Every topwater strike makes bass fishing more fun. But there’s something about topwater frog fishing—watching that almost comical-looking bait hop and sputter and then get suddenly obliterated—that ...

There’s simply no experience in fishing like a topwater strike. Whether it’s a violent eruption of water or a subtle “gulp,” the strike is what keeps anglers coming back. Besides the fact that ...

If you are close to a shoreline and you have 15 - 30 minutes, why not get a line wet and have some fun - that's what I am doing today, just having fun fishing off shore, top water, for striper. Hope ...

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 ...

Fishing a frog over the pads and slop is one of my absolute favorite ways to catch bass. The visual strikes are absolutely explosive. When the bite is on, a day of frog fishing is a great day. It’s ...

Every once in a while, someone asks me, “Why do you like fishing so much? Isn’t it boring?” My first impulse is to put them in a Homer Simpson-style chokehold for even thinking fishing could be boring ...

If you’re a fan of bass fishing, you’ve likely attempted at least once to use a hollow-bodied frog lure. Most likely, you haven’t had the best results with it. I personally love the idea of fishing ...

Miserable is the most appropriate word I can come up with for the weather this past week. Temperatures over 100 with humidity over 90 just doesn’t work for me. A good friend recently returned from a ...

Ron Gard demonstrates the correct way to hold any bass you intend to release. Gard s 38-acre Lake Emma has produced ten bass weighing 10 to 12 pounds, and the fish are still in the lake. Ray Sasser / ...

For as long as I am able to go fishing, the charming song recited by a long-time fishing buddy will be rattling between my ears every time I am rigged up with a topwater frog for largemouth bass.