Real Frogs Bad When Frogging? 2024
BooyahMan reply :
Hey guys, I was wondering if seeing real frogs in an area is a bad sign for the frogging bite? Every time I find a frog chasing my frog, I never get any fish out of that spot. I figured that if there were some big bass in the area a lot of the amphibians wouldn't have been able to set up shop there?
Anybody else find this or is this a far-fetched theory at best?
Senko lover reply :
I've tried hooking small frogs hopping around on the bank and throwing them in....never had any luck.
BassinLou reply :
That would be sight to see. I have rarely seen a frog in the water's that I fish. The extremely rare opportunity I have seen a frog in the water, its hauling butt to get the heck out.... 
MIbassyaker reply :
On 5/30/2015 at 9:05 PM, Senko lover said:I've tried hooking small frogs hopping around on the bank and throwing them in....never had any luck.
Growing up, I mostly fished for catfish in the local river. Sometimes, if we wanted to try for pike, we'd catch leopard frogs and put them on a hook. It did work, occasionally.
je1946 reply :
I've seen some big bass caught on live frogs.
lectricbassman reply :
Ive often wondered the same thing. A pond by my house has an infestation of frogs. Ive never caught a bass in this pond. I believe one of two things is happening. There are no bass to eat the frogs, or the bass are huge and well fed thus they wont take anything i have to offer.
*Hank reply :
Hmmmmm interesting........
the reel ess reply :
On 5/30/2015 at 11:59 PM, lectricbassman said:Ive often wondered the same thing. A pond by my house has an infestation of frogs. Ive never caught a bass in this pond. I believe one of two things is happening. There are no bass to eat the frogs, or the bass are huge and well fed thus they wont take anything i have to offer.
I think you're right. I would have serious doubts about the existence of bass in a pond that was overrun with frogs. Because I have a hard time retrieving one without a bite sometimes. And I don't think I've ever seen a bass eat a real frog.
WRB reply :
Do you hear frogs in the evening when fishing ponds you think don't have them? Frogs, like crawdads are nearly everywhere, just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there. When there is an abundance of one prey type, it's difficult to get bass to eat a artifical lure mimicking that prey type. Try a white frog if the more natural color isn't working.
Live frogs have been used to catch bass for centuries, long before lures became popular.
Tom
lectricbassman reply :
On 5/31/2015 at 2:06 AM, WRB said:Do you hear frogs in the evening when fishing ponds you think don't have them? Frogs, like crawdads are nearly everywhere, just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there. When there is an abundance of one prey type, it's difficult to get bass to eat a artifical lure mimicking that prey type. Try a white frog if the more natural color isn't working.
Live frogs have been used to catch bass for centuries, long before lures became popular.
Tom
Great advice, i never thought about it like that.
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
On 5/30/2015 at 11:59 PM, lectricbassman said:Ive often wondered the same thing. A pond by my house has an infestation of frogs. Ive never caught a bass in this pond. I believe one of two things is happening. There are no bass to eat the frogs, or the bass are huge and well fed thus they wont take anything i have to offer.
Did you foul hook a real frog?????
Jtrout reply :
I got into bass fishing due to live frogs. I went to a Pond with no bait and seen little water frogs along the shore I caught some of them and put them on. Hook and sure enough the bass couldn't get enough of them! I caught probably 7 bass that day all were small 12in or less. Ever since that day I became addicted! I lost a rod and reel in another pond while it was casted out with a frog on it and I was using another rod a couple yards away either a bass or catfish took that frog along with my rod lol
WRB reply :
Bull frogs eat smaller frogs, crawdads, small fish etc.
Tom
lectricbassman reply :
On 5/31/2015 at 3:56 AM, 5 Dollar Fishing Game said:Did you foul hook a real frog?????
Nope, he went straight for it! Hooked him right through the bottom lip. Frogs arent built like fish (squishy and less dense) so the hook was harder to get out than i thought it would be but he swam away fine. That'll teach him to eat his offspring!
BooyahMan reply :
Thanks for the responses guys. The lake in question definitely has bass and I definitely have been catching them on hollow-bodies, but never when there was a real frog in the area. I guess my question is, if there are some live frogs that have set up shop in a particular spot on a lake, is it safe to assume this particular location would have a lousy frog bite?
What's interesting is that I have seen bass blow up on stuff in the pads but I've never personally seen a frog getting eaten. Many times if they get a glimpse of my lure they'll make a beeline for it with reckless abandon. Oh, and yes I have hooked bull frogs before; never landed one though. I know a few locals that sometimes target them for fun with surface lures.
moguy1973 reply :
There's a local park that has bull frogs in it. I usually have a couple go after my frog when I fish one there. Had a couple get hooked like in the picture above. Dumb frogs...
Still catch bass out of that lake though, but it's a C&R lake so there are a ton of fish in it always.
Bankbeater reply :
I can't throw a black Spro Bronzeye in the lilypads at one of the lakes I fish. Any frogs in those pads will come after the bait. Black is the only color I have that issue with so I don't throw it much.
ArticWolf reply :
On 5/31/2015 at 10:07 AM, BooyahMan said:Thanks for the responses guys. The lake in question definitely has bass and I definitely have been catching them on hollow-bodies, but never when there was a real frog in the area. I guess my question is, if there are some live frogs that have set up shop in a particular spot on a lake, is it safe to assume this particular location would have a lousy frog bite?
What's interesting is that I have seen bass blow up on stuff in the pads but I've never personally seen a frog getting eaten. Many times if they get a glimpse of my lure they'll make a beeline for it with reckless abandon. Oh, and yes I have hooked bull frogs before; never landed one though. I know a few locals that sometimes target them for fun with surface lures.
