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top water question #12231662 05/05/17 01:56 AM
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I fish a small private lake a lot with a hollow body frog. a lot of times bass will come up and nose bump it? I assume to kill it? ive paused for few seconds, cast back out. and they will do the same thing. then nothing. is there something I can change? my hook up ratio on a frog is like 1/10, lol. I use spro frogs with trimmed skirts and even bent the hooks out a little.


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Re: top water question [Re: Fish docter] #12231704 05/05/17 02:16 AM
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Shouldn't have to bend hooks on a frog imo. They either eat it or they don't. Could be user error. Regardless, if they aren't eating it, maybe try a fluke after they nose it. You can also try the spro jr for a smaller profile

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Re: top water question [Re: Fish docter] #12231726 05/05/17 02:31 AM
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Originally Posted By: Fish docter
I fish a small private lake a lot with a hollow body frog. a lot of times bass will come up and nose bump it? I assume to kill it? ive paused for few seconds, cast back out. and they will do the same thing. then nothing. is there something I can change? my hook up ratio on a frog is like 1/10, lol. I use spro frogs with trimmed skirts and even bent the hooks out a little.

Working it like a popper gets it done for me. Never bend my hooks and my hookup ration is easily 90% also cut the skirts short. Ive caught em with frogs with no skirts that makes em have to eat the body

Re: top water question [Re: Fish docter] #12231730 05/05/17 02:33 AM
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Here is a technique that will work great right now with all the wind that has been blowing. It is called Corking.
- Use a big bobber so the wind will blow it along.
- Tie on a weightless small 4" swim bait.
- Just the cheap ones with rings and no hook slit will work great.
- Skin hook the wide gap hook just under the rings.
- Bait should be about 2' under the bobber.
- Cast it out and position yourself so the wind can take it down the shore line.
- Throwing it out past the grass line and letting the wind slowly blow it back toward you will also work.
- If the shoreline is free of grass just let the wind push it along until it touches bottom and stops.
- Cast it out again and repeat.


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Re: top water question [Re: Donald Harper] #12231748 05/05/17 02:42 AM
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Originally Posted By: Donald Harper
Here is a technique that will work great right now with all the wind that has been blowing. It is called Corking.
- Use a big bobber so the wind will blow it along.
- Tie on a weightless small 4" swim bait.
- Just the cheap ones with rings and no hook slit will work great.
- Skin hook the wide gap hook just under the rings.
- Bait should be about 2' under the bobber.
- Cast it out and position yourself so the wind can take it down the shore line.
- Throwing it out past the grass line and letting the wind slowly blow it back toward you will also work.
- If the shoreline is free of grass just let the wind push it along until it touches bottom and stops.
- Cast it out again and repeat.


I taught my wife how to bass fish like this, very good method for teaching kids and beginners


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Re: top water question [Re: Fish docter] #12234275 05/07/17 02:10 AM
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I wouldn't recommend bending out the hooks. Also you just have to make sure the fish fully takes the frog before you set the hook. And lastly, if they miss a frog but still blow up on it, if you quickly throw a wacky rig or weightless T-rig senko, you will almost 8/10 times catch the fish that just missed your frog.

Re: top water question [Re: Thor Outdoors] #12234284 05/07/17 02:17 AM
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At my deer lease lake if they are not smashing the frog, you can kill them on a pop-r or a tiny torpedo in clear.


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Re: top water question [Re: Chris B] #12234370 05/07/17 03:35 AM
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Try speeding it up. Sometimes they get to good a look at it and are not sure about eating eat. A lot of people think if they are in a negative mood to slow down, but you'd be surprised how many times you speed it up they will smash it. If that doesn't work as mentioned above if you have a second rod follow that nudge rigged with a senko weightless texas or wacky rigged.


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Re: top water question [Re: Fish docter] #12235862 05/08/17 01:51 PM
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Could it be that its not bass doing the nudging? A weightless plastic should tell the story pretty quick.

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