Does color come in to play? I throw green ones with good success. Am I missing out by not throwing white, or black ones.
Does color come in to play? I throw green ones with good success. Am I missing out by not throwing white, or black ones.
Yes, I think it color can make a big difference. You fish in WI, where the water is clear, so going natural is good, but keep in mind that you aren't always mimicking frogs when throwing "frogs". Often times when I'm really smoking them in the pads the fish are keying in on shad. I throw black 90% of the time, but white is also very good and during the early summer/spring I like to throw a brown/purple frog to mimick bluegill.
I think color plays some difference, but not a ton. I would suggest having a dark color and a light color. I've caught more on black or brown than on white or green. But, the water I fish usually has a good stain to it.
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^^^+1 totally agree!Originally Posted by Jeff Hahn
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White belly, Dark belly, Chartreuse belly. Everything else is only catching the buyer IMO.
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^^^^^ YUP. They just need to see it. Black, white, and then a natural of some sort and you're good to go.
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100% on this. I think a lot of time they think it's a sunfish anyway
agreed
plain hook and pieces of black licorice works at times too
I can tell you down here it makes a huge difference. Some days they will only hit white, black or junebug, and some days only watermelon red. I have had this lesson reinforced time and time again.
IMO it looks like a wounded bluegill to them. I throw brown 95% of the time.
I don't really fish a frog in open water, so maybe color could make a difference there. But IMO if you're throwing a frog over matted vegetation, white is the only color you need. And not because the fish can see it, but so YOU can see it.
I personally don't wait to feel the fish before I set the hook on a frog. I look for my bait and if I can't see it I set the hook.
Around heavy cover I just use white or black. But last year I fished more open water and didn't have much luck with just white or black. So this year I bought a few more natural colors to try and see if that makes a difference.
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I always wondered why they put frogs in the package with the back showing. I want to see the belly.
They want all the pretty colors to intrigue us bass guys! lol
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I have around 20 different colors and by the end of the day I usually have white tied on.
Keep in mind that the bottom of most frogs come in only 3 or 4 colors (black, white, brown, green). The top color portion is for the fisherman, not the fish. Keep it simple.
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