 This is the topwater frog only, day of fishing. It's 104 degrees outside and I know you guys are thinking, there is no way that these fish want to eat the topwater frog. And you're probably right. But the question is, can we still get them to bite? Not only did we catch a ton of fish in today's video, but we found the monsters. That's good dude, net, net. Oh my God, get him to the net, baby! Oh my God! We got the topwater frog only, day of fishing right here. Got a poppin' pickle on, you guys know that's my favorite. Got it paired up on my Kicking Their Bass TVX Lose Combo. If you guys want to check them out, KickingTheBass.com. They'll be linked down below. I appreciate anybody and everybody who supports the brand. Got the boy Aiden in the back. What's going on, bro? You gotta give me, I know you're operating, but you gotta give me a knuckle touch. Me and Aiden came out last week, earlier this week. Ended up smoking the fish and caught a lot of fish on big worms. But we promised you guys that we would come out with some topwater frogs. In the topwater only videos, I have to live and die by the topwater. Aiden, you can do whatever you want. If you wanna throw a big, I know you got some big swim baits. If you wanna throw a swim bait, you can, but I have to live by the frog, guys. That means I'm only allowed to throw a frog today. So we're gonna be fishing around this beautiful lake and seeing if we can catch some big ones. When I came out here a couple of days ago, I got a six pounder. So pretty excited to see if we can beat that today. Before we get deeper into this video, only 27% of you all watching these videos are actually subscribed. So if you could, take the time, hit the subscribe button. Really helps the channel, I'd appreciate it. We're gonna hunt around with these frogs and see what we can catch. Just had a huge storm blow through. We had to wait in the car for about an hour and hopefully these bass bites. So let's go ahead and hop right into it and catch some big ones. I wanna see that big fish that came up in the pads the other day. What would you say, about eight, nine pounder? He was huge, yeah. We know they're in here. Just gotta catch them. I love nothing more than skipping frogs under trees, boys. There's not much room for me to get under these, but we're gonna see some awesome frog skips today. Also a ton of lily pads in this lake. We went back in a little cove the other day and that's where we had like four frog fish back to back to back. I mean, they were like loaded in there and there was a lot of bait. So hopefully we get back in there and catch some more of those fish. I mean, they were just stacked. But as I say in every video, this frog, I tend to work a little aggressive and a little fast. How would you guys work it? I always ask y'all that. How would you guys be working a frog today if you were here fishing? Leave your comments down below. I love to see how other people work their bait. See, I tend to slow it down sometimes. But right now we're just kind of moving. I wanna see if we can even get some bites on it. So I'm gonna start pretty fast. If we have to slow it down, then that's what I'll do. I know Noah's only throwing the frog today, but I'm going for a 10 pounder. So I'm whipping out the big old swim bait. Are we doing a little big fish tournament too? Yeah. We're doing a little big fish deal. We did a little big fish in the worm video guys. And the first fish I caught happened to be the biggest one all day. So who knows? We got high hopes. He's probably gonna end up catching like a big 12 pounder on that. This evening, this bank, this whole bank should be. Oh, there he is. Oh, it's a big swim bait. Good job. I can't tell. Oh, that's a good fish. I can't believe you got a bite on that before I got one on the hook. That was sick. Dude, he came out of nowhere. Yeah. There's somethings on board here. You can land them. Not that one. Three pounder. Yes, sir. Get his big butt up in here. Yes, sir. Listen. Oh, three pounder. Probably three pounder. Yeah, we'll call them three. That was a good fish. Not our frog bass that I was wanting boys, but I'm surprised you got a bite before I did on a frog. That's pretty crazy. He's got a swipe in it. Well, that's a start, dude. Just get something rolling, you know? Keep it moving, boys. You know, like when you first spool up a real fluoro and then you set the hook, or like you try to pull the drag and the line like digs deep into it, you go to cast and it's just so dug in there, it gets stuck. And I, so every time I spool up a reel, I tie it to a pole, I'll walk out the line and I'll crank it down to where the line stays tight. Having your drag coming out smooth is