Lol I had a bull frog go for my Texas rigged Senko last week , that was a first. But I live in Maryland where unless you are on a boat the frog bite is non existent
BassWhole! reply :
On 8/9/2018 at 8:00 PM, ArticWolf said:I live in Maryland where unless you are on a boat the frog bite is non existent
Haven't fished near Annapolis in a while (for bass, I'm up there all the time for rock) but it can't be that different than a few miles south. A frog is doing really well from shore in PG and Charles. Pass the Grey Poupon... 
J Francho reply :
Since when is fishing where their prey is present a bad idea?
MrFrost reply :
I fish a pond that is over run with frogs. When you walk the bank they're jumping in the water about every fifteen feet or so. I still do relatively well with the hollow body frog. The pond goes through phases. But the live frogs are always present.
I caught my current PB after watching a huge bull frog barely escape the mouth of a fish as it exploded out of the water chasing the bull frog. I casted right over the blow up spot and the largie took my hollow body frog hard.
Ratherbfishing reply :
On 5/31/2015 at 7:39 AM, lectricbassman said:Nope, he went straight for it! Hooked him right through the bottom lip. Frogs arent built like fish (squishy and less dense) so the hook was harder to get out than i thought it would be but he swam away fine. That'll teach him to eat his offspring!
I'll wager it wasn't trying to EAT the bait so much as drive it away. Bullfrogs are very territorial and will try to drive away any competitors.
BassWhole! reply :
I think for the most part, bass aren't identifying artificial frogs as live frogs, they are just reacting to the stimulus of the lure. I haven't seen a correlation between the abundance or lack of frogs in a body of water and the effectiveness of "frogs".
Dirtyeggroll reply :
Had a real frog chasing my lure frog once on a grass mat when suddenly a bass blew up on the real frog. The bass wasn’t quite big enough to inhale it and that frog screamed like a small child. It was one of the most ear piercing things I have ever heard. The bass just kept rolling with it in its mout and splashing around with it and it kept screaming until finally, it got away. It was quite a site to see and hear.
Bass Turd reply :
On 8/10/2018 at 6:41 AM, Dirtyeggroll said:Had a real frog chasing my lure frog once on a grass mat when suddenly a bass blew up on the real frog. The bass wasn’t quite big enough to inhale it and that frog screamed like a small child. It was one of the most ear piercing things I have ever heard. The bass just kept rolling with it in its mout and splashing around with it and it kept screaming until finally, it got away. It was quite a site to see and hear.
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F15HGuy reply :
On 8/10/2018 at 7:13 AM, Bass Turd said:Are you thinking what I'm thinking...? Can you say bass call...! ICAST 2019!
At the very least, a new "screaming frog" setting for your Hydrowave....
geo g reply :
Bass are not shy to attack a real frog. If they are around bass will be in the area. With a good population of frogs, bass might just be full from feasting on them. I have seen bass busting tad poles during the hatch. Just slow down and make the presentation unresistable. Frog is on the menu!
CrankFate reply :
On 5/31/2015 at 10:07 AM, BooyahMan said:Thanks for the responses guys. The lake in question definitely has bass and I definitely have been catching them on hollow-bodies, but never when there was a real frog in the area. I guess my question is, if there are some live frogs that have set up shop in a particular spot on a lake, is it safe to assume this particular location would have a lousy frog bite?
I don’t know. I have rarely seen frogs in the wild. Even when you can hear them everywhere. This includes fishing in some 15 or more states when I was a kid. The only thing I do know is when people say “find the bait find the fish” it’s not always true. Sometimes bait will set up shop where whatever eats them doesn’t go.
ww2farmer reply :
I'm just glad the bull frogs around here don't get much bigger than they do. They are very aggressive. There are days when I can't keep them away from my frogs, and unhooking a big one is not for the meek or timid. Their back legs are very very strong.
I will admit though, watching one "stalk" a frog through a mat is comical. You see a wake coming, thinking it might be a bass, then all of a sudden a few feet behind the frog you'll see a set of beady eyes pop up through the grass like little periscopes.....time to put those high speed reels to work and get kermit the heck out of town.
Now that I think about it....when an area of the lake has a lot of bull frogs in it, I rarely catch a bass....I don't know why. I think the bass are still there, but the bullfrogs are such an pain in the butt to fish around, I think I usually pull up shop and go else where, because as I said before, dealing with hooked, big bull frogs is undesirable to the max.
Pickle_Power reply :
Personally, I've never experienced a correlation between frog lures not working if frogs are present in an area. I hear then everywhere I fish in the evening. If there's good cover and weather for frog fishing, I'm throwing one.
Smalls reply :
I hear the frogs almost all day. Bass still seem to eat my fake one.
Til this week, that is. Along with the frogs, are those stupid painted turtles. You know what they like to chomp on? My d**n frogs. The bass ain’t fond of em, either. They all moved to the other side of the pond.
Lead Head reply :
Wow... sounds like some of you guys should harvest some frogs. Maybe thin out the frog population at bit and have frog legs for dinner. I rarely eat fish but I will absolutely throw down on frog legs when given the opportunity.
And yes, they really do kinda taste like chicken.
the reel ess reply :
The only place I ever fished that was overrun with frogs didn't seem to have any bass in it. I didn't even see minnows and it was summer, so I split.
soflabasser reply :
There are certain locations I fish that are loaded with toads and frogs. At nighttime you can barely hear any other noise besides the sounds these toads and frogs make, especially during the summer. Have caught many big bass at night with hollow belly frogs and topwater lures in these locations. I am confident these bass come out at night to hunt these animals.
datkins reply :
I don't know for sure if there's a correlation, but I can say anecdotally that I've caught more frogs that bass on frog lures, and that anywhere I've caught those frogs I usually got skunked by the fish.
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