Hollow-Body Frog
Walks across pads and slop for explosive blowups.
Technique
Walk-the-dog and pause
Depth
Surface
Water Clarity
Any
Best Conditions
Summer, heavy surface cover
About This Lure
A weedless hollow-body frog that skims over lily pads, matted grass, and wood for topwater strikes.
How To Fish It
Cast the hollow-body frog directly into thick vegetation, lily pads, or over laydowns where bass ambush prey. Twitch your rod tip downward to make the nose of the frog swing side-to-side, creating a walking motion, and always pause for three seconds after the lure crosses open pockets of water. Be patient on the hookset; wait until you feel the weight of the fish before swinging.
Retrieve Cadence
Twitch-twitch-pause rhythm with intermittent rapid walking bursts near heavy cover edges.
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Pro Tips
- Bend the hook points slightly upward away from the body to increase your hook-up ratio.
- Trim the rubber skirt legs unevenly to give the frog a more erratic swimming action.
- Add a few drops of scent inside the hollow cavity so it leaks out during the retrieve.
- If bass are short-striking, slow your cadence down and increase the duration of your pauses.
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