Frog Mats
Not all grass areas are created equal and when you have miles of great looking grass that all looks good, something must stand out so you can make a choice; where do you fish and what makes one clump of grass look better than others? These are the questions you must answer every time you get on the water and start looking for that frog bite.
First, grass must have a couple of key things going on; the first is some holes or open areas that the bass can feed and see through, second is the grass must have a void under it where the bass can gather and look for food under neath the mats. I also look for grass that has become burnt looking and cheesy where your frog makes a trail through the cheesy grass. That burnt nasty looking stuff is always the best place to catch a big bass. Next let your ears be your guide; as many of us painfully know, the grass knats can be a pain, but when you hear blue gill feeding on those nasty knats and they are making a popping sound; you have found some perfect mat choices.
Once you have found some key areas you start narrowing the choices down even further and other elements lead you deeper into frogging territory; for example, water current, if the area you have identified has water current moving around it from wind or dam control you have once again narrowed your choice to even a better set of elements. Grass mats make all kinds of different formations, but when they form points or have outside and inside bends where the bass can feed from you have once again narrowed your choice and gotten closer to the some of the best frogging areas on the lake. There are also other visual keys that can define a good frogging area; blow holes are one, if you visually see where bass have exploded through the mat that’s some pretty telling indicator that there is bass in that mat area. Many times, you can also see the drag lines where another angler has dragged a fish from that very blowhole indicating that this area is being fished for a good reason.
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