Live bait

[sdw]

Anyone ever used frogs for live bait? I've got a back yard full of frogs that are about 2 or 3 inches long (about the same size as the artificial lures). They get in my pool at night and if I don't leave the lid off the skimmer, it's full of dead frogs in the morning. I wonder if I could hook one up and do some bass fishing with it? [emoji1]

[bobwhite]

I've never used em before but I bet they'll catch fish....use a weedless hook through the lips and toss em up in some Lilly pads or grass and hold on!

[M T Pockets]

Yep, I've used live frogs a time a two for bass fishing. They work depending on location . Have caught smallies in a creek and river with them. Caught some nice largemouth in ponds and lakes. Shallow creek fed coves with vegetation on the lakes

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[David Leonard]

I've used them for catfish with great success!

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[sdw]

M T and DL, how do y'all hook them up? Do you hook through the lips like bobwhite suggested or through a back leg or some other way?

[David Leonard]

I used to fish a friend's pond, and he put old coffee cans on every fence post. You could get at least one frog out from under every can. Fresh live bait every time I went to his pond. They were green frogs and I would hook them through the back. The catfish in that pond loved them!

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[David Leonard]

You had to be careful though, sometimes there would be a wasp nest under em!

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[sdw]

You had to be careful though, sometimes there would be a wasp nest under em!

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wasp nest would be my luck! [emoji1]

[David Leonard]

After you pull one off the post that has wasp you learn to knock on the can before lifting it off.... and be ready to run! LOL

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[sdw]

I bet!

[dnolen]

We used to in a big pond we had. We use a rubber band. Put the hook on his back and wrap a small band about two times. What ever was left over we used to play frog base ball.