a big thing. Cause that's all you do is play drag. Can't horse a big fish for 12 pound line. That's a giant, dude. No, it ain't. It's a good fish. That's like a four pounder. He's barely hooked. Yeah. He's got the front line. He came right off in the net. Oh, he just snagged himself. A little two pounder, man. Dude, I thought it was a big one, son. He scared me. Dude, look at his side. Poor buddy. Another swimbait fish, two pounder, maybe. All right, guys, this is some prime territory. That'll be the one time I get eaten. Some prime water boys. We just ain't getting bots. Yet. It's gonna happen. Oh, he's schoolin', he's schoolin' under the boat, bro. Throw your swimbait next to the boat. He ain't even that big. I thought he was big. Oh, baby. That was crazy. Well, there we go, boys. We are on board with our little frog-only adventure. Even though Aiden back there is cheatin', it's all good though. Hey, I can think everybody watching does not mind seeing you catch a fish on that. You know what I mean? But that was a crazy blow up, man. What's wild about that is I literally was talking about it, I'm like, I don't know what's going on. And then boom, good plonk. That was really weird how that fish decided to pop by the boat. I gotta try one more time, though. I got a weird feeling about it. I feel like out of all the spots I casted that in the last 30 minutes, that probably, it looked good, but I've casted in better. Well, we on board. Can't complain with that. Not a biggie, but hey, she's a start. That's all we wanted, just something to sniff us. And that blow up was not soft, so that might be a good sign. That's one thing I pay attention to is just how the fish are biting. And that one was pretty mad. That was a mad bass. Are you impressed the whole medium heavy action was? When we were making it, I told him, I was like, I want it, like I wanted to be a medium heavy, but I still want to have a little stronger backbone. Cause we made this to throw out really anything. I mean, I'll throw all my frogs on this, even in pet, I mean, you saw that it, it got them out like it was nothing. Oh, know me how to worm this whole bake down and then I'll frog back to eating. But we did worms the other day. Oh my God, that was a biggie, dude. Dude, yeah, that's good and dude, net, net, net. That's a biggie, dude. That's a biggie, that's a giant, dude. Here we go, baby, baby. Here we go, baby. Get him a net, baby! Oh my God, it's a stud, son. Oh my God! Let's go, dude. Dude, that's a big, so big fish right there. Look at that, baby! Oh my goodness. Aiden, hold that puppy up. You might've got big fish today, just maybe. Oh my goodness, bro. That is ridiculous. All right, what's your guess? Six and a quarter, I'm gonna see. I think six and a half. I don't know, he is a little skinny. But do you see the length on that fish, bro? Yeah, that's probably 22, 22. It's a meatball. Zero knot, let's see what we got. Oh yeah. Six and a half, baby. Six, five, four. What a tank, brother. Good freaking fish. It's a big, so big fish right there. Even though you're cheating, man, I still gotta chew you on. As long as it ain't wacky, man. Hey, yeah, no, I agree. I think the swim bait we can live by. You know what I mean? We can do that. Beautiful fish. Beautiful. Big girl. Such a long fish. There she goes. Good job, brother, that was awesome. There we go, boys. Here's our big fish leader, a six, five, four. That beats my big one the other day. That's a freaking tank. Now, if we can just let the sun come down a little bit more, guys, and get these big ones. So good, bro. My fish senses are just tingling right now. Oh, thanks, bird. You're the last one, you know what I'm talking about. Yeah, that was a wet one. My dad has horrible luck with birds. I was just saying, we're just catching them. Trucks, getting pooped, his truck will get pooped on. He'll get pooped on. You should have seen the amount of geese. My backyard was the geese capital, the screen. My buddy Owen, he ducked us. To be honest, he's invited, because I don't want to. You should see the dang backyard, bro. They pooped so many dang times, I can't even walk in my backyard. Now, it kind of disappeared. I walked back there earlier today. Guess it's biodegradable here, you know. It'll disappear after a while. Yeah, I roll it down there. Oh, I just got nailed, dude. No way, dude. Dude, he swore, oh, he missed it. Guys, I know this is a frog-only episode for you, boy, but I'm actually happy Aiden's throwing that big swim bait because this frog bite just hasn't turned on quite yet. We just gotta be patient. Like, we're scrambling for bites on the frog right now, but I think when we get in the right spot, let me get