Lure Specific

Frogging for bass is arguably one of the most thrilling ways to catch a bass. Hollow body frog fishing combines the adrenaline rush of an explosive topwater bite with the physical nature of grass fishing. Frogs are one of the most weedless baits on the market. The hollow body frog is an indispensable tool for tournament anglers. This is the best way to try to access big fish in heavy cover. Frogs are also a great option for novice topwater anglers who don’t want to constantly worry about snagging.

A combative brand of fishing unrivaled in terms of excitement and big bass attraction. The frog bite starts to heat up in the spring. But gets better as the days become longer in the summer.

Hollow body frogs don’t only imitate amphibians

Vegetation and fishing pressure grow in the summer months. Bass will start to miss your frog, blowing up just behind it, or struggling to penetrate through dense mats. To stack the odds back in your favor, you can make a couple of small adjustments to your frog. Helping boost hook-up ratios and pique interest. If the cover allows, try slightly bending your hooks up and out with pliers to help improve your hook-up ratio. A frogs hook points should be angled away from the plastic body. This gives the frog a better chance of burying into the mouth of the fish. Some anglers will even go as far as adding a stinger hook if the fish are swiping at it.

A heavier frog will sit deeper in the mat and is less likely to move when fish strike. To increase the weight, try removing the hook and inserting small weights into the hollow body cavity. Not only will it help boost your hook-up ratio around thick mats, but it will also extend your casting distance. To set your frog apart from the competitors, try adding an acoustic element of attraction by inserting a small glass rattle into the body. Create a pop of color and scent with some dippin’ dye.

Frogging for bass with a heavier frog will sit it deeper in the mat

Popping, walking, buzzing, and pointed nose hollow body frogs provide anglers with different actions. There are shapes that make them better suited for fishing different types of cover and retrieve styles. If you’re fishing targeted pieces of cover, walking frogs are a great option. They can be worked in place to help keep you in the strike zone longer. Alternatively, if you need to cover water around sparse cover or along the edges of grass lines. I would choose a buzzing or popping frog. They offer more efficiency as the action is created by reeling, twitching, and moving the frog across the surface. In extremely matted vegetation standard or pointed nose hollow body frogs may be the best option. The cupped mouth of a popping frog or legs of a buzzing frog could have a tendency to hang up.

Frogging for bass is explosive whether you’re methodically crawling a frog over mats, popping it along a tule berm, or walking it in open water, you can’t help but feel the anticipation of being a split second away from a new personal best! The hollow body frog presents a substantial meal for large opportunistic fish making them a must-have for any angler’s bass fishing arsenal. Pair a hot summer day with emergent vegetation and you could be in for some of the most exciting topwater fishing that can be had all year!

Summer Glide Bait Fishing is best when bass are in their main summer patterns, understanding what the fish want helps you plan your big-bite strategy. Here’s the skinny on proven giant-finding prowess.

One of those innovations over the past 10 years is the emergence of Glide baits. These oversized, hard-bodied fish imitators originally were created to mimic trout in California lakes, but have transformed into replicating large bass prey across the country. Glide baits can resemble trout/ gizzard shad/ perch and other types of fish that bass feed on.

Summer is a prime time to fish Glide baits. For the most part, anglers have learned that these lures produce best in the late pre-spawn, and summer to late fall.

Summer Glide Bait Fishing requires a shift in perspective and expectations. The most important thing to remember is that the number of strikes you can expect go WAY down, especially as the size of the bait increases. For the most part, the most productive and popular sizes are 6-9 inches. Most of them will weigh between 2 and 6 ounces.

Glide bait areas are dependent of the type of cover and clarity available

Casting distance is critical. It is especially important to cast Glide baits as far as you can. Most of the time they are fished in cleaner water scenarios. As well, this gives the bass more time to find and tract your bait. While tracking the big ones in Summer Glide Bait Fishing . Most Glide baits have a built-in, wide side to side action when reeled straight in. Most experts with this technique prefer to work the bait almost like a jerkbait…twitching the bait to make it dart harder side to side.

Glide bait areas are dependent of the type of cover and clarity available on the lake you are fishing. Since you are targeting big bass, you must fish big bass areas. Some of the better Glide bait locations are bluff banks, steep channel banks, points, and over deeper grass beds. When approaching these areas, wind is your friend. Getting a Glide bait bite under calm conditions in the summer is exceedingly difficult.