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Frog

Tactics

By Mike Atchley

Black bass are predators with a killer instinct. A hollow-bodied
frog brings out the mean side of a bass. A bass can absolutely
crush a frog lure or simply suck it under. However a bass eats your
bait, there’s no more exciting bite than a frog bite. Sometimes
you will cast your frog and start your retrieve and realize that a
fish is following your lure. I call this “cold trailing” your frog. The

fish is there but will not strike. Sometimes you need something
different to get this fish to strike or commit. A slight difference in
your frog may make the difference in you getting the bite or the
bass simply turning and swimming off. I am going to tell you some
of the ways I tweak or modify a frog to get more bites.

1. Color
I truly believe that a bass can see color and that color matters!
Some people argue you only need black or white. Maybe so, but if
that’s completely true, you would only need watermelon and
junebug in soft plastics instead of all the other colors. Some days
watermelon or junebug work and sometimes another color will