Hey guys, how do you rig stanley ribbit frog? just use a 5/0 hook, and fish weightless? I saw someone using it today, and fishing it like a buzz bait. I tho you are supposed to fish slow with the frog...any idea? thx

Hey guys, how do you rig stanley ribbit frog? just use a 5/0 hook, and fish weightless? I saw someone using it today, and fishing it like a buzz bait. I tho you are supposed to fish slow with the frog...any idea? thx

I also use it like a buzzbait, but with a 4/0 hook. You can fish slower with a hollow-bodied frog, but as far as I know, Ribbits, Horny Toads, etc. are used mainly like buzzbaits, both in open water and weedy areas where regular buzzbaits can't be used effectively.

But, you can also get creative if you'd like, lots of fish have been caught as a result of thinking outside the box.

just a regular 4/0 hook will do the trick? I dont need a weighted hook or something?

two options:

4/0 ewg

4/0 twist lock

I don't use a weight. I normally burn them and pause it over holes.

I use a 1/16oz weighted hook , it will help it not to turn over

  T

I use a 4/0 twist lock weightless and fish them a lot like a buzzbait. you can work it however you want though.

Stanley does make a floating ribbit frog as well, but do they truly float?

Texas Rigged & as a jig trailer 

Get a pack of Ribbit Double-Take Frog Hooks

I use a 1/16oz weighted hook , it will help it not to turn over

T

Same here. Just to keep it from flipping over on me.

just as everyone else, weightless just the 4/0 hook

its seems dummy proof i know, but it works

What color do you guys use?

I did really well on the Ribbit Frogs last year. I used the V Lock spring hooks and did great. They came pre-rigged. Fish them just like a buzz bait and hold on!

I have fished it with success dead-sticked like a senko into the tules of the Ca. delta. Never thought of it as a buzz bait, can't wait to try it- thanks

you gotta go with a 5/0 twistlock on a ribbit, weightless. you can fish em fast, but i get more results slow rolling or churning it across pads and such. alot of times i'll let it fall and swim em right underneath lily pads. and stay away from the double takes if youre fishing across pads and such, trust me, just one more point to snag onto something. also, if you rig em right, you can have the point of the hook sittin snug in the slot on the back of the ribbit without having to bury the point. this ensures hook to lip contact upon setting the hook. also, lather it up with some megastrike, it'll slip and glide over and through all kinds of vegetation like butter. as far as the floating ribbits, eh. action isn't the same, and the colors are weird. you can fish a regular ribbit pretty darn slow without it sinking. gonna have to try the jig trailer as catt suggested. that sounds sick.

forgot to metion colors, which ultimately doesnt matter too much. as long as it has a white or silver belly, i dont care what color. i always just grab the baby bass color. the new royal shad is sweet also

thanks for the tip brush, I just picked up two bags of ribbit frog in baby bass. Can't seem to find the twistlock hook at local dicks...ohh well

When using the Bull Ribbit for top water I prefer 406 Lilly Pad color, the Ribbit is SRFH-800 = Hot Feet Ribbit/White-Chartreuse, & the SRF-204 = Stanley Ribbit Frog/Melon Red Pearl or SRF-206 Lilly Pad.

For the Texas Rig or Jig trailer it's SRF-214 = Stanley Ribbit Frog/Black-N-Blue.

Best Hook Size; Ribbit 5/0 & Bull Ribbit 6/0, I use Stanley's SwimMax Single hooks