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.

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