Frog Modifications do's and dont's (FROG SETUPS RODS,REELS, and LINE) 

Bro! I just woke my kid and wife up at 12:49 AM. Laughing my faaaacking ass off at that wasp attack cut. Dude....had me rolling. They walk in thinking im having a heart attack because im so red in the face.

That hook bend comparison was money! Never-ever thought of it like that and now just seems no brainer. Appreciate your continued insight and expertise. Very excited for the next one!

Great information, super detailed and very helpful

I love how you threw that wasp flash back, I rewind that 3 times laughing my ass off, good stuff man I enjoy watching bro

Excellent video Todd!!

Great video again. I just ordered a popping perch to add to my arsenal.

great info and totally makes sense. got my eye on a cara! keep em coming!

This is by far the best bait explanation I’ve seen on RU-vid you are the truth my guy ! #Solid

Good stuff, thanks Todd..

Great tips ! 😀🙏🥰

Man this lil series is great,I have learned a ton about a frog,this next one should be good to,thanks for sharing this,and I agree 100 percent on bending the hooks,there's noway I would ever bend any hook out,that's crazy to me,lol

The first video was 🔥🔥🔥🔥 this one will be a force to be reckoned with. Dropping nukes man dropping 💥💥💥. People watching listen to this best info on frog fishing. Been frogging for 9 years the last video the 3 things he mentions is all true. It's taken me years to have the confidence I have with a frog last summer I dedicated to frogging everyday went out and that's all I threw besides a 1 ,2 punch lure stick bait to throw if a bass missed my frog some days I was averaging 8 bass caught out of 10. I know this is long but once you get confidence with a frog a whole new door opens.Sorry for this being long like a sailors note saying goodbye. Todd you do an awesome job explaining things. Tightlines brotha.

Like the hole in the back lot better than the older ones. I will be looking for the new ones.

I agree with u on the hook setting aspect of ur myth. I set the hook as quick as possible. Great video!!

Im 2 min into video and jus lost it all dying laughing 🤣 at the wasp gig OMG 😳 swear i give you some extra points for that 😩😩🤣🤣💪🏽

I always have bent the hook as soon as it comes out the package, just my confidence in a better hook set . Opening up the gap between the bait

I about fell out of my damn chair on that "Wasp Flashback" 🤣🤣🤣 not trying to laugh at your misfortune....... But I was crying

Thanks for helping us that don't frog a lot. I realize now hook sets have a lot more to do with it, the same as fishing a football jig deep. Have to look into that new Falcon, hoping it's lightweight. Seems a lighter rod helps a faster hook swing also.

BOTTOMS UP SON

Good stuff Todd, bending hooks weaken them, they also get tangled up in stems, slop, scum easier. When I was a younger man. my profession was glassblower. First guy bass fishing to have sst balls in glass tubes, stuffed in worms. I did just a little butt kicking with that. Rick Clunn and his brother Randy Fite, used them for a couple years before anyone else started making them. Now I put them in frogs, that little subtle noise will get me a few extras a day. Can you put a glass rattle in the Strike King frog, up his drain hole? Do they have a rattle built in?

Wasp nest clip was awesome

I just about pissed my pants on that flash back, definitely gonna try some if these lures out.

Agreed on the "realistic color" bit. Usually, I can't see how it made any difference as to color because with most frogs/fish imitators (shoot, topwaters in general), the bottom side of the bait that faced the bass were all one damn color anyway. Glad to see this innovation. Normally, I absolutely hate click-bait style titles, but in this case dawg, you need to go back and re-title/add something like "When killer bees attack", or something. That was comedy gold. Especially with the splash at the end. IF the click bait style tag lines REALLY work (and, apparently most/many RU-vidrs at least THINK they do, as so many add them. Even Mikey Ballz has gotten on that band wagon, sad to say, but I digress), I haven't seen any fishing video on RU-vid that it would be more appropriate for than this one. Hillarious and great B-roll. homie. As to the eternal "hook bending" debate, I think you made an excellent demonstration of why it is probably a bad idea to bend your hooks "UP", as shown in your illustration. Very convincing. My question would be, what about bending them "OUT" as in AWAY from the body of the frog, without bending them "UP"? It would SEEM to me that might have advantages as you get some separation (a few millimetres) from the barb and the body of the frog WITHOUT changing the plane of the bend between the shank and the barb. Also, what are your thoughts on the thickness/thinness of the plastic on the frog. The reason I bring it up is two fold. One, you mention about the overall compressibility of the frog and I would think the thicker it is, the less easy it is to compress. On the other hand, I realize there would be a point of diminishing returns if it got too thin. An example of this would be like on the Megabass Big Gabot Frog. It is TOO thin because you can't catch more than a few (or get a bad hang up) on it without the plastic tearing, which sucks because they're expensive. Two, I saw a video of Jacob Wheelers. The intent of Wheeler's video wasn't about frogs, intentionally. He just happened to be in a tackle store looking at another bait when he saw some frogs and started taking them out of the packages. He said he always does that to check to see if the plastic is thin enough and he also said that the density/"compressibility" of frogs even varies from the same manufacture, not just between different companies. What would be your thoughts on all of this? Again, another excellent installment of the series. Look forward to the next one. I really hope you continue this format with other baits/tackle/supplies/etc because its the best format I've seen out there.

