Well hopefully I will be getting those custom frogs!! I have been on a frogging tear last few weeks. No matter the conditions or if the fish aren't biting top water I still throw it I'm stubborn like that.  I use the Stanley Ribbit Hollow Body frogs have you ever fished with them?

no i only use jd custom frogs   i never really fished frogs till i meet the guys at JD customs baits  im a big worm person got loads of them   rarely use anything else i maybe have one plano box of lures   everything else is now frogs or worms

Whoa...Whoa....Whoa... there are prizes now!!! AK, you are going down!!!  You are starting to get cocky. LOL. LOL.  Funny reading the friendly rivalry between you and bass czar. You focus on him and don't pay too much attention to me.

Whoa...Whoa....Whoa... there are prizes now!!! AK, you are going down!!! You are starting to get cocky. LOL. LOL. Funny reading the friendly rivalry between you and bass czar. You focus on him and don't pay too much attention to me.

Nah this is all friendly competition I said hopefully, I can see someone coming up with some nice fish within the next week. I focus on Czar cuz I fish with him almost everyday. And most his fish came out my spots I will lose to anyone else gracefully but not him! Lol

We went to the golf course and a few casts in my braid and frog gets wrapped around my pole, I don't realize, I cast out and my rod snaps!! What a way to start off a night of fishing! Luckily my buddy had an extra rod with him in his car.

But u are all lucky that what I landed tonight couldn't be measured!!!

I cast my frog out and BOOM I hook into the BIGGEN!!! The second I set the hook it runs and the part of the rod that holds the reel SNAPS!!! I yell I got a BIGGEN and they both come running. This point Im holding the reel with my one hand and reeling with the other while rod is pinched between my arm pit lol. So it's getting closer to shore and Czar goes to the water to get the fish and all of a sudden a gator head pops up and he lunges back. I hooked a 5ft BIGGEN!! I hooked it pretty far out and my abu Garcia Orra sx with 30# braid brought the beast to shore while I'm holding and reeling the reel at the same time. The gator obviously must have been tired. STANLEY RIBBIT HOLLOW BODY FROGS!!!

So after I broke his rod too I had to go to academy AGAIN and buy a new rod LMAO. Good thing it happened when it did because we got to academy right before they close. My St. Croix mojo bass rod is covered under dicks warranty so I can get a new one tomorrow. I have had some bad, HORRIBLE luck with rods and reels at the OPGC.

As far as fish go my biggest was prob 2.5 and my other buddy got a 4. We called it an early night and stopped at 10:30 they just weren't biting. Probably going to try again tomorrow evening and then all day Saturday.

So how you get the gator off man, you wrestle it and get your frog back LOL

It's amazing the lengths we go through to save a lure. LOL. Gators sometimes show up when you least expected. Especially when it rains a lot. Fortunately, you laugh about this experience.

Nah this is all friendly competition I said hopefully, I can see someone coming up with some nice fish within the next week. I focus on Czar cuz I fish with him almost everyday. And most his fish came out my spots I will lose to anyone else gracefully but not him! Lol

We went to the golf course and a few casts in my braid and frog gets wrapped around my pole, I don't realize, I cast out and my rod snaps!! What a way to start off a night of fishing! Luckily my buddy had an extra rod with him in his car.

But u are all lucky that what I landed tonight couldn't be measured!!!

I cast my frog out and BOOM I hook into the BIGGEN!!! The second I set the hook it runs and the part of the rod that holds the reel SNAPS!!! I yell I got a BIGGEN and they both come running. This point Im holding the reel with my one hand and reeling with the other while rod is pinched between my arm pit lol. So it's getting closer to shore and Czar goes to the water to get the fish and all of a sudden a gator head pops up and he lunges back. I hooked a 5ft BIGGEN!! I hooked it pretty far out and my abu Garcia Orra sx with 30# braid brought the beast to shore while I'm holding and reeling the reel at the same time. The gator obviously must have been tired. STANLEY RIBBIT HOLLOW BODY FROGS!!!

So after I broke his rod too I had to go to academy AGAIN and buy a new rod LMAO. Good thing it happened when it did because we got to academy right before they close. My St. Croix mojo bass rod is covered under dicks warranty so I can get a new one tomorrow. I have had some bad, HORRIBLE luck with rods and reels at the OPGC.

As far as fish go my biggest was prob 2.5 and my other buddy got a 4. We called it an early night and stopped at 10:30 they just weren't biting. Probably going to try again tomorrow evening and then all day Saturday.

 

Picture or it didn't happen

 

You know, in FL it's perfectly legal to open carry a firearm while hunting, fishing, or camping, assuming you have a CCW license Might want to think about that one... LOL

Picture or it didn't happen

 

You know, in FL it's perfectly legal to open carry a firearm while hunting, fishing, or camping, assuming you have a CCW license Might want to think about that one... LOL

 

In all seriousness go for the eyes, their instinct is to drop and run, they can't hunt without eyes and they know it.

Andrew, sounds like you guys have to do equipment checks. I am sure the reel you broke the other day, was showing signs of a crack somewhere you were not aware of. Your buddies rod must have been damaged already also. Remember, braid is very powerful and you have make sure your reel's drag is properly set at all times when handling braid or heavy lines for that matter.

