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Snag Proof Tips

TIPS FOR A SNAG PROOF FISHING TRIP!

Want dozens of thrilling strikes…want to catch lunker bass and pike all season long? It’s easy! Just look for the weedbeds, moss or lily pads on any lake or stream.

Just remember this fact:

The greatest number of bass, pike and trout in any lake or stream will hang out around the weedbeds, lily pads, moss, rocks, logs or stump-filled, brushy areas.

Fish prefer these snaggy places because minnows, crawfish, frogs, leeches, insects and small animals are found there and the cover protects them from their natural enemies. Here also is where fish will take a lure most readily. Look for these snag infested “feeding” grounds and you’ve found choice spots to fish for Bass, Walleye, Northerns, and Trout.

Snag Proof lures allow you to get into these snaggy places with explosive results! Follow these tips for best results:

Fish the lures slowly… in most cases, the slower you fish them the better.

Twitch your rod tip frequently, even with lures such as the minnow with built-in action. This breaks up the retrieve and makes the lure behave erratically, often enticing fish strike.

Pause frequently on the retrieve. Let lure settledown, then begin retrieve again. This imitates a live animal cautiously moving through the water. Fish will often hit just at the moment you stop or start the retrieve.

If the fish misses the lure, cast right back to the spot where he struck, he’ll hit again. Same methods work along brushy shorelines and stump-filled inlets. Try it!

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Tips from Bobby Barrack!

  • Grab a stout rod 6’6” to 8’. Get some 30 lb. + braided  line and a new “Perfect Frog” in your favorite color. You are now ready to tangle with the biggest bass in the pond.
  • For open water frog fishing, it’s very important that you use 30 to 50 lb. braided line. The smaller the diameter of the line the easier it is to walk the frog. Heavier braided line won’t work in open water.
  • For heavy, matted vegetation, use 50 to 80 lb. braided line.
  • Thinning and feathering the legs gives the frog, at rest, a bird or dragonfly silhouette. To thin the legs, clip the skirt where it leaves the rubber band inside the frog. To “feather” the legs, hold the frog upright, cut straight up the outside of the skirt.
  • Evaluate the intensity of the strike before you set the hook. If the strike is a subtle slurp, allow the fish to load the rod a bit before you swing. If the strike looks as though someone threw a large boulder in the water, then swing immediately.

Frog Tips from Ish Monroe!

Frog Tips

  1. I like to use a 7 ft. rod or longer when fishing a frog with a high-speed reel 6:3 to 1 or 7:1 to 1 for working the frog with 50 lb. braided line for open water and 65 lb. for matted grass.
  2. Fishing the frog 12 months out of the year and in any watercolor can be very effective, even in the winter. I like to use dark colors like black, brown, reds in stained to muddy and my favorite pearl white in clear water.
  3. Painting designs or coloring dots on the bottom of you frog will give it more natural appeal to bass.
  4. Learning to “walk the frog” can create numerous strikes in open water, underneath overhanging trees, next to brush or under docks. Basically what I am saying is use the frog everywhere and you will catch more fish!
  5. Trim the skirts on your frog to reduce short strikes.
  6. Take a pair of pliers and crush the rattle inside your Phat frog for more noise.
  7. Bend the hooks up just a little for better hookset in open water
  8. Fish the Phat frog anytime, anywhere for the best results!

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