So glad someone on youtube finally addressed this hook bending bs. I suck at frog fishing but I've always been sceptical about that. Not to mention the fact that more often than not you only get em with one hook, and with frog gear your just begging to straighten that already bent hook out.

Interesting! I think your right. I think the frog body’s and the hook gap size of various brands is the biggest thing

Hey Todd. Great info. Sorry I am behind on videos. I have a frog question. A local Elite “Pro” talks about wrapping the hook shanks together with braid. Claiming “Flex”. I do not agree. With all the force generated from a hook set pulling forward braid will not have any affect.

Thank bro

I agree with you on bending the hooks up or out. If you have to bring the hooks up or out on your frog then it's a poor design. I live in South Florida when the water's low certain times of the year and the Glades 30lb stringers are common in our weekend tournaments and local opens. I've weighed several 25 lb plus stringers and never had to bend the hooks out on my frogs, I've snapped a few frog rods though. When a 7-pound plus hits you at the very end of a long cast it happens. Most Lewis reels are 20lb drag or better and I have them all lockdown. I don't want them to have a chance,I can always get another rod. Todd I really like this series I like what you and Hallman are doing and Upshaw too keep up the good work guys I appreciate all of you.

It hurts sometimes when you make a point that just makes sense even though it feels different. Like bending hooks on frog.

i have never bent hooks out on my frogs, didn't see that it helped. any insider info on when those new Caras are coming out? Good stuff Todd!

What happened to the 3rd in the series! Love the first 2 episodes learnt a lot!!

Love all your videos. What reel do you use for the popping perch.

Had to rewind that boat exit lmao.......my opinion on the hook deal....if it needs bent its a bad design.....nice vid

Todd can you get the strike king folks to make those tail strands a little more durable. They start falling off from the get go and soon I only have a couple left on and it doesn't look right anymore.

With 40 to 65 pound braid on a 7-6 xheavy duckett I jerk 4 pounders out the water on a hook set. That’s what I have to use in the marsh so much vegetation we have to get them up.

The bait looks so good in the water it makes the angler jump in after it.

I have to bend my hooks up on the frog I fish. But only slightly. Some of the frogs are stiff and I will boil them so they will collapse easier. I am going to try the popping perch. I know you catch a lot of fish on it.

@todd Is the popping perch or the pipsqeek a good co angler alternative on a frog day/situation?

Dude getting into those wasps AHAHAHAHHAAAAA

2:17 LMFAO

your rod has a cork foregrip , the Falcon Cara I see available dont . A foregrip is a requirement for me but getting ard to find .

Im a AVID frog 🐸 guy ...always have 2 setups on deck!!... i kinda get tired of people talking about “bad hook ups this n that” over years of frog fishing and knowing what to look for i can see when a bass gets my frog 🐸 then boom heavy stick and braid does its job BUT..what im trying to get to is...you can see when a bass rolls on your frog or blows up and knocked it out of the way and jus flat out misses the frog or they make that surge out at it and decommits “is what i call it” guys will set hook on all those scenarios and say “bad hook up ratio” or gotta “bend out hooks” thats really not the case!!! 💯✊🏽

Great video on another brand of frog to try out. However I would like someone in any of these videos tell me why a baitcaster combo is better then spinner combo or vice versa.

