Good tip… another option while on the water on a warm/sunny day is to place other soft plastic baits on deck of boat while fishing & they heat which helps straighten them.
My wife tells me a story about her late aunt that used to drink a case of Pearl beer a day. She was gonna cook some black eyed peas from the freezer. She dug them out,put them in the pot,seasoned em up and was letting them cook. All the while downing some cold Pearl. After a while she was gonna do a taste test and that's when she realized she was cooking 2 bags of catalpa worms. Lol. I laugh my arsh off every time I hear this.
I have watched hundreds and hundreds of Y.T. fishing vids over the years and this is the strangest one so far. Will I try it.............yes I will. Thanks Randy.
This is a great trick. I switched over to using the scum frog launch frogs because they are incredibly soft….like unbelievable hookup ratio between the hooks and super soft body. But now with this i can use some of my old favorite frogs again!!!! I have a couple older jackall kaera frogs that i think have gotten harder over time. And i got some gambler swimbaits the tails are all bent…THIS IS GREAT!! Thanks RANDY!!!
Pro tip from a former chef in exchange for all the great fishing knowledge you pass along… You don’t have to waste heat/energy by keeping your range on high. Boiling water doesn’t get hotter than 212. Once the water is boiling with baits added, you can maintain boil on low setting with gas, and you can actually turn off electric range, and it will retain boil for the 5 minutes you need. Appreciate the videos!
I’ve boiled tons of plastics and even crankbaits but I never boiled any frogs before..When I saw you taking needle nose to your frogs in another video I thought that was crazy, but it does soften them up.Thanks for the tip.
I remember reading an article in “Field and Stream” back in the 80’s of a guy who would boil 12” plastic worms in order to stretch them out to 18”. It was an article about a guy in Texas using giant worms to catch giant bass. Today you can simply buy worms that big. It just shows how creative old school anglers could be.
What about baits that have a lot of salt in them like a Larew Salt Craw. Will it still work with those baits??? Thanks!!! for the info I didn't know about the frog trick.
I will have to get me an old pan and start a fire outside and try this sometime, I don't think I could get too far with something like this in the kitchen, I may wind up in the dog house but this a great tip and thank you for sharing with us! :)
That was really cool.. great tip!!! I know the rage tail package their baits individually which definitely helps...! I like the fact that it softens the baits as well...!
Thanks for the tip, Ive been watching your inforamtive videos and i just started frog fishing. I lost big ones everytime i go. I lost a nice one yesterday with the spro frog and im looking forward to boiling them to see if it helps me. I always appreciate the tips from a veteran.
Randy, two questions. 1.) Do you 're-oil' the baits after boiling? Back in the day when I was boiling DeLong worms we would put them back in anise oil to keep them from being sticky and getting bent again. (We also used to stretch them quite a bit to get them to be thinner and more compliant). 2.) What about salt and scented worms (coffee worms for example)? Boiling will remove most of the salt (at least near the surface) and almost all the scent. Thoughts? Thank you!
Hey randy love your channel. Question how's the situation going with taking yourself an other retired fishing legends coming to get that started? The sponsors you guys had I'm sure could help in the financial end of things
I've been using SPRO frogs out of the pack with amazing results for years now. I didn't know I was losing a lot of fish until you just told me... I have never boiled any brand, also having amazing results with Boo ya and R2S...
Ive never boiled a frog and all I use are Spro,Booyah and R2S. My hook up with a frog is so good if the hooks get in its mouth its caught. He is giving good information here but he is so wrong at the start.
Who would have thought.. Now that's a first for me.. I will especially have to try that with the frogs.. I would have thought that would have melted them .. Does that take any of the salt out of the plàstics ??.. The Frye Guy
Good one. I fish my new plastics in the bath tub the night before to embed the look of them in my mind. I then visualize better what I m doing the next day. I found I have to be really careful boiling zman.
If you want a super soft frog with great action and weight try the scum frog launch frog! Cast a mile walks great and the hooks are very sharp and stick up at an angle to help stick fish.
This is a great tip of the day , Plastic frogs keep getting harder with age from uv .making my plastics I cool them in water.hang as long as possible New clean bait catches fish,
Idk I feel like garlic is probably the worst mainstream bass scent….in fact I find companies like gambler to catch significantly less fish than most other brands cause they use garlic on everything….only place it seems to help is Florida
Thanks for the tip! Would you be willing to talk about sunglasses lens color? Random topic, but I feel like selection is a little confusing. I’m curious on your opinion. I hope your dad is doing alright! Thanks again.
Does boiling them release the scent if any that they might have in them and if so would it be beneficial to put them into a container of liquid scent as they cool down to get that scent back into the bait.
Here’s a really old school top secret tip about boiling baits; Take a RattleTrap or Cordell Spot and dip it into the boiling water. The heat will semi melt the plastic and at the same time expands the air inside the lure. Use a wire to hold the bait suspended in the pan. What you can get is a bloated pregnant RattleTrap with a slower frequency. Killer over submerged grass beds in spring on big female bass.
Randy I have thought about that but had not tried it! But what if you add sea salt to your water or even after you took the bait out to let it dry, would make a difference in the bait to weather the fish may hold on longer for a better hook set??? Just a thought and would like your opinion.
My biggest worry as a bait maker is poor handling by the customer as you stated. It happens and will always happen. I just don’t want it happening to my stuff. You can also lay them out flat on a hot and sunny summer day.
@@snorlax7579 yes. I’ve thought of doing it too, but it’s another added cost to the customer and probably a 10,000 piece minimum purchase for me multiplied by 10-12 different profiles.
I just by the super soft frogs like the blitz frogs and scum frogs. They don’t need anything done to them and are a really good price. Edit: I’ve just started boiling my plastics and I’ve got to say it’s a great way to save a little money. I boil Z-Craws,Horny toads,flukes,and occasionally grubs. Horny toads work much better if they are boiled given they cutter style feet have proper placement so they swim great!
Hey warning, don’t boil your frogs and soft plastics in a pot your wife uses for cooking. Go get a old pot and use that. You just don’t want to ruin your good pans
Bro,do you even fish??? Spro is one of the softest on the market and Strike King is one of the hardest. Thats a Booyah popper by the way not a Spro. If your Spro is hard is a defect period.
i rarely disagree with you.. but it took Lloyd Talent two years to get the 'correct consistency " on the original rat .. and the reason it failed when Mann's took it over was because it was too soft.. .. if you frogs are too soft , they will continuely snag in the pads and the wort and stuff.. I live on the Mississippi river and used the original rat from the first year.. sorry but on frogs ..too soft is not good..
