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Nothing beats Frog'n for Largies in my books and I thought I'd just start a thread on it. Maybe you have a tip or two?

What type of rod and reel do you prefer
What type of frog (or other bait in the slop)
How do you typically fish it
When do you find the slop most productive (time of day or month of year)
etc

One thing that I have learned this year is that fishing pollen slicks with frogs can be productive. Stuff I have passed over years past to get to the better looking fuller pads often out produces them.

I too love the slop, and frogs. I like skum frog's the best, white with white/chartruse legs... though i believe anything works cause it's about the noise/motion not the color...

I use a MedHvy rod, super line, and a high-ratio reel.. I keep the curado on that stick because there's a lot of stress on the reel... and the drag is cranked "off" bascially...

I keep the frog moving quite a bit.. very short pauses and try to generate as much "i'm here nosie" as possible when working it... however, i give a good 2-3 second pause at each and every "clear water" opening... the number of times you get hit because the bass is tracking the sound under the skum/pads waiting for the tastey to fall over the edge is insane... so I always pause in that situation....

I figure that the depth is 2feet or less in most cases, so if a bass wants the frog, hes/shes going to hit it fast, so work fast... if they miss the strike you can throw back, or wait/twitch, etc ....

Great searching pattern... WHEN ITS HOT... it's not working at all right now(for me) on the Rideau R. The bass just are not taking it, so I assume they are not up in the shallows, yet...

Gotta tell you... I like to use a mouse more than a frog... it gets caught up a lot less. I have lost a lot more than I have caught with those though. I often try to set the hook too quickly and I think that is my downfall. Last Friday I was at my Lake X and started to really get the hang of it though.. get a strike and count to 3 or so... and set the hook with a hard set.

It always amazes me when I get a 1.5 or two pounder that tries to guff down a bait that is twice the size of his head!

A lot of other people I know squeeze the air out of the frog or mouse to let it sink a little and have reported great results with that style.

Craig

bobbies perfect frog gets me the best results

By far my favourite way to fish. I like the SPRO Bronzeye as it seems to be weighted just right. I'll usually trim the legs back a bit to reduce short-strikes. There's nothing like seeing the pads near the frog go "snakey" just seconds before the explosion. Love it

I've found a softer rod allows fish to get the bait better - perhaps allowing them to grab and turn a bit before setting the hook - I've settled on the 7ft Daiwa Light and Tough flipping stick - I love it.
cheers,
LK

I use a YUM houdini shad 5"...rigged weedless....this allows you to drag it thru the thickest of slop. jerk jerk jerk...let it fall...jerk jerk...let it fall....repeat as necessary. This has been deadly on bass, and the odd pike.

Great searching pattern... WHEN ITS HOT... it's not working at all right now(for me) on the Rideau R. The bass just are not taking it, so I assume they are not up in the shallows, yet...

Interesting. I had a lot of success two weekends ago on the Rideau River in the slop but fished Big Rideau lake last Sunday and it was as barran as I've ever seen.

For froggin I use a BPS Extreme 7'6" XH Flippin Stick...50lb PP...I doctored up my own Bobby's Perfect frog by adding weight....

Froggin is fun....but flippin is the way to go for better quality fish....

RJ

I'm old school.

Johnson Silver Minnow and variety of trailers for open and clean pads and rice. Good ole Moss Boss for the goop. Both are better hooking, more durable and cheaper than rubber frogs. I picked up a SPRO and saw the price and thought YIKES! What if a hammerhandle grabbed it first cast?

For tackle I save the expensive rods for where they're needed. I use a 6'6" Berkley Cherrywood MH casting rod thats mostly glass and an Ambassadeur 4600CB reel. I used braid but found it picked up too much goop. I use Trilene XT 14 and 17 lbs test. The 14lbs might seem light but I've never broken it.

I picked up a SPRO and saw the price and thought YIKES! What if a hammerhandle grabbed it first cast?

No doubt! I lost two on bass opener within 20 minutes of each other. My only Two on the boat

I find more misses then hook ups using the frog but it does give you the opertunity to get them in that gunk!
Good luck!!!

bl8ant wrote:

Great searching pattern... WHEN ITS HOT... it's not working at all right now(for me) on the Rideau R. The bass just are not taking it, so I assume they are not up in the shallows, yet...

Interesting. I had a lot of success two weekends ago on the Rideau River in the slop but fished Big Rideau lake last Sunday and it was as barran as I've ever seen.

Not interesting... FRUSTRATING!!! OMG i need to slop some frogs...

In fact, I went to my secret lake x which is basically as swamp, and found out that all the bass were killed (ok 99%) due to some winter'kill/mnr type issues a few years back... I didn't believe the locals (two of them were telling me this at the launch) so I had to try to fish it... all I got was an angry bull-frog at about 3 lbs.. (hehe)...

So my one and only lake x is a deadzone for at least 3-5 years till the remaining few build up a population again... /sigh...

I'm going out on the Rideau R tonight, and I plan on fishing slop... to see if there is a bite on.

Has anyone tried the Rage Tail Shad or Rage Tail Frogs from Strike King yet? I have just throwed them alittle around my part of the world but think they would be deadly in the pads and nasty.

Something to ponder and look at

bobcatmatt wrote:Has anyone tried the Rage Tail Shad or Rage Tail Frogs from Strike King yet? I have just throwed them alittle around my part of the world but think they would be deadly in the pads and nasty.

Something to ponder and look at

I've used the Rage Toad's in green pumpkin and they were great for some evening largies. The water the legs displace is pretty crazy, it feels like a spinnerbait or wide-wobble crankbait is on the end of your line, not a soft plastic bait!