him over. There's a stud gitter right there, too. He hit you again? That time, that was grass. Hey, them grass bites so good. They do on a rough day. Sometimes the best bites I have are the grass bites, man. I'm not proud of it, but it feels pretty good. All right, boys, fasten your seatbelts. We hear the frogs coming out now. That's what we've been waiting for all day. Aiden actually picked up his frog rod. He's ready. See this whole cove, a lot of shade. You can tell the temperature just cooled off a little bit. It feels good. Yeah, foggy. Oh, he missed it. He was really small, but I tried not to set the hook because I knew he missed it, but I still did. I think that's been part of my problem, guys. I've been working a little too fast, which we have been just moving, covering water, and I tend to just kind of get caught up in the moment. Sometimes my patience is, my patience is like very good, but sometimes I like to fish way too fast. So imagine that replay from the last time. Dude, that was insane. Oh my gosh, the boat's thing going by. And that just really happened. That was pretty crazy. He ate us right, literally right at the boat. Aiden was just trying to get through this canal. He kind of has to go a little quick and that fish just slammed it right at the boat. That was pretty crazy. Oh, look at the bait, it's back here, bro. Oh my gosh, he missed it. I didn't even, like, move it. Oh, watch out. Bro, my life flashed before my eyes, Aiden. Oh my gosh. Was that going right for my face? Yeah, it was definitely close. I'm gonna tell you, that was slow motion. Hey, at least you got a bite. Man, I put every ounce into that fish. I'll put every ounce into my face. Guys, this is where we came back and we had three fish, I mean, in a matter of five minutes. There was a lot of bait, just how there is today. These fish were not only in these pads, but they were up on this grass edge. Should be able to get a couple to bite here. There, come on, baby. Come on, baby. It's a giant. Any frog bites fun, though. Maybe they don't like to pickle today, man. Maybe the pickle's just like, scaring them, a little intimidation. I'm convinced that they're scared of this pickle. I might have to put on just a standard. I might tie it on. I mean, I've only had, what, one bite? You had two in a couple of minutes. Also, you know how like, you were talking about the backside, guys? Really is only what matters, but this one actually has the same print. Yeah. I'm telling you, it might be the frog. We're actually gonna cut this off in tile and just all white poppin' frog. So I've only had one bite all day that's not common for the pickle. Here we go, boys. Just a standard white poppin' frog, pretty basic. Let's see if this helps our bets. Also, the one that Aiden's throwing is not a poppin' frog. It might just be a little too much for him. But I mean, he threw it for 10 minutes and had two bites. Three bites, either the color or the subtleness or something. We'll try this white one. See what we can do. Oh, dude, I got a giant chasing me. Look at that. Dude, he came out from it. Oh, just burning it. There's one. I saw that. That's it. Yeah, I don't mean to. Dude, I got to start throwing this thing. Well, that's another, dude, look how skinny he is. He's really, really... Dude, I'm so under that tree. Oh, there he goes. Nice. Good release. You're getting just as many bites as if we were throwing like a standard bait. Like not even like a big swan bait like that. That's pretty crazy. Here's the frogs now. Gotta mean something. Oh, didn't mean to knock his door. I meant to slip right in there. I like how might I just ruin my opportunity. There we go. You know that bull up's gonna sound insane if he does. I'm pretty sure it's a big one. Nope. Come on, baby. Get out of there. Get out of there, baby. Come on. Oh yeah, that's a good one. Hey, that's how you wanted to eat it too, Bubba. Is it time, Aiden? Is it time? There we go, baby. That's how you wanted to eat a frog. Good three pounder there. Can't complain with those, can we? Aiden's over here just, you know, about flipping casual sixes, but we'll take a three all day. That's a fun frog fish. Thank you, baby. There we go, son. That was a good bite too, man. I've only had two bites today, but the bites have been just electric. They're not playing with it, you know? Dude, some of the news on that tree. It's a gator. No, it's a little gator. That's a big gass, bro. I thought it was a dang gator, dude. I don't think so. He's barely hooked, so I barely hook set him, but. Oh my gosh, you know, I really thought that was a gator, so I didn't want to hook set. That's a four pounder. Yes, sir, boys. That was probably the most