What color poppin perch do you recommend for this time of year? For Texas reservoirs in shallow pads for late summer early fall

@toddcastledine I laughed when Scott came out with his frog video and said the opposite lol. But I agree the popping Perch doesn’t need it

I'm die hard SK fan. Ive spent thousands of dollars on their products. In my opinion they're the best in the industry but the pad perch and the poppin perch are very hard to walk. I'm not the best at frog fishing but I have alot of experience with a frog it's one of my confident lures. I just can't get them to walk easy at all

Hell ya on tryin to break your equipment. I have broke one rod setting the hook in past 4 years. Bedded 5 pounder in the center of a hay grass mat. Set up and sounded like a high power rifle went off.

Ive had em gut hooked immediately after the blowup. They can get really hungry sometimes

On your 🐸 video can you add ; soft body 🐸 reel and rod set. If possible tell us when would you use a soft body over a hollow body. Do you have three frog 🐸 set ups; soft body, hollow body and popping 🐸. Thanks for your efforts you are making other and me a better fishermen.

That hook bent out wouldn’t work on a worm bent like that or anything else but a frog but yeah I don’t know if it’s good or bad but all the frogs are that style now so yeah I figured that it was supposed to help bc my frog catch to strike ratio sucks unless it’s the Prop frog and that’s bc of the stinger hook so today it’s funny I found your vid bc at 4 am I got up and went to the lake before heading to the job and I took a Teckel frog and put that stinger hook from the Lunker hunt prop frog and put it on the Teckel but it didn’t work very good. But yes I tell everyone try to break your rod I say that every time haha unless it’s a Crankbait haha but I suck at frogs bc it’s hard for me to wait.

I started bending my hooks up 1/16"-1/8" 5 years ago. Every year since I've been catching 5-6 times more bass than I caught before. I still use the same rod/reel/line combo for frog fishing. My friends started bending their hooks and they are catching more bass. I won't fish a frog without bending the hooks.

I actually have several rods for frogging,,,7’H,7’3”MH,7’5”MH & H and 7’6”H. Honestly ive got 8 frog rods,,,kinda extreme huh,nope. Ive got rods for pads,grass,open water,target casting,rods for Booyah only,pond frog rods,,im a frogger and I like frogging.Out of all my frog rods I mainly use the 7’H,7’5”H & MH and 7’3”MH. The great thing about living in Ga is I can almost frog year round,,if the sun is warm enough in Jan ill frog then. Ima try them up regardless.

Dam, did those wasps keep going after you when you got out??

I have the Cara T7 Amistad and the tip is not right for frog placement... can't get an accurate at all. I use it for spinnerbaits at this point. Question for you. Is the New Cara XH tip softer for more precise placement ?

I pond fish a lot and I killem on the smaller Poppin perch

I’m with you on the hook bending. That’s BS

😂 when you know, you know 😮

Hows the tip and bend on that rod?

The perch I mean the material it's made off is just so much tuffer and hard for fish to to get the hook for me anyways.

I don't bend them up, I bend them out just a tad. Yes, I also will not buy a frog if the hooks are pointing up Scum, Tekel and Reactions to name a few... I agree set the hook as hard as you can.. No wonder my popping perch sinks, I have Rev 0 with the hole on top.

What happened to #3 ? How to work it. You often call this your open water frog. Can you expand on that ? What are you calling open water ? Grass edges vs.in the junk ? Never mind on the open water. Strike King writers conference 2 vids answered that

My hook up ratio is 88% better with the hooks bent 12% from stock

Bought me a couple PP. I see why you don't bend the hooks. They lay in the proper position. Body is nice and soft, collapses easily.

okay

Noooooo!! You never cut the tail on the popping perch!! I thought it was designed to keep the profile!! And Hallman said your rod is too stiff. Haha! JK if you didn't watch his most recent video yet.

I am a bass eater. I have cleaned thousands. I have seen snakes, bugs, birds, crawfish, turtles, every kind of fish, lures, and even a squirrel, but I have never seen a frog. How about anyone out there?

Well if you bend a hook that far on a frog is wrong. You supposed to just bend the hook JUST enough to change the trajectory upwards just enough where the bite is coming down on you hook point. 🎣👊🏿

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 those wasp

16:29 WTF ....no you didn't

His wasp attack video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rzpoAhP3KGA.html

I clicked on this video, with the hopes of, well fishing lol.