Frog Fishing Technique & Equipment
With the best of the frog fishing ahead of us, I thought I would spend a little time talking through some of the detail of frog fishing. Let's start with the most important detail in frog fishing that being equipment. When heading to the lake the first thing you must do is buy proper equipment, rigging is everything it is the backbone of catching a fish on a frog.
A long 7'6" rod, strong enough to haul a bass out of thick grass, with a reel lined with 50 lb test braided line. Braid will give that strong hook set needed to get a good portion of the frog hooks deep enough into the bass mouth to get is head up out of the grass. The long rod allows you to make casts deep enough into the grass mat to catch a fish, and strong enough to haul the bass out and into the boat.
One of the most important aspects of frog fishing is the hook set; I believe a long side sweeping hook set is best. It gives you control of the rod; it allows a deep set hook in the fishes mouth and gives you control of the fish after she is hooked. I've seen folks set the rod in an upward motion, and drop the rod out of their hand from the shock, combined with the size of the fish and the weight of the grass.
The next key is the right grass, not all grass beds are created equal; look for the nastiest, dirtiest foamy grass that creates a trail with your frog. Look for holes in the grass that the bass can sit under and movement in the area from bait, carp or bluegill.
Lastly look for the holes, work your frog several different ways. Pop it, stop it, crawl it, twitch it, move it fast, move it slow until you find a retrieve that causes a blow-up then it's pretty simple repeat the fish catching motion.
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Captain Mike Gerry