Maryland and Virginia 2012

[MuskieBait]

(07-04-2012 04:34 PM)MichaelAngelo Wrote:  

(07-03-2012 11:49 PM)MuskieBait Wrote:  I flipped my topwater frog beyond the fish and worked it in front of the fish. The fish quickly showed interest and inched forward. I twitched the frog forward and let it sit. The fish inched forward again. As I made a second twitch, the fish rushed up and engulfed it!!!

I felt the fish on the tightening line and set the hook…but somehow the hook didn’t set! Darn!!!

So Pat and I went back to casting across the culvert mouth. On my second cast across, another snakehead blew up on my frog! Again, the hook didn’t set!!!

Ken, which make/model of frog were you throwing? Sucks that the hooks didn't set!.. TWICE! I can see how this would have haunted you!

Same thing happened to me last night when I was floating a beach toy around a local pond and throwing Dollarama frogs.... two huge bass explosions... feeling the weight of the fish... but the darn frog didn't set! Even after giving the fish a second or two to eat the frog...

Very frustrating!

Nonetheless, going from dead quiet to massive fish explosion is addictive..

I was using Spro frogs. I really didn't matter which brand of frogs really. Snakeheads have a bad habit of only grabbing the legs of frogs. Their strategy is to first grab the legs and pull the frog into the water, then they run with the frog to a safe place before ripping chunks off bit by bit. they don't so much as engulf prey like bass do. I checked out my frog lure and it was missing a couple of plastic strands to the legs...thus I suspect the fish only grabbed the legs.

These would be much better lures for snakeheads...

http://www.killerfroglures.com/killer_fr..._lure.html

Free shipping worldwide and you get 2 size for $20. They are made with resin do they are more durable than rubber frogs for toothy critters. they come with a buzz blade as well. That's a pretty good deal. These are specially designed for snakehead fishing, but they'll also catch bass and pike.