Boil your frog. Many frogs are rigid when they are new, and this could prevent you from getting a solid hookset. To make the frog “collapse” better, place the plastic body of the frog in boiling water ...

Follow up your frog strikes with a punch rig and turn blowups into big bass in heavy cover. | Photo by Kurt Mazurek Fishing a frog over the pads and slop is one of my absolute favorite ways to catch ...

It’s always special when a fish breaks the surface to inhale a topwater lure, but when it comes to freshwater bass fishing, ...

There is one other aspect of topwater fishing and that is frog fishing. I don’t know why frogs are kept separate, but they are. I guess it’s because the topwaters I have been talking about are used in ...

Nothing thrills like a topwater bite, and whether you’re fishing during the early morning feed or prospecting a midday shade pocket, the right topwater bait often tempts the biggest fish. The question ...

Learn to fish slop mats this summer with frogs, jigs, and soft plastics to trigger explosive bites from hidden bass. Slop can take on a variety of forms, but in layman's terms, it is vegetative matter ...

Let’s be honest: there is absolutely nothing in the world of bass fishing quite like a topwater blowup. If there is a more fun way to catch bass, I just haven't found it yet. It’s mid-May, which means ...

If you fish topwater lures for any type of game fish, you always feel the temptation to slow the bait down. After all, the last thing you want is to work the lure so quickly that the fish can't catch ...

The dog days of summer also mean that bass usually move off-shore for cooler water or retreat to thick vegetation for the same reason. And while anglers will most likely have better success in deeper ...

This new topwater frog is a great choice when fishing around shallow or flooded cover. It walks very well and holds up to the abuse of big strikes. I don’t think it’s possible for me to overstate the ...

What Is Bass Fishing Slop? Slop can take on a variety of forms, but in layman's terms, it is vegetative matter found floating on the surface. In some instances it can be chopped up cabbage or grasses ...