Found this cove Monday had three fish blow up on my frog but all were small dinks and missed the frog completely. Today I went back on a mission.

Like normal, I didn't get a single hit until 6:15pm. That is quite the trend around here for me. Anyway, I saw rustling under a tree in a spot opening in the weeds, I threw a worm for a minute, then a frog, two casts, maybe three, and boom! He hit it hard I waited a second, then sunk 'em in deep. A quick reel later I pulled a 14.5" 1.3lb fish to the Bote.

I fished 30 more minutes and nothing, so I left the cove and on my way out to the main river I saw a weedy corner that I thought looked perfect for a big bass. I cast to it once and whoosh burble burble as I was half way back on my retrieve. Wait, set, frog comes flying by my head. He didn't get it! d**n! I had my worm rod ready but I was gonna throw the frog again instead. One cast, two casts, three casts, the line was 30 feet from me and whoosh slam! I waited a second pulled the hookset hard, I used both hands so when I took my left hand over to reel I couldn't find the handle I was frantically looking for it so I didn't give this big guy any slack to get off by...

When I found it I reeled as fast as I could and held the rod back to keep him coming my way. It was a long reel and this guy was doing acrobatics for me! I could tell right away that he was a 2-3 pounder . Finally got him netted and pulled a weight at 2lb 12.5oz. Almost 3lb! That beat my prior by 6 oz! 18.5" long. Poor picture, but I'm in the habit of releasing them right away, but this pb needed a remembrance picture...it was such a fun catch, my most exciting to date, except for that one 2+ pounder that threw the hook when he got to my board deck! I'm amazed that he didn't escape.

This was the first of ten or 12 frogged bass that was a spotted bass not a largemouth.

Cool PB. Congrats.

That 3lb mark is a tough one to reach for spots. Never caught one on a frog but with the way they blast a spook I'm sure it was an explosion!

Nice one! Good job!

Congrats on the PB. It's always a blast to catch a bass on a frog and the fact that it was a PB just makes it that much sweeter!