So how you get the gator off man, you wrestle it and get your frog back LOL

  

Hell no I cut the line it's had my white frog still in the side of its mouth

Picture or it didn't happen

 

You know, in FL it's perfectly legal to open carry a firearm while hunting, fishing, or camping, assuming you have a CCW license Might want to think about that one... LOL

  

Yea I wouldn't kill a gator though I like em. And I did take a picture but all u can see is the spot light

Andrew, sounds like you guys have to do equipment checks. I am sure the reel you broke the other day, was showing signs of a crack somewhere you were not aware of. Your buddies rod must have been damaged already also. Remember, braid is very powerful and you have make sure your reel's drag is properly set at all times when handling braid or heavy lines for that matter.

Equipment checks are definitely a must from now on

hey guys havent been able to fish this month really do to buying a house lots of work involved  holy cow was it stressful.  we closed yesterday so now i can get back on water and have some fun.  just to add some spice to the last few days of this months comp.   im going to send some of my JD custom frogs to the winner!!!!    

 

hey fstr im located about 30 secs from the winfield dock  lol  pretty excited about that  wont have to travel far to put my boat to fish!!!

Nice! Im busy this weekend, but Ill give you a jingle the following weekend, maybe we can meet up over there

Since that one I haven't got anything of size biggest was 18" and that was just 1. I have missed a lot of top water strikes but they are not blowing up on it like they were. I caught like 5 fish since then. Not sure if the weather or moon has anything to do with it. Another factor could be because they sprayed the ponds at my golf course and a lot of the top water grass is gone. Not sure where the fish move when that happens.

I am going to hit up some of the retention ponds on the side of the highways this weekend. Hopefully the cops don't bother me like they did to you Lou. The spot where you caught that 6lb in the pic is perfect for what I want to do, saw one like it but it had signs. I need to find some spots with lots of vegetation, grass, and structure since I'm on a top water binge.

How are you guys doing fishing?

Since that one I haven't got anything of size biggest was 18" and that was just 1. I have missed a lot of top water strikes but they are not blowing up on it like they were. I caught like 5 fish since then. Not sure if the weather or moon has anything to do with it. Another factor could be because they sprayed the ponds at my golf course and a lot of the top water grass is gone. Not sure where the fish move when that happens.

I am going to hit up some of the retention ponds on the side of the highways this weekend. Hopefully the cops don't bother me like they did to you Lou. The spot where you caught that 6lb in the pic is perfect for what I want to do, saw one like it but it had signs. I need to find some spots with lots of vegetation, grass, and structure since I'm on a top water binge.

 

The pond we talked about right down the street from me....pm me if you need me to be more specific.

Got my first 5 fish on a baitcaster.....Buddies lend me down Abu Ultra Mag 1

Nothing more than 13 or 14" tho. I missed a nice 3 or 4 pound fish yesterday though did a jump, spit and hahahaha then swam away.

I like seeing AK and MCS getting outside their comfort zones and using B/C's. I am telling you, its going to change the way you approach fishing. Ever since that big one on Sunday, I have not been able to catch anything worth culling. I lost a nice one on Tues, that would have gotten me closer to AK but it got off. I will head out and try for an hour or so later. Yeah, AK, you would have gone crazy where I was on Sun. The pic does give the place justice.

AK, look at the pic I put up, where the red arrow is located, is where the 6lb exploded on my frog.

 

AK, look at the pic I put up, where the red arrow is located, is where the 6lb exploded on my frog.

That's funny because when I was looking at te picture that's how I would have fished it I would have fished my frog along the outside edge of the pads and then the inside. Like I said I found a pond on the side of 295 I believe that is exactly like that one but signs were posted, it's a shame I need to find another similar one

How are you guys doing fishing?

 

Bad! Is sooooo baaaaad, I got worms and fish for sunfish with my 5-yo boy

Bad! Is sooooo baaaaad, I got worms and fish for sunfish with my 5-yo boy

Uh oh resorted to sunfish fishing with worms must be tough. Atleast your son gets time to spend with his father so that's the bright side

Uh oh resorted to sunfish fishing with worms must be tough. Atleast your son gets time to spend with his father so that's the bright side

 

yea except he's more interested in the worms than fish, and digging for them and my 3-yo girl nearly got a heart attack when a 4 inch sunfish started flopping on the grass LOL!

I just got back in, and it sucked today. Not even a nibble. I am going to have to venture out further and find other areas that are similar to that retention pond. Man, I miss that place so much already. Time is running out.

How are you guys doing fishing?

Got this one as a biggest the other day, but haven't had much time to go, and out of town visiting family this weekend, so that's probably it for me this one.

 

Got this one as a biggest the other day, but haven't had much time to go, and out of town visiting family this weekend, so that's probably it for me this one.

That's a beast! What is your length now? That one looks way fatter than the 19" I catch. Always seems like the fish you catch at your spots are fat

Man, I am so upset . I am fishing for the contest and all I caught was this..

 

 

 

YEAH RIGHT.... I will take one of these any day.(AK, you do not have these up in JAX).  This one would have put me above 100" for sure. Oh well.....

Man, I am so upset . I am fishing for the contest and all I caught was this..

YEAH RIGHT.... I will take one of these any day.(AK, you do not have these up in JAX). This one would have put me above 100" for sure. Oh well.....

Yea man that's why I want to get down to S Fl catch me some of the south fl fish!

But I had a horrible morning went out from 5:15 til 7:45 and landed 4 and missed 14 all on my frog! Missed 4 biggens too. Then I went out with Czar and our other buddy to a bunch of spots must have hit 15 different lakes it seemed like and absolutely NOTHING! It was rough. We are going to the Golden Course tonight into the AM so hopefully we have some pics for you guys