I am trying to learn more about these baits and was wondering what the more experienced froggers do to their baits to make them more efficient or more appealing.

One big adjustment that has helped me put more fish in the boat with frogs is putting BB's in it to make it heavier so it just barley floats in the water.

When fishing shallow water you can usually see the fishes wake coming for the bait. That wake will push the frog infront of the fish more thus causing the fish to miss it when it comes up for it. By making the frog heavier the wake doesn't push it as far infront of the fish so the can acctually eat the bait.

i usually cut about a half inch off of the legs to (hopefully) avoid a short strike. i also add a rattle to the inside of the body to give it some extra noise.

I do this to the ones I use at Guntersville

I was messing around with a Bronzeye the other day (finally found a lake with some veg. in it to fish a hollow frog around) but thought the "legs" were way to long. Do you guys shorten them up? and if so how much? Half?

Thanks for the info it is greatly appreciated!

Wayne- That is a cool idea with the rattles.

i wrap lead on the hook of the frogs to add weight for casting distance. i find it necessary with the scum frog bigfoot, and beneficial for other hollow bodied frogs.

I don't put anything inside the hollow body. In doing so, it prevents complete compression by the fish and may result in misses. The frog with no legs has 1/8 oz worm weights where the legs were removed. That is to exert more weight on the grass mats so the fish can find it. It allows for longer casts too.

I don't put anything inside the hollow body. In doing so, it prevents complete compression by the fish and may result in misses. The frog with no legs has 1/8 oz worm weights where the legs were removed. That is to exert more weight on the grass mats so the fish can find it. It allows for longer casts too.

im with Wayne ... he has a great point .... but there is yet another reason not to weight the Spro frog .... the Spro has a great barrelling action ... when you add weight you really hinder the action of this frog ... im speaking of the spro frog olny here ... IMO the action of the spro is different than any other frog out there ... ive tryed a few different frogs and not one had the built in action of the spro ... you can shorten the legs if you feel it nessary ... however i dont ever cut the legs ... again i feel it may hinder the action ... also the longer legs make the frog look bigger ... we all know big bass like bigger baits ... back to my first point the action of the spro is killer ... when you work this frog along it really looks nice the way it walkes along the surface .. now im not saying that you cant weight a frog ... i keep 1 frog in my box with 4or5 bbs in it for noise and weight ... but i have yet to feel the need to tie it on ... when i have messed with the bb frog the action of the frog was duller unless i worked that frog SLOW ... now there may be a day on the lake when i see the need for a slow less active frog ,, thats the reason its in my box .... but the last 3 seasons the regular spro was fine .... i will slime my frog up with mega strike ,,, not for the sent but to get better hook sets ... im not sure if its helping but i dont seem to have trouble with my hook sets ...

I don't put anything inside the hollow body. In doing so, it prevents complete compression by the fish and may result in misses.

i dont miss fish as a result of lead in the body, if you are concerned about it you can use wire saudering material and that will hug pretty tightly to the hooks.