Frog Fishing Tips
There are very few people you can find in the whole world who don’t love fishing. Fishing is a great source of adventure and entertainment.
There are many types of fishing. Even you may have the experience of various type of fishing. I am sure among all the fishing types; frog fishing is the most exciting one. In frog fishing, we use an artificial frog as our bait or lure. This the most effective type of fishing and one can catch many big fishes with this method. In this post, I will give you some important tips about frog fishing to make it more exciting for you.
Tips for Frog Fishing
Frog fishing is the most amazing and successful type of fishing. You can improve your fishing skill by following some simple tips. You can find those effective tips in the following article:
Don’t Get Ripped Off
If you see the legs of your frog got ripped up, you can substitute them with the skirt from a tube. It will look better than before. To do this, just cut the head end of the tube and use glue to attach it to the frog body. Don’t forget to seal the holes to prevent it from getting waterlogged.
Make A Splash
Some people get frustrated while frog fishing in cover because they hung up every other cast. In my opinion, you should actually look for cover you can get hung in every once in a while. It will give you some advantage. Tall grass is an advantage for you because you can bring your frog right to a blade of grass that comes out of the water. If you are able to take your frog to catch on the blade and get up out of the water, it will make a big splash when it falls back. It looks like very natural. It may take some time to learn the technique but will help you to catch a lot of fish in this way.
Act Stunned
There is a very valuable tip that I want to give you is to not jerk right away when a bass does its acrobatics. Many anglers failed to catch big bass because they reacted too early. When bass jumps out of the water, it slaps the lure to stun it. Your early jerk will make the bass realize that it’s a bait and not the real one and it won’t bite. When the bass jumps, just stop and lower your rod. It will make the bass think that it has stunned the frog and come to bite it for an easy meal. Now, it’s time to set your hook then rinse and repeat.
Never Give up
If your favorite frog tears and its taking in water, apply some heat on the torn area and melt it. It is an instant patch and solves the issue.
When you are using a frog for a long time, take some time to retie it. Pitching into the heavy cover will start to fray the braid and there is a risk of losing the frog and fish as well.
Never quit if you are not successful in the first few feet. Just work the frog all the way to the boat; the fish will follow it to the open water and then it will decide to strike.
At the time of pitching your frog into cover, pop it once and keep it still for a few seconds before you start to walk it out of the cover. In this process, the fish will have more time to strike on it before you walk it back to the boat.
Add A Trailer to Increase Hookups
You can add a trailer hook to each of the factory hooks to increase the chance of hooking up if the fish are short striking your frog.
Be The Frog
When you are fishing the floating frog, always try to put it where you think a frog might be and make it act like a real one by flipping it across lily pads or near high grass. Lily pad is a heavy cover and it is always being the best option to win with this lure. So, to get the best result from your frog, you have to make it behave like a real frog and you should act like it as if you are a frog.
Buy Frogs Smartly
When bass hit frogs, they hit towards the legs. If you want to catch more fish, buy frogs that have two separate skirts. Don’t buy the ones with one skirt on its tail to represent it in a more realistic way. You can take a single skirted frog and use a rubber band or glue in order to separate the whole skirt into two smaller skirts.
More Hooks Equal More Hookups
To apply this, you need plastic frogs like the Zoom Horny Toad. Rig the frog with a no.4 treble hook which is attached to some stiff wire. To make the treble hook back by the legs, run the wire through the back of the toad. Now, loop the wire in the front of the toad. If you are able to use a treble hook greatly, it increases hookups a lot. You can use this kind of rig in light cover or in open water. It becomes a great wake bait if a toad is rigged in this way.
Get Stitched
If you are fishing a frog with paddle feet, don’t forget to stitch the center point of the feet to the frog body. You can do it with a piece of monofilament. This will keep the pair of legs from getting yanked out of one side of the frog body during a fight. This struggle during the fight can ruin the bait.
Keep Patience
Patience is the key for every kind of fishing. You must keep your patience not only before a strike but after the strike also. It will really hurt you if the fish take the lure before you set the hook. Don’t let your excitement took over your mind when a big bass explodes on your frog. Don’t jerk the frog away from the bass before he could really take it.
Conclusion
There is a lot of ways to improve your frog fishing skills. Among a lot of options, I have described to you some very important tips about frog fishing. If you follow these advanced tricks, I am sure you will be able to catch more bass. Always keep your eyes open and be patience. These are the keys to success in frog fishing.
