Eric86

I caught a blue gill on one a couple weeks ago so ya... everything picks on frogs.

I have found that frogs can be pretty tuff to get to the boat. This is my 2nd year using them. My first year i probably only caught 15% of them and this year somewhere around 80%. I was using 17lb mono with a MHF rod and i believe i wasnt hook setting correctly. This year i bought a better frog setup. I have 50lb braid and a 7ft 3in heavy rod and i added a lake fork trailer hook to my frogs if i could. I worked on my hook set by when i saw them hit it i would lower my rod to around 4 o'clock, reel in all my slack to where i could barely feel the bass on the line, then swing for the fences. Im not sure if its the setup or my hook set or both but im doing much better. During the first year i was almost ready to give up with them but i didnt because there are so many people that do well frogging. Watch some videos and keep working with em, you will get better. Also i have caught some pretty small ones with a frog. I literally made one skip 8 feet during a hookset and ripped a good size hole in his mouth.

Academy has certain colors of booyah toadrunners on sale for $1.98 each (normally 9.99). I went in store and all the colors thst showed on sale on their website didnt ring up at 1.98 but they price matched it. Got 8 for me and my buddies for a "savings" of $64.

I know this is an old post that has been resurrected but check out this link. https://watersgeo.epa.gov/mywaterway/ It allows you to see a lot of samples waters and see what reason it is/was impaired. Hope this may help future people down the road.

I bought some junebug yum dingers to use this year. Really looking forward to it.

Looking at a rod that has standard, micro, and nano. What if any are the benefits to non standard guides? Any drawbacks?

I was thinking 20 lb Hi vis braid for the spinning rod, 30lb braid of I dont know what color for the MH and 40 or 50lb braid of I dont know what color for the heavy. Any opinions for colors or test for each of these? I probably wont be using a leader because the water I fish is a bit dirty, yay Indiana.

I currently own an abu garcia revo sx 6.6 ratio and a h20 ethos hd 6'6 med heavy rod. I also just bought an open face h20 combo that's 6'6 medium. I'm looking to pick up another abu in 7.3 and a 7'3 heavy h20 ethos hd. I'm probably going to use braid with all 3 unless it would be a big mistake. The heavy rod with a 7.3 ratio is mostly going to be used for frogs. Would this setup be good for more? The medium 6'6 open face is going to probably be used mostly for soft plastics. The med heavy rod with the 6.6 is going to be the workhorse for everything else except the plastics and frogs. Am I off base with the type of uses or is that good? What color and test braid should I use for each of these? I'm trying to get the most out of these combos because I dont really have the resources to do much more.

I own a pescador pro 120 and I honestly think there are better options out there. I would look at a pelican catch 100 or 120. If I could do it again I would do a 10 foot and probably a pelican.

It's just about increasing the hookups... no one likes a nice blowup and no reward.

I previously bought the lake fork frog hooks and have had success but I found a different style on amazon. I have a few hundred dollars in e-gift cards from them. One looks to be the same as a lake fork and the other is https://www.amazon.com/Basstrike-Dota-Trailer-Double-Fishing/dp/B07G27WT8L/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1548292048&sr=8-2π=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=frog+trailer+hook&dpPl=1&dpID=31IuK9sKTtL&ref=plSrch Anyone think this hook would be just as good or better than the lake fork or would 4 points just be too much to get s good hookset?

I used them last time I was out and i found them to still be very weedless. I was able to retrieve over some very thick grass without any problems. Not sure how it will go through pads and it may not come off of the bank as well for people that like to hop them off the ground into the water.

I do love it when you read all these reviews on how awesome something is only to see that its absolute garbage. I would be naive to think that some of not most of these reviews have some self interest in the product. The live target sunfish comes to mind. The best use I have found from one of those is cutting the weight off to replace a frog hook that I lost a barb on.

I wouldn't say he is necessarily spoiled because I would put money on it that this kid read a lot of reviews on it before he made a statement. I have a hard time with this myself. I like to research almost everything before I buy it and as far as equipment goes, you normally get what you pay for. A lot of times people dont really know what they will be happy with when starting something new. I know nothing about hunting bows but I know I wouldn't want a bottom price point one or a top shelf one either.

Bluegrass, more specifically loon pit. Not sure what you are asking about referencing. Just saying it would be hard to fish it from the bank because it's only clear for a small section.

I fish it out of a kayak. It isn't the easiest but it's all I have for now. It would be hard to bank fish. If you have a boat you should be able to catch a few at least. My best out of there so far is 4 lbs but I haven't fished it too much.

If you have android you can download an app called maps ruler that you can measure distance with a Google earth view.

I'm a leftie and I prefer a right handed baitcaster. I like that my dominant hand does all the important stuff as turning a handle is a basic task for either hand. That being said as a leftie I have had to become efficient at using my right hand because let's face it... it's a right handed world.

If someone else was fishing it could have been a whopper plopper landing.

Ended up going to Bluegrass, Loon pit instead. It was a little bittersweet. I hooked a toad and he jumped and threw my frog. I can still see it perfectly a few feet above the water. Anyone else fish bluegrass?

Here was the biggest one I caught today... took me a min to figure out how to post the photo.

I ended up catching 2 on the frog and losing 2 nice ones today. It sucks that one of them was for sure a PB. I set it hard and felt like a stump. Pulled me and my kayak for several feet and then decided to go airborne. It was at least 3 feet in the air and threw my frog. Couldn't say how big it was but I heard Jaws music.

Going out tomorrow morning to a 20 acre pit with an average depth of 10 foot. With all this cold rain should I expect them to be feeding or turned off? Can't wait to test out the lake fork frog trailer hooks. I have caught several nice bass and seen quite a few during spawn there.

Thanks for the input, I'll put the 4/0 on and probably go out Monday to test them out if it doesn't rain too bad. I hope to have a couple pics if the fish are willing. Also we are getting hit with 4 days of rain from the tropical storm, anyone have a clue what that will do to the fishing? I'm going to be fishing a 20 acre pit with an average depth of 10 ft.

I am using the pad crasher regular size and have had great luck getting blowups but I have only managed to get a few into my kayak. I tried bending the hooks and it hasn't made it effective enough for me to want to frog fish. I absolutely hate missing fish because I have to work for it where I fish. I am hoping these hooks make me confident enough to continue to frog fish because I do get a good amount of bites with them.