 Yo what's poppin people, welcome back to another video. Thank you guys so much for the love and support recently. It's been amazing and I cannot thank you guys enough for that but if you're new to the channel, please hit that subscribe button, hit the notification bell and also hit the like button if you guys have been enjoying the content. So I came out to Fletcher's today. He's actually about to go edit a video but I'm about to go do some frog fishing around some of the ponds out here. We're just gonna be hunting today. Fletcher's actually been fishing all morning. I came a little bit late and he has not had a bite on a frog all day. He's thrown in a lot of juicy spots, a lot of juicy little grassy areas and he hasn't had any bites. So I'm interested to see if we can get him to come eat a frog today. I think we're gonna have to travel to a bunch of different ponds, kind of pond hop and throw that frog around to see if they're gonna come up for it. But I got a few juicy looking frogs in me today and if we can get on a frog bite, that's gonna be a lot of fun. So let's go ahead and hop into it. We got the golf carts over here and I'll show you exactly what rod I'm using and the frog I'm gonna be throwing today. All right, so I ended up bringing two rods and if you guys are wondering, you're probably like, whoa, what is on these rods? I got some live bait rigs up on these two poles right now. I actually filmed an episode a few days ago that's gonna be coming out on the next episode. So stay tuned, turn on the notifications and you'll see a banging live bait video on the river and it's crazy, we ended up catching, I'm not even gonna spoil it, but it's just, wait, it's a banger. So this is the rod that I'm gonna be using today. I got a mock smash on a mock crush. This is my braided combo. We're gonna be rigging up a frog on this rod and this one right here is just gonna be a spare. This is a fluorocarbon setup and just in case they're not eating the frog and we have to switch up, we can do so with this one. So these are the two frogs that I brought out today. As you guys know, in the last frog episode we used the new Vega frog by six cents. If you guys wanna get a discount, I'll pop up my code on the screen but these are the two that I brought out today. In the last one I used the pickle color and in this one we had a black and blue frog and then a standard white frog right here. So there's a few rules when it comes to frog fishing that I would like to talk about real quick. So it's not the sunniest day today. There's a lot of clouds in the sky and in my rule of thumb, this is what I do. There's no rules to fishing but when it's cloudy outside I like to use more of a black frog. When it's sunny outside, I like to use more of a white frog. So today with it being super cloudy there is a little bit of sun peeking through. It's not like major overcast but I think I'm gonna start off with the black frog. If we're not getting any bites on it we're gonna switch up to the white one. So we're just gonna experiment, mess around a little bit and like I said, I think it's gonna take a lot of covering water and hitting new spots to really bang out this video today but it's gonna be good. So let's go ahead and tie this frog up and get to fishing. All right, let's get this started. Let me tell you, I'm already sweating. It has been a hot summer guys. Let me tell you, I do not remember these last few years being this hot and it has been brutal but we're gonna get through it today. We just gonna try our best and try not to kill ourselves in the sun today. It has been brutal. I'm not gonna lie. So let's cut off this freaking giant live bait rig. That's our first go. As you guys can tell we have it on braid up here and then we have 20 pound or this is actually 50 pound fluorocarbon. We're fishing for some river monsters now. I'm telling you, we were really trying to catch some crazy, crazy fish. So like I said, stay tuned for that video. It's gonna be good. We're just gonna set that rig right there for right now. And we're gonna, like I said, we're gonna start off with the black frog. This one is actually black magic. Just take it out of the package and get a little closer look at it. So it's got like a black top, black bottom and it's got like those little blue markings on the side. It's a pretty sick looking frog. Not gonna lie. But for the most part that blue doesn't really matter man. When it comes to topwater fishing as a whole and more importantly, frog fishing, the only thing that really matters on the frog is the bottom of it because that's really all the fish is seeing. The fish is not seeing the top of it. The fish is not seeing the side of it. The fish is only seeing the bottom of the frog and then the skirts. So that's just something to keep in mind when frog fishing, you know. A lot of people are like, man, I don't have any like regular white frogs. Well, you know, a lot of your frogs are probably white on the