Prime time froggin is upon us with the grass matting up in the bays and coves and out on the main lake flats all over the country. It’s had all summer to thicken and sprawl across the bays. Making catacombs and networks of underwater tunnels for bass to roam and forage on everything above and below the mats.
Froggin’ for bass generates some excitement with anglers and bass alike, and it’s a big fish technique too. Luckily a good frog really isn’t hard to find anymore. There is such a large market of hollow-bodied frogs now, and it seems like just about every color shape and size is available. One style of hollow bodied frogs we really like are the popping frogs.
The Snag Proof Poppin’ Phattie weighs 5/8 ounce but casts like a much heavier frog. It’s 2 3/4-inches long and comes in 6 colors. The legs are already trimmed. The plastic is pretty dense. Anglers, however, will notice right out of the package the unique nose with a cupped mouth on either side of the nose. The design is not just different but necessary for walking smoothly over mats.
With a bit of a pointed nose rather than a full cupped mouth, the frog comes through grass and other cover extremely well, but not surprisingly, it still picks up and pushes a lot of water on a sharp downward snap. The other nice attribute to the frog is the built in rattle. It gives the frog some added noise. The frog releases water very well on its own which saves an angler time squeezing water out between casts. It also cuts very well back and forth, making it easy to walk in open water.
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