How hard is it, in general, to catch bass on a topwater frog during the middle of the day? I've done ok fishing shallow cover the past few days with jigs, T-rigs, etc. but I've fished a lot of frogs with no luck. 

You can do it if you find shade and fish in that shade of course. I just did it Sunday in scorching hot temps. Found a shoreline full of Cypress trees and pads the trees shade. They smashed the frog all through the day till I left around 2pm. 

Just now, DINK WHISPERER said:

You can do it if you find shade and fish in that shade of course. I just did it Sunday in scorching hot temps. Found a shoreline full of Cypress trees and pads the trees shade. They smashed the frog all through the day till I left around 2pm. 

There are some willow trees hanging out over the water, but that's the only shade I can think of. Does that sound like a good target?

If pads and duckweed aren't horribly thick and you have at least a foot of water below them, there is no reason you shouldn't be able to coax a blow up

When useing frogs or any type of plastic for that matter around cypress trees, stay in and around the truck as far as the canopy expands. The knees usually extend out about 5-8 ft.

However, There are no rules that say frogs only work in the morning, in the shade, on flat water, in and around certain types of vegetation or when the sun rises above the trees etc.

 

There have been times when I wouldn't put it down all day, or switch to it in open water with submerged grass in the middle of the day. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike 

Frogs catch bass Spring through Fall, 24 hours a day. Some days and hours are better than others, but it isn't just a Spring and morning and evening bait some people say that it is.

11 hours ago, EGbassing said:

How hard is it, in general, to catch bass on a topwater frog during the middle of the day? I've done ok fishing shallow cover the past few days with jigs, T-rigs, etc. but I've fished a lot of frogs with no luck. 

I have had lots of blowups in the middle of the day. From around 12 -6 pm the sun is up high so the bass need some shade , lily pads make amazing shade. You throw a frog threw that and just let it sit in the open water and hang on. 

When the dragonflies are buzzing, and the sun is high in the sky, it's a great time to throw a frog.

I found a an area covered by pads, and some grass cover on the edges of the pads, and I targeted my casts to the grass cover edges, and had three blow ups before landing a pretty decent 3 pounder.  It was about 86 degress with direct sun, at 4pm in the afternoon.  

I hate seeing "frog lines" in the slop when I roll up to a prime spot.

Me too...but those are mine, lol.  To be fair, this pond never disappoints, and if you don't catch them on a frog, throw a plastic, rigged any way you want and you'll get bit.  

That's a beautiful picture, too.

The best part of yesterday, was actually getting to witness a frog jumping out of the water, in probably less than a foot deep, and a bass following it exploding out of the water as well...but the frog got away...I cast right over the blow up spot and he chocked my frog!

58 minutes ago, J Francho said:

When the dragonflies are buzzing, and the sun is high in the sky, it's a great time to throw a frog.

Thanks. I actually saw a cicada buzzing on the surface the other day. I noticed that it took it about 5 minutes to get about 5 feet. Think we fish topwaters too fast..?

All day long. In open water and near docks and cover. But this is just a few Minnesota Lakes I have experience with. And with a homemade Teckel Frog. I don’t have much luck with regular hollow body frogs. Also color doesn’t seem to matter. My friend was using this black frog and I was using a white one. 6 topwater frog bass in 2 hours and 2 on Senkos. 

 

 

This is yesterday around noon. 

 

 

Hey TC have you been catching bass with frogs on a regular basis lately?  I can't get one to even look at mine, even in "froggy" looking habitat.

I fish them all day long, rain or shine. Mid day bites on a frog when it's hot and sunny are usually solid fish.

If the bass are looking up for surface critters like frogs or anything for that matter a surface lure will work. Frogs are surface lures and if the bass are not surface feeding you can't tease them into striking a frog, they simply ignor it.

Tom

12 hours ago, J Francho said:

I hate seeing "frog lines" in the slop when I roll up to a prime spot.

No kidding. I'm always thinking to myself, "who the hell do these people think they are"? 

3 hours ago, gimruis said:

Hey TC have you been catching bass with frogs on a regular basis lately?  I can't get one to even look at mine, even in "froggy" looking habitat.

 

 

Yep. All year this year and most of last year. 

 

 Not regular frogs though. Paddle tail frogs. 

I tried out a new pond in my kayak a few weeks ago.........Big pond with lots of matted grass, very few pads.  

It was mid 90's by 11:00 am without a cloud in the sky and I wasn't having much luck.  I started throwing the frog along the sides of the few docks on the pond and did quite well. 

On 7/17/2018 at 9:27 PM, slonezp said:

If pads and duckweed aren't horribly thick and you have at least a foot of water below them, there is no reason you shouldn't be able to coax a blow up

This is your answer.  In shade under a mat with some decent water beneath them.  My only very slight disagreement with this answer is that I always throw on shaded thick mats during the hot parts of the day.  The key is that AT LEAST a foot of water under them.

Almost got heat stroke today dragging a 6 lber out of a mat so thick, made me think I was in Florida. 

 

I get more/bigger bites midday on a frog. Color/size/presentation matter much more here, though. 

Seems to me I have more success throwing a frog in slop and pads midday than I do during early morning or evenings.

On 7/18/2018 at 7:05 PM, gimruis said:

Hey TC have you been catching bass with frogs on a regular basis lately?  I can't get one to even look at mine, even in "froggy" looking habitat.

Minnesota frog bite has been tough for me this year, but tcbass may be right.  The ones I caught have been on Toadrunners with paddle tails like this one caught in the West metro.  Not getting even a sniff this year on my usually good pad crashers.  Forgive the shirt, it was the 4th of July and I sent the photo to my son because he had to work that day 

 

To the OP, this was caught at 11:00am so close to mid-day.