Creature baits...

[manitoubass2]

(03-14-2012 04:01 PM)dannyhan83 Wrote:  

(03-14-2012 02:17 PM)manitoubass2 Wrote:  

(03-14-2012 02:12 PM)dannyhan83 Wrote:  I always used a spoon or crankbait, but never thought of the creature lures. I've heard that the frog works pretty good. Guess I have to buy that and give it a try.

I had a few days last summer fishing the shallows with a frog where pike were just all over that frog.

I couldn't get good hooksets though from a distance. My longest rod is a 7ft., and it still didn't make much difference.

So I bent the hooks on the frog just abit, so they pointed just a smiggen upwards.

I went from landing maybe 2/10, to about 6 or 7/10.

Big difference. I think I heard that tip from Iaconnelli???

Yup, I heard it from Iaconnelli lol. But everytime I catch pike with frog, I had to buy couple more cause it destroys my frog....I use 7ft med. heavy to heavy so I can set the hook as hard as I can.

Yeah, toothy critters sure tear up a frog quickly.