frogflogger

good reels

I own a half dozen frog rods from loomis to falcon - my day to day favorite is the daiwa light and tough frog rod - not sure they're still on the market. Fished frogs 250-300 days a year for 5 yrs. the Daiwa was the all around best for me.

sufix - original for frogs - 832 for everything else

We had good success in pads swimming t-rigged senkos/swim senkos with a 1/16 tungsten screw weight - white turned out to be a killer in that situation, only time I ever had success with white stick baits. Braid of course.

Sure caught a lot of bass on blue worms.

For frogs I use a heavy power rod with moderate action and use braided line. Many will recommend fast tip rods - to each his own.

A wacky rigged senko or trick worm type or cut a senko in half and stick a light (1/16th) jighead in it and fish any of these on a bobber - very effective - on windy days it is a surefire killer. Been doing this with plastic and marabou for over 50 yrs. still deadly anywhere bass are in relatively shallow water.

As the man says - "think outside the box" - hackneyed phrase but have some fun and throw anything that comes to mind. But on a breezy overcast day I'll be throwing furbits - probably black.

My personal feelings are 12# min. for spinner bait - 14# better choice - I use 17# or over. Lots of metal flapping around out there on the cast. Three feet deep will catch fish - try bulging the surface or just under the surface also.

I go by wind first - windy, I use furbits whether or not there's vegetation - calm I like snag proof and sometimes go to the r2s swamp donkey or other smaller frog if I feel the fish are iffy - cloudy weather I also like the spro popper if there are decent openings in the vegetation or use it along an edge - it's smaller than some other poppers - any of the frogs will work in the standard frog fishing habitat but by experimenting you can catch bass almost anywhere on a hollow bodied frog. Wind within reason is a froggers best friend.

There're some new (to me) anti rust plastic boxes out there - the ones I bought had blue dividers that prevented rust.

Keep chucking and walking it'll start working and you'll fine tuen it.

as ww2 farmer says - frogs - swamp donkeys to furbits - small to large - will work anytime they will hit a topwater -

I got flatt shads at cabelas

works good for me with a steady grind across the bottom - need heavier heads

I have a browning 5:1 I've used for crankbaits for years and it keeps on cranking - I think it was $80 or so at bps - 10 bb's - smooth as butter.

I build rods - fix rods - buy rods - I can tell when I pick one up if I'm going to like it in use - is this experience or what? I don't know - there is all kind of technical jargon out there but for me if it feels right it is - I have some cheaper rods that I love and a few pricey ones I don't - I abhore covering a rod with paint, decorative wraps or anything that isn't essential to its use. But that is merely my personal preference - I have friends that want their rods "personalized" with fancy wraps and decals and gilding and such and they go get that elsewhere.

chronarch has been around longer - has a solid record - TT did a good review on tatulas - you're going to get folks on both sides but the chronarch has the creds to this date.

spinner baits of course - trap types and shallow cranks are good also - my favorite, when it works, which is more often than one would think, is a big topwater worked fast and my very favorite an aggressively worked furbit. Our rule of thumb was topwaters until the pads were blown over or the reeds were paralell to the surface then we throw spinnerbaits.

Hook in the thigh with a single hook is they way it was done in the distant past.

Looks like a Rocky

palomar and as for walking - it is a great technique but my best frog doesn't walk in the traditional sense - I just chug it or twitch it and it slays bass - slack line after the twitch is the way to go.

Give some serious thought to Case Plastics Big Mommas - they're about 11" - straight tail and have been very effective for me - a plus is they are cheap.

Large dia. spools make for better line management - bps has several in different price ranges - once you use large dia. spools it's hard to go back.

Warts!