Every summer I hear about what a great bait frogs are for big bass. And every summer I hear the stories about giant blow ups on frogs and missed/lost giants. My question is, has anyone here actually caught a 10+ on a frog? I've looked at hundreds if not thousands of pics of double digit bass and the only fish I can recall on frogs are some of Bobby Barrack's fish. So you tell me, are frogs really a good bait for 10+ bass? Can anyone show me a pic of a bonafide 10+ caught on a frog? Or is it all just a big one that got away story :)

All my big ones got away! :P I've seen some "big" blow ups but I really doubt they pushed the double digit mark. And on that note, I too have never seen someone frog a fish of that size.

matt

My biggest frog fish is about 6, but Ive only fished them for 2 years now. Ive re-adjusted my "big fish frog goal" to wanting one 8 or better this year. Im still waiting for the weather to get right before I start frogging in earnest. Ive never heard of one over ten on a frog. The closest thing to that that Ive done is losing one well over 10 at the Delta on a Trixie, that fish still haunts me I can still see its big ugly head thrashing at the surface.

The problem w/ frogs is that on a good day you will hook about half your blow ups. I know alot of the guy's on western bass have got 10+ fish on them I have herd about it on posts and I think I have seen a few pics in the photo section on there. I know I have had 1 10+ miss my frog twice, but have yet to land one over 5 on a frog.

Hey let that Bass go I wanna catch her some day
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I have a picture of my old boss of a 11 (should have been bigger, kinda skinny) that he got on a Sumo frog down here. I'll see if I can find it and e-mail to you. I was there when he caught it.

My biggest is 9 and that was on the Delta. I know a couple of guys up there with 12-13 pound fish on frogs at the Delta. During the week on a good tide they said...

I hear about the big delta frog fish too, the thing that is wierd is that you never see a picture. On TBO there are 50+ pages of double digit fish and I don't think a single one of them is on a frog. Maybe the big bite on frogs is so good that people are keeping it a secret? :D I just wonder about this kind of stuff because for me frog fishing has been a total small fish technique. Instead of closing my mind to it, I'm throwing this post out there to get more information. I'm not asking for spots or times or where the fish were caught, I just would like to see some bonafide 10+ frog fish.

I know when we were out there last my buddy was throwing into the toolies with no grass mat around them. I watched a big girl come out of the water but missed it. All his big bites came in areas like that. I have no idea where we were because I don't know the Delta at all. Somewhere around Franks Track i think? Supposedly July is when it starts to happen, and I know Clear Lake has a good frog bite. You met Fred and he's caught a ton of DD on the frog up there too

One of the biggest problems with Frog-fishing is the frogs themselves. Not many good ones out there. First problem is the double hook. I don't really know why but double hooks are just lousy. Back in my steelhead days I tried double point hook Salmon flies and they were lousy for hooking. Maybe its having to drive two points in instead of one. Whatever they are lousy.
The other thing is that most of the frogs are too light so when bass hit em they bounce into the air instead of the mouth. You can weight em down, but its tricky because then they sink through the slop.
Then there's the problem of getting them to land rightside up. It really pisses me off to make the perfect cast (which I do every now and then) and then having the frog land upside down and get a wad of cheese stuck on it. Some of the Japanese frogs are designed pretty well in that regard (counterbalanced), but they still land upside down too often for me.
The final problem for me is that its pretty much impossible to find and target individual fish. You just gotta go out and pound the cheese. Gets really boring which is really the reason the hits seem so exciting. Just when you're about to fall asleep Kablam! and then you're supposed to not strike until you feel em pull???
Anyway back to the original question. There are guys out there who specialize in it and do pretty good from what I hear. They even catch some 10+, but fishing in CA there are a lot of better ways to consistently catch 10+ bass in my .02.

three weeks ago at the delta, my buddy Tim Wilsterman caught a 10-6 on a Sumo frog. It was an insane blowup! I'll try to post the pic.

Last year at the Delta Open there was a 9.43 weighed in that came on a frog, I know it’s not a 10+ but it is close.

Here is a link to the pic
http://www.bass-n-tubes.com/gallery/album16/tim_crane_2

FIT

Sorry FIT but JRs fish was caught on a Delta Money Reap.
I know this
I was 40 feet from him when all hell broke loose. :)
Nice fish

JC

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