bottom and that's really all that matters. So just something to think about. Just tied that on there with a uni knot. As you can tell, the hooks are already positioned up which I love on that. It's gonna increase that hook up ratio. And there we go. We don't have to trim the skirt. It's already perfect length to be completely honest with you. And I think we are good to go on this frog. So let's go ahead and walk down to this pond. All right, so we actually got Fletcher over there in the distance. This is all the juicy looking stuff that we're gonna be fishing. He said he's thrown a ton of cast with the frog and hasn't had any bites over here except for one. It might happen, man. What color frog are you throwing? That's my first one. I was throwing a white one. You were throwing a white one. That's all I had for hollow bodies to go. But I was tossing out across. I probably took 100 to 150 casts across. Oh my God. And got one bite. I swear to God, if you cast it out there. Well, it's just gonna be like first cast. I'm gonna catch like a four pounder. I'm gonna say triggered. Look at the dangler. First cast, dangle five pounder. What would you do? Am I just fishing the water to take a rock? I don't know. It could be the color. I'm throwing a black frog. Maybe that'll help. I don't know. You're gonna cast all up in this stuff though. Another dangle action. Can't even get a regular cast. Oh no. You just took it under. You didn't have it all the way. That was our first bite today. That's a good little sign. Like I said, I'm sure it didn't have any. So you had that one bite the whole time. You've been fishing out here for a decent bit. That's a good little sign. We're gonna ask the frog a little bit slower than I'm liking to. I'm just walking it. I'm just working it a little bit slower. Man, I wish that fish had it. When I went to Hookshead, the frog was way underwater. So he had the frog, but I just can't have it how he should have. That's a good little sign. He is right there. That's a dang good one. Oh yeah. Swallowed that frog, boys. He choked it. I'm gonna go down here. Look at that. Yes. Solid two number, man. Look at how he ate that frog. Oh yes. All right, it took us a second, but we got us one right there. Almost a two pounder. The old black and blue Vega frog. Let's go, man. Let's freaking go. I was starting to get a little worried. You know, Fletcher been out here hasn't had any bites on that. And we just got this one right here. And he ate it good. That's a beautiful bass. Awesome to start off the day with this one. Not a bad one by any means. Let's go ahead and check this guy, get him back in the water and try to catch another fish. Thank you, bud. Man, that was good. Didn't really want to throw that fish in the water either. It's just so grown up right here. Well, there we go guys. First fish today. And man, that feels good. It always feels so good to get the monkey off your back and get you a fish on the bank or on the boat or whatever it is. You know, that first fish always gets your confidence going. So I'm feeling good now. As long as I know that a couple of eat it today I think we're going to catch them. We just got to keep moving, keep adjusting, keep trying new spots, keep working our bait even in a different manner if they're not eating it the way that we're working it. Just really pay attention to what these fish are wanting because they're not really going to kill the frog today. It doesn't look like that. So we got to pay attention to the small details therefore so we can get those ones to bite. A little bit of cover on the bank. A little bit of grass where I just cast it over there on that side. That's one thing that I pay attention to. Right where I caught that fish there was some cover, there was some lay downs in the water and there was a mixture of grass. That's very important. Pay attention to those little tiny small things because on any normal day that they're going to munch a frog you can really stick to that grass and catch them. But we haven't had really any bites just on that grass. We've had the bites where the cover and the grass, the vegetation meets and it's a hybrid of. So that's something that we're going to pay attention to today. All right, let's go ahead and head off to the second pond see if our luck gets a little better. I will say we caught one fish here. I'm satisfied with that. You know, we got the monkey off her back and it shows that fish are going to be willing to at least eat a frog today. So let's go ahead and head out to the second one and see if we have a little bit better luck. All right, well we made it to the second little spot and let's pray that they go and bite. We got one in the last pond, which I'm fond of. I'd like to get more than one in here if that's possible. No! Don't leave me, don't leave me. He was right there in front of me. Dang it. He was literally right there. Water's super clear. I don't remember it being as clear. Has it always been