casual frog hook set that you'll ever see from me. I didn't see the gator, but I knew he was near there. He like went underwater, so I was like, man, of course the gator would eat it. There we go, boys. Good four pounder, close to it. He's probably a high three, but we'll take him. It's a good one, ain't it? Oh yeah. Thank you, baby. You're beautiful. No, it's finally getting on board and got a couple of nice frog bass. Can't complain. That's one color change, it's big key. What's that? That's color change. It really has. That's something to talk about, too, guys. I mean, I threw that poppin' pickle the whole time. I have just so much confidence in it, and I catch so many big fish on it that it's just a frog that I love to throw. And it didn't tide this one on. So regular brown frog, get a little bit of yellow on the front, white on the bottom. That's really what you got to focus on is the bottom color. This is not a proper frog either. That poppin' pickle's just super aggressive. But I did bring out this standard white frog and it's been just a game changer for us. Yeah, we're gonna keep on hunting, guys. I went from just having one bite the whole day to three and a four pounder back to back. So maybe we're on to something, not only with the color, but just the time of day. I was about to see the dang grass. He didn't have it all the way. You see how that grass mixes in with the pads? Golly. Here we go, dude. You ready? That last bite I had was just so, like that pause in between. It's different than what I've been doing for sure. You think they would get more aggressive as the sun went down, but maybe that's how they've been wanting it. It's been a little too much. Dude. What are you reeling it in? I mean, I was kind of like reeling in and drop and just letting it pause in the little crevices. I will tell you, we had two bites in here though. It's a good sign. They're just waiting on that eight pounder to eat us, you know? I was like reeling it over the pads. I would pause it for a second and then when I get in the hole I just kind of let it sit and pop it once and kind of reel it over like that. Boom. Pop. Those grass have crazy amount of ticks in them, dude. It's ridiculous. Hundreds of them. I'll put my kayak through sometimes. I don't know anymore, but when I would, dude, I feel something like my whole leg is just like, came out of a look down. There's hundreds of them. I jumped off my kayak and like scrubbed off in the lake. Well. Can't do it. Oh, my rod's flying in my hand. My doctor's dropped my rod. I was not ready for that. You've really been up in there. Look how dark he is. Looking at a gucci bass. Frogs just woke up. Maybe that's a dinner bell for the bass. All right, it's time, boys. Load up. Start buying the frog. What? How did, you see how long I had to reel in there? Guys, we haven't really talked about, you know, what we're doing. So now that the sun started going down, we're hoping this frog bite is going to pick up. You know, this lake, we acted so big. I hated it. Don't fall in. And that was just payback, you know? What I was saying is we're hoping this pad bite's going to turn on. It definitely has. We're getting way more bites. We definitely have a lot of smaller bites recently. But you can tell this bite's finally heating up. Sun's gone down. Especially biting the pads, pretty good. You know, you can really throw anywhere and everywhere in these pads. But what I like to look for, and I can tell Aiden's looking forward to, is anything that has slight separation. That's what he's looking for. And on the bank, you'll notice like you'll have pads all the way. And then all of a sudden, you have a little transition to just a small patch of grass. Right here, I'm a little to the left. But to the right of me, there's a little hole. And that's usually where I would go. Cause you want to have a little bit of water to work your frog. Right there is definitely the thickest part. But you see right there to the left, how there's a little hole. And that's what I'm targeting. Boom, right here. So you're still getting the luxury of going through the pads, but you're able to work that frog a little bit more. And it gives the bass more opportunity to eat it. If you're throwing just in the thick stuff, just like this, where I'm only able to ride the frog on top. I know you guys have probably seen some clips of crazy bass just come up and eat it. But some days it's not always like that. You know, that's something to think about when you're fishing this, to kind of get into some of these open holes. And that's how we're getting these bites right now. I feel like we're going to find one of these patches that just, maybe I'm going to