gooz56

I've got a tie: Chatterbait (Blue/Black pattern) and a 7" Culprit worm Texas-rigged.

The Chatterbait is my favorite go-to lure and I always fish it with a steady retrieve. Great lure to cover a low of water.

I echo the sentiments of adjusting the hooks, bending the slightly up and out. I threw a brand new Booyah Pad Crasher frog the other day and missed all five fo the hits I had in an hour. I adjusted the hooks and nailed 6 nice bass without missing a single hook set. Missed hooks sets are the chief complaint about fishing frogs; the hook adjustment seems to be the instant solution. There are quite a view youtube videos on frogs that say the adjustments are necessary.

Yesterday I fished a nearby new, large pond that has pretty heavy vegetation. I used a brand new Booyah Pad Crasher frog which is the first time I've fished a frog. In an hour, I missed 5 great hits and went home. I had read about the need to adjust the hooks on new frogs, bending them slightly up and out, but didn't do it. I adjusted the hooks early this morning and went back out and nailed 6 great fish, from 2 1/2 - 4 lbs., didn't miss a single one. The adjustment caused almost no effect on the frog's weedlessness. I'll definitely do it to every frog I buy from now on. On a side-note, I had watched a Kevin VanDam video on fishing a frog and he suggested no pausing. I did that this morning and didn't have a hit for 30 minutes. I decided in mid-retrieve on one cast to pause and twitch....boom! Every cast thereafter include pauses and twitching. I'm going out again in the morning, I'm hooked on frogging!