The Guntersville Frog Fishing Craze
As the summer rolls on, Guntersville becomes the frog fishing capitol of the bass fishing world. The grass is lying on top of the water on the ledges and over the backs of creeks and we are just about ready to pass around the fun of frog fishing. Folks will come from all over the country to get a shot at the big Guntersville explosion of a largemouth bass eating a frog on top of the water.
There is probably no other time of year that compares to the fall fishing on Guntersville, watching a 5 lb. bass explode out of the grass is a site that all fisherman love to see. It's a bite that can be so powerful that I have seen many fishermen set the hook and the rod pop completely out of their hand because of the pure power of the strike. Nothing in bass fishing compares to the adrenaline rush when the explosion occurs. The pure fact that the frog bite time of year is upon us is an adrenaline rush in itself.
The frog bite goes back to the days of a gentleman that lived in Guntersville by the name of Lloyd Talent; he invented or discovered the presentation by producing what he called a "rat." The rat has changed, improved and been reinvented in many ways by many other manufactures and now is referred to as a "frog." Not a whole lot of difference, they have added weight to help it throw farther, added some legs to make it look more like a frog, but essentially it is much like the original Lloyd Talent invention.
Fishing it much like we did in the early 80's when Lloyd Talent showed many of us old timers personally how to fish it and how much fun it can be. When Lloyd belonged to the North Alabama Bass Club he took care of many of the original members by giving them all the lures they needed to have fun and show to the others. We would go to his house and in his garage he would show us how he made them and give us different colors and sizes to fish with. A great time, a great experience dating back many years and the experience has just gotten better.
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Captain Mike Gerry