slam a couple of big ones. That's exactly what I was talking about guys. Right here you had all these pads and now you got this little transition where you got a lay down or not even a lay down hangover. Then you got a little stretch of grass and you still got pads mixed in. For those transition points, like right here you got the pads mixed in. There should be a fish right there. And then another good cast. Aiden would probably do it right, you know, right on that corner. Right where that grass meets the pads again. That's just a good little zone. Have you ever seen under a pad? Next time you buy a pad, pick it up, flip it over, put your hand on it or put whatever bait, perfect shadow of your hand. When I use the fish like a lot of those tournaments where we're fishing frogs, I would sometimes let it sit on the pad. And most people would think, oh, the bass is just, they felt the movement of it, but they can see it too. They can see through it. Then when you pull it off, sometimes you'll get slammed. My dad's more of a hunting habit. He's still fishing because of it. Yeah. There we go, buddy. Finally got him to stay pinned. I missed three fish to catch this twinkie. But I'll take them, man. This is a beautiful fish. Cool bite. Pretty fish, not giant. That was a fun bite. I think this last like 30 minutes of daylight here might be prone on boys to do not click off the video. We'll still be in. Into the honey hole. Look how amazing this looks. We're ready for a seven pounder on the frog. There's a time to throw it. It's right now. We just gotta be patient. Like, bro, that's just too good, man. Not even right for them not to bite me there. That was really big. Whatever bull behind me. Something was very large right there. Right there. Come on, baby, just hit me. That's him. That's him. That's a giant boy. Can't believe I got him out of his pads. I can't tell how big he is. He might just be like a four. Man, that big. You're dang three. It's so dark out here. It's a good fish, though. Look how he ate it. That's the bite we've been waiting on. Look at that, boys. That's what we're talking about. Choking that frog. I will say, I've only caught like five or six on the frog, but I feel like half of them have been. It's like really small. Yeah, it's like not getting many small bites. Here we go, guys. We've got a little bit more daylight. See if we can pop a couple more off like that. That was an awesome bite. Maybe we're finding the zone. He's right where he should have been, though. That back edge of pads. That money zone. I'm about to say that. Oh, dude, no way. That's sitting here really moving in like a dummy. I was looking at you. Like something came off that grass. Some of the best ones were between five and seven pounds. Yeah. We've got a little more to him, you know? Yeah, I was like... Like that. That was horrible. Like that. Is that another biggie? I don't think so. One of the three is on him. He is thick, son. Hey, he's been up in that grass. Look at the color on him. Dark. Dude, I just hooked up like the non-dominant side. Yeah. I think that guy happened. Here we go, Bubba. This is it. We're about to heat up. It's about to be electric. Feel it. Those last two bites are how you want them to eat it. All right, boys, here it goes. This is our juice hole. We've been waiting to hit it the whole time. Old money corner. Come on. Oh, you had it, but like you didn't have it. It's like you just pulled it down. Did you see how soft that was? Yeah. I saw it going. You just must have had the tail of it, you know? There he is right there. I can't do it. That's a really good fish. Slipper die, baby. He's probably on the fourth, dude, he's thick. Yes, sir. What's he got, Bubba? Yes, sir. Oh. The smack down, that was a catch. What a good fish. Dude, look how fat he is. Look at that. He's thick. The last one was super fat, too. You notice one thing, dude? All three times. You're on the left side of the dang pads. Oh, heck yeah. He's got a lot of these force lines in the force line here. Like especially at the full dude. He's son. Dude, they are just smoking it now. It's dark. That's another good one, dude. Another freaking three pounder. Oh, is there a freaking munchin' now that it's just got dark? Total change in pace. Of course, this one we can barely see. Look how thick that fish is, bro. These are long. That is a good one. Probably if they're going to quarter. Dude, he hit it like so soft that I barely even noticed. It's crazy how a white swish just turned on. Yeah, I didn't even see it. I just told the hooks that. Oh, yeah, baby. What is going on? What is going on? What you got, Aiden? Oh, my God. Probably like 12 pounders. Thing is about 13.