucktail jig and you'll never go hungry".