So I've been using Horney Toads and Cane Toads for over a year now, and wanted to try out the Spro Frog.  So, I bought one.  I tried it a couple of times.  In short, I have no confidence it.  I've KILLED fish on toads, but feel like I'm doing something wrong with the Spro Frog.

I thought I read somewhere about trimming the legs...?  Look to long to me.  I've also read walking the dog...  doesn't work well for me, and I can make a Spook walk all the way home.  Maybe I got a dud or something.

You guys fishing this frog in cover?  Open water?  Over matted hydrilla?

Just looking for some motivation to give it a few more outings.  

Trim the legs about 3/4 to 1 inch. When you do that, you will be able to walk the dog w/ the frog a bit easier. This is good for open water or by shore line.

Trimming the legs to up to an inch, will not hinder how the frog will work in weed mats. You just have to scoot it along like a frog moving ever so slightly on top of the weeds & stopping by openings. Or you can do a quick move over the mats like a frog just got spooked & stops a couple feet away.

I also like casting to shore & moving the frog onto water. Like if the lip of the bank is a couple feet from the water. The slight splash & movement will attract a bass attention....or for that matter a bullfrog that is close by. I've had that happen a few times.

I also have added a glass rattle & a couple bb shots for noise. I think it helps especially when the frog is on top of weed mats.

Nothing beats & getting your heart beating like a bass blasting through weed mats. You are not expecting it to happen & BAM!!! Something just busted through & your lure is not there....you set the hook on a nice size bass. I've actually had smaller bass hit the Spro & was very surprised that a small bass can inhale quite a big lure.

im with ghost on this one  ;D the spro frog IMO is the best hollow bodied frog on the market ...... just fish it .....

the horny toad and cane toads cannot be compared to hollow bodied frogs.

It is absolutely necessary to understand that they are completely different baits

and as such are fished differently.

The hollow body frog i.e. spro is a floating topwater that will go through the thickest cover.

"Walking" the bait is possible and is an open water technique.  The baits were not made to do this but by shortening the legs by trimming off and by thinning them (pulling some strands out) you can do this.

Personally if I want a walking bait I think there are many better choices so I use the hollow body frog by chugging it a few times, let it sit then plop plop plop again.  Vary the retrieve and don't be afraid to just let it sit.  The ripple action of the water will cause it to bob up and down and the legs will give lively movement.  

these are alot of fun to fish.

After you start getting strikes, post again and we'll try to help you actually hook something on them  ;D

If you want a imitate a real frog dont trim the legs. Frogs do not swim in zig-zags, the swim in short jerks with hardly any side-to-side or vertical movment. The spro frog imitates a real frog very well.

Go out into a swamp and watch the frogs. When they think they are in danger, they dart away and then resurface a few yards away, and frogs in lilly pads will often rest ontop of the pads. My faverite place to fish the Spro is in lillys, so I try to mimick a real frogs movment the best I can. In open spots, I retrieve my frog the same speed you retrieve a willow spinnerbait, giving in rapid jerks, then when I come to pads I slow down. I always try to get my frog near or even partly ontop of pad, and give it tiny twitches. The legs flare out and twitch, and it looks exactly like a frog trying to climp onto a pad. This drives the bas crazy. Once you get out of the pads, reel in the frog fast. (with jerks) Alot of times the bass will follow it out of the pads and slam it then.

Tight lines!

Matt

Rod tip up=chug, chug

Rod tip down=walk, walk

I just started up on frogs and got the Mann's super frog.  Anybody used that one before?  I've gotten a couple strikes, but just from small bass who happened to miss on an overcast day.

I'm not exactly sure how you can walk the dog with frogs, seeing how they're not exactly.... stickbaits

just like you walk a spook ..... rod tip down ,,,, snapping with the rod tip on semi slack line .....  ;D

well thats how id try to explane it to ya ,,,, lol

i also attach a o ring to the line tie of my spooks this helps me walk the bait ,,,,, i never tryed this with a spro frog but now i may have to .......

walking a frog is not that easy and takes some practice to get the hang of it.  it is not like a spook or sammie that is very easy to walk.  the technique however is the same you will just need to work it a little more aggressively in my experience.  shorten the legs and concnetrate on the rod tip and you can get them to walk well and it can be deadly.

matt

I've had success in alot of different ways with hollow body frogs such as the Spro. I had a Spro once, fished it for a few days and never caught anything. Then i got it tangled in a tree... and lost it.

The local tackle shop doesn't carry Spro frogs, but they do carry the River2Sea Bully Wa. Its basically the same frog. I've caught most of the fish in lilly pads or heavy vegetation. However, the biggest one I've ever caught on a frog came out of completely open water.

I just run it slow. Anywhere I fish it. I've walked it before, but never had any strikes. In open water, I'll just reel it really slow. The legs give enough action. I'll stop it, and let it sit. Even when I don't get the hookset, you still see the strike... and we all know just how exciting that is.