I have several different frogs that I fish around pads. I have spro, ribbit, and hard nosed. I was just wondering what everyone else's favorite frogs were to throw. And if it's a style like the spro frog do you like the origional style or the popper front style?

Right now i have a live target, ribbit, and rage toads

Gonna grap some pad crashers soon...i need some dark bottomed frogs....lost one and tore one bad last year

Hollow body - Spro & River2Sea

Toads - Gambler Cane Toad & Rage Toads

 

I prefer the original over the popping but there is certainly a time and place for the poppers.

I fish spro , boo yah and live target they all work well IMO.

I have the regular and popping versions which both work .

Experiment and let the bass tell you which they prefer on a particular day.

_{Jackall Iobee frog, walks like a champ.}

Booyah Pad Crashers, I use both the regular and popin versions.

Livetargets and Evolve for hollow body, rage tail for soft plastic

River2Sea

I prefer popping frogs.

Those live target frogs look great. What colors do you all prefer? Green/yellow?

Also what size? 5/8 or 3/4? I'm not sure what size all my spro frogs are...

Color depends on the clarity of the water, fro example, clear water = lighter colors, dirty water = darker colors. And weight also depends on the type of water, for example, light frogs for very shallow water and small ponds and heavy frogs for deeper, heavy vegetation and big open lakes, as its better for casting and heavier is bigger so in big water, it has a larger profile.

Well the lakes I fish are eithe crystal clear, or chocolate milk muddy. The main Lilly pad/ matted vegetation lakes are muddy water though

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Booyah Poppin' Pad Crasher

For versatility get a natural color like Green or Brown.

Hollow Body: I've had some success with hollow bodies but not much. I did catch some nice ones on a Scumfrog Bigfoot and Spro Poppin' frog. I also have 2 Live Targets and a Booyah and never thrown them.

 

 

Solid Body: I love Ragetail Toads and have caught a ton of bass on them. Because of this I guess I forget to use my hollow body frogs. I also have tried a Stanley Ribbit frog with no success.

We'll I think I have limited it down. Like I said before I have several spro frogs and I will continue to use them but now I am torn between the live target and the booyah. Never been much of a booyah fan but the frogs look good, have good reviews and are almost half the price

I still love my old neon green Strike King frog with the trailer hook. Has outperformed any other frog I have tried and much better hook up rate. Usually have to keep it away from herons too.

Kopper's live target has the best (most realistic) patterns IMO, and is available in 3 sizes instead of 2.  I like this because it lets me be as inappropriate as I want- throwing frogs when it would otherwise be totally uncalled for if I didn't have a 45 to use- and big'uns still smash them too!  I can't even tell you how many times I've caught big fish on the little guys when the bigger ones weren't getting so much as a look.  

 

 

As for soft plastics, T-rigged horny toads and Lunker City Salad Spoons are about as good as it gets IMO.  Predictable, simple, cheap and completely weedless.    

 

 

I don't really do hard body frogs.  Don't like them.  Open trebles are the last thing I will reach for in heavy cover situations when I'm thinking frogs.  If it isn't weedless, I generally don't throw it anywhere near cover- there's better alternatives IMO.        

 

 

The key will be finding the right balance between what you want to throw, what you're most comfortable with the action of and what works for your wallet.  Only you can find that comfort zone though and it's different for everyone!    

You all are probably tired of my frog posts but if you aren't trying the furbit when there is a bit of wind you are short changing yourself. They are somewhat fragile but with tye wraps and super glue they'll catch a dozen or so bass - I've had over 20 on one bait. I fish every frog that comes out and they all catch fish - I don't know if the swamp donkey is still in production but it, the furbit, and a snag proof tweetie have accounted for hundreds of bass over 5lbs for me and dozens over 7lbs.

Toad fishing, I use the horny toad, case plastics toad, and the manns hard nose when water is calm - when a bit of wind the gambler cane toad, ribbit and toads of that ilk come into play.. As for colors I'll go for pretty new patterns but know all you really need is black ones and white ones 99.9% of the time.

For me frog fishing is somewhat akin to big swimbait tossing - you gotta believe!

Koppers LT 55T, especially in green yellow and emerald frog colors. Black is good too.

Ribbit hollow body top toads. Baby bass color, or white and dip the legs chartrues(sp?). They can be buzzed or floated, and inexpensive enuf that I dont worry about tearing them up.