like this? That's a good little sign. We saw a fish, we spooked him though. Oh my gosh. I didn't stick him, I didn't stick him. I don't know how I'm gonna get my bait back where I was just at. Right there. He was on the other side of that tree though. I was over three different trees and my frog's messed up. Oh no, what? This is just stupid. Wow, that is so awesome, man. That would happen. Let's go ahead and just, man, that's so dumb. Is that the frog? I can't, I'm gonna have to tie on another one. We'll try to get that in a second, but that fish, oh man, that's so aggravating. Sometimes I love fishing guys, but sometimes it can irritate me. I'm not just saying that either. It can make me a little angry sometimes. But I actually was going to switch up to this white frog just because that sun started coming out. So I was already about to transfer over to this one. I hope I can get that other frog back, but we had a good bite on that one exploded on it. That was just crazy. And one thing to note, the colors of frogs, usually it doesn't matter the color and you'll get a good bit of bites either way. But where the color really comes in the play is when the fish is hitting the bait and how he is eating it. So you know, I might have, gotta love it, man, I might not. Look at that. It's so dumb, man. I just would love to go fishing one day, just actually just fishing, no stupid stuff. When a fish, say we have a black frog that's had eight bites and a white frog that's had eight bites. Where it's really gonna matter is how the fish are committing to the frog. So I might have just the same amount of bites on each color, but the white frog, they actually are choking it and they're eating the frog and the black one, they're just slapping at it. You see what I'm saying? So that is where the colors are really gonna come into play. Yes, some days they're just gonna magically start eating the white one better than the black as in hits wise. But where the fish are going to commit on the frog, that's when the color is really gonna matter. And I'm gonna be honest, I've had a couple of bites on that black one where they haven't committed, so what in the world? Oh my God, what? They're coming after dragonflies, what? Hold up, boys. This is serious, this is getting serious now. This is getting real serious. Those were bass right there coming after dragonflies. And I should catch this one right here, watch this. Yep, let's go, let's freaking go, baby. Let's freaking go. First cast on the white frog pretty much chokes it. Look at that, I don't know if that's a coincidence that they're eating dragonflies or if they want the white frog in the sunny day. Like I said, when I started it was cloudy. I started using that black one. Now that sun's out, we're gonna transfer over to this white frog and look at that right there. You were just coming out of the water after a dragonfly a minute ago, bud. I got you on the ol' froggy. I hear more bass doing it. Let's get back in there. Man, you gotta love that, guys. Woo, that just gets me pumped up so much every single time I throw a frog. What in the world is the weirdest bite ever? Yeah, he didn't have it all the way. I actually watched the frog go under the water. That was really weird. He's been a really small one. Oh my God. He saw me. Or did he? Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Why? He's still looking at it. He's debating it. Got him. I didn't even see it happen. I just heard it. He choked it. I mean choked it. That's the best one today. Her best bite today. Look at that. All the way in his throat. Third fish today. We walked up. We saw that bass on the bank. I was trying to toy with him to eat it, but he just, he saw me. He was a smart fish. Look at that. Beautiful fish, not filled out. That's fish number three. See ya, bud. Come on, fish. Keep her going. Boo. That was an awesome bite, man. Let's go. Let's go, baby. Yes. Look at this. Oh, okay. Well, that was a quicker release. Oh man, that was such a good bite. I count that as a catch, man. We had him up. I could have ran after him, but he just squirtled his way on in there. Well, dang, man. We are really getting it to work today. And I'm glad, man. Started to worry me when Palletia was saying, he's like, dude, I can't get a bite on him. I'm like, okay, that's not good, but we're making it work today. You know, we're covering water. We're adjusting. We adjusted to a white frog from a black frog, which I think was a great adjustment. You know, we're really putting this frog where we need to put it, which is so important. Like that. And they're freaking munching it. Not even the best conditions. How this can be today. Still catching them on a frog, baby. Look at that. Nothing big. That last one was a little bigger, but that was another fish on a frog. Like I said, it's all about putting that bait in the right spot. And where these fish are right now is up in that grass, up in that cover. More importantly, the hybrid