cteas21

Hey all, Thanks for all of the help! I really appreciate it. I dedicated the summer to frog fishing, and became successful; and let me tell you, FROG FISHING IS FUN!!! I started out trying a *** frog in the ponds where they wouldn't hit much else, and because of the more realistic presentation, the bass smashed it. I used toads as well, and those worked wonders. The biggest tip from y'all was that some ponds just don't have frog bites, to fish the frog slower, and to use it around key areas to pick them apart. These tips helped a lot, and while I didn't land any 4+ pounders this summer on the frog, I nailed some good ones with it, and am excited to use the frog in the future. Thanks for the help!

Went out fishing today at Wylie; started out with points early in the morning and got bit on topwater. No catches, bass were just chasing. Later in the afternoon bass shut off, with only 1 warmouth from a laydown. Couldn't figure out where they were, tried all different approaches. Shallow bite wasn't there, and we didn't have the electronics required to effectively fish deeper water (Doesn't identify cover underwater). Tough conditions as well, bluebird skies and extreme heat made early morning the only feasible way for us to catch fish without blind casting in open water (Again, couldn't find brush piles or anything for dragging worms or drop shotting.) If you are going to Wylie soon, go early morning and fish main lake points. Later in the day find deep structure on the main channel.

Hey all, I live in Charlotte and am 15 years old. I'm looking for a Bass Club to learn the lakes around the area. I've been fishing all of my life, and am looking to become a competitive tournament angler. Does anyone know of any clubs I may be eligible for, or of a method of learning lakes (especially Wylie, Norman, Wateree, etc.) and starting tournaments. Thanks.

I tried a different approach. I used a frog with kicking letgs (lunkerfrog style), and it worked well with a stop and go retrieve.

No I don't really have much success with other top waters in most ponds. I have tried toad baits as well and they don't work as well as they should. My buddies have caught a couple on them at the ponds and I've had some blowups, but the ponds aren't really great for topwater. How can I coax them into biting?

Hey all, I'm Chris and I live in Charlotte (Weddington) NC and have been cutting my teeth on local farm ponds and small lakes. I've become well versed in fishing weightless baits (senkos/flukes), Texas Rigs, Spinnerbaits, Carolina rigs and can fish most other mainstream techniques with good success. However, I can't seem to even get ONE BITE on the frog. I fish Spro, KVD Sexy Frogs, Booyahs, Livetargets etc. and modify them (trimming skirts, dots on belly, etc) but have had no success. I fish it on a 7'3 Duckett Ghost Heavy fast action rod with a Duckett 320 7.1:1 spoiled with 50 Lb braid. Have tried walking near weed edges, Skimming across surface, hopping, popping, and even letting it sit with minuscule "pulses" of the tip to make the skirt move ever so slightly. All of this and not one bite. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Thanks in advance.