steellee Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 Managed to get out 2x the past week for some night largie topwater action. Bass forum seems pretty slow so figured I'd add something to get it going. Fishing some super thick wetlands where you need to be fast or your hung up in 50 pounds of pads and slop. Probably about 20% blowup to land ratio but the violent strikes are the funnest part and its still one of my favourite ways to catch mid summer bass. SPRO frog in black seemed to get the most bites, best ratio and best cast distance for me. All brands and colors seem to get bit though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgm Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 Looks like a great spot. And some nice bass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNorton Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 Some nice bass there congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 Topwater is my favourite way of catching bass. Congrats on your catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwl1 Posted July 21, 2019 Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 Always fun watching the boil....and they yanking your line too fast away from the fish...Haha....top water bass fishing is a blast.... nice fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgm Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 16 hours ago, Jwl1 said: Always fun watching the boil....and they yanking your line too fast away from the fish...Haha....top water bass fishing is a blast.... nice fish Lol, so true. I have missed so many bass in my life fishing top water. Top water pike is great though, they always hammer it. Always get a good hook up with pike on top water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 11 minutes ago, kgm said: Lol, so true. I have missed so many bass in my life fishing top water. Top water pike is great though, they always hammer it. Always get a good hook up with pike on top water. Last night about 9 pm I was tossing my floating husky jerk "near' the weed beds . One cast went astray and landed well into a thick mass of surface weeds .....it must have landed within an inch of a largemouth waiting for a meal !! I thought I was tangled in the heavy weeds , until it did a jump ....what a surprise !!....not a big one but a challenge to get it landed on the dock .....yep ...they hammer it !! ....then ,,,,out came the skitters like a black cloud between my ears !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredfisher Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 Great shots thanks for sharing. FF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steellee Posted July 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 Ya missed hits is the name of the game for frogs. I found the first night starting around midnight I only really have my ears to hear the hits and react. Terrible hookup ratio... Full moon is my favourite for topwater as you get that extra reflection to see the boils in. Next night went an hour before dark as I wanted to see where some of the open pockets were and my hookup ratio was fine. Think like 4/5 in that hour... Also helps to trim the skirts on your frogs and give the hooks a slight bend away from the body. I do much prefer a hard topwater bait like rapala skitterpop but in this dense of a spot weedless frogs are your only option. Should be even better this week now the nights have cooled slightly. Still waiting for a true hog out of here this year. Most years I get some well over 5#. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay33 Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 Have you tried the Lunkerhunt frogs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steellee Posted August 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 13 hours ago, jay33 said: Have you tried the Lunkerhunt frogs? Yup. I like the smaller jr. ones. Also the popping frog from them. Some of my biggest bass came from the Lunkerfrog jr. Something different as they have legs instead of skirts. Even the dollarama MAKO frog has been a good producer. Just takes on a lot of water to be squeezed out more often. I have 1 or 2 of most brands I try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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