between wood and grass. Like we talked about in the first pond. I followed that little pattern that we caught that one fish on. I brought it to this pond and it's working, man. That's why you gotta pay attention to every little detail, especially on tough days. Pretty fish. Hate to toss them like that, but we are a little high up in the air. We smoke them in this place. We should have a lot more fish. You know, we had a ton of bites and just a bunch of stupid stuff happened. You know, we should have probably caught about seven fish out of it. Oh my God. Oh my God. I was reeling in and he ate it. What's going on? Well, what is it? Oh, he's right there. Oh my gosh. Where'd he go? He's still sitting there, man. He's eyeballing this frog. He's about to eat it. I think there's one under me. Yep. Oh, that's a good one. Best fish today. Best fish today. Let's go look at him and I'm fighting. Choked it too. This is not the best fish today. I lied, he's got a huge head on him. Look at the head on this bass. Look how skinny he is. Oh my gosh. Look at that. Look at, look at how thin that bass is, but look at him eat that frog. Man, this is so much fun. Oh gosh, I see him eating dragonflies again. We're going to try to get in there real quick, but pretty fish. This could easily be a two pounder with how big his mouth is, but he is skinny. We have still not found these giant bass today, man. We're searching for these giants and man, we just caught a bunch of small ones, but we're going to keep on looking. All right, got to get over there. Fishing dragonflies. Oh no, as it hit the water, he ate it. This is crazy. We've got on the dragonfly frog bite and it's pretty real, man. It's pretty crazy. Not going to lie. I'm going to get right back in there. Hopefully we'll get slammed right away. So if you guys are wondering how I'm working this frog today, I usually just walk this thing side to side, but today with me making these super long casts, I was horrible. I hate when Barry does that, but when we're making these super long casts, I'm not able to really walk this thing perfectly. I'm just kind of hopping it through that grass and any little spots that I see that are pretty clumpy, I'm making a lot of noise over. And what I mean by that is I'm popping it a lot over that thick, thick grass. They're just coming up and they're eating it. When I get on the edge to where I'm at open water, when I'm away from the grass and away from the cover, I've been walking that frog from side to side. It's just kind of hard with bank fishing this place and kind of being on a hill like this and working the frog. But look at that. Another good fish. Look at that. They were smoking that frog. That just shows they came through the grass to eat that thing. Look at all that slop. Got a whole bucket of salad with this guy. Get that frog on hook. These fish are just so skinny. I've never in my life seen bass so skinny before, but they're hungry and they're trying to eat themselves some dragonflies and some frogs. Let's just start checking the fish's mouth to see if I can see if they have any dragonflies in there. Man, it's a lot of fun though. Like I said, we haven't found the big ones yet, but we're gonna keep on searching for those big ones. There we go. Yep. Dude, that's either a pretty confused one or I just got a bunch of grass. I think I got a bunch of grass. I mean, I got a fish on. I know I do. He's buried in the slop. This is why you use a heavy rod and braid. Yeah, there's a fish on there. Look at that. Can't even see the bass and see his tail hanging out. What you doing in there, bud? He hasn't got the fight yet. That actually might be one of the best today. Calm down, Jimmy. He didn't even get the fight. He just got strangled up in that grass and now he's hyper. Look at that. That's a solid fish. Look, he's a little bit fatter than the other ones. And you notice every time, I wanted to talk about this because it's really weird. I don't know why, but every time I hook set these fish, this frog is in their mouth sideways and one of the hooks is in the top of the mouth. Can anyone explain that to me? Because that's happened at least five times today. It's really weird, but beautiful fish. They are just munching this frog, man. You gotta love it. Give him a little toss. Thank you, bud. Very crazy dangler. Oh my gosh. Oh, he's in the tree. The bass is in the tree. The bass is literally in the tree. Look. Oh, he fell out. All right. Everybody that said in that last one, I didn't get that one bass 10 foot in the air. You guys can see that one on camera. Oh my gosh. I was letting that frog dangle and I had like two basses jumping after it, just schooling on it pretty much and just shot this fish right up in the tree. I'm so sorry, bud. I'm just glad you got out of that tree so I could get you back in the water. That is an awesome way to end off today's video. Hit that like button on that one. We're gonna have some more frog content coming soon.