toad or buzzbait

roadrunner · 06-16-07, 08:35 PM

i went fishing today and tried something new; i tried a buzzbait. but the place that i was fishing had a lot of grass and i could not fish all of the pond. that got me thinkin that i might need to buy some horny toads so i could fish weedlessly over the grass. what's ya'lls thoughts?

Rebbasser · 06-16-07, 09:14 PM

Welcome to the forum and absolutely!

Horny toads are well worth the investment. I don't fish them much due to the lakes I fish, but they definitely produce.

zooker · 06-17-07, 10:26 AM

both work. there is only one time when a horny toad gets limited results and that is when the wind is blowing.. saturday the bass wanted the buzzbait it was pretty windy out there..had only one slap at a frog..i was fishing the buzzbait around the clumps of hydrilla and over the sumerged hydrilla.. the frog was going back inside the clumps and seeing if they were holed up back in that crap but they were not..

zooker

jooleyen · 06-17-07, 03:36 PM

I'm with Reb. The main lake I fish is OVERLOADED with grass. It seriously has a problem. The Horny Toads work great.

PS- What does Reb stand for?

roadrunner · 06-17-07, 03:43 PM

zooker said that buzzbaits trump frogs when the wind is blowing, but i thought that when the wind is blowing you should throw a spinner bait. is this true or can you throw a top water with better success?

zooker · 06-17-07, 07:32 PM

top water at night with wind you throw a buzzbait.. remember i do 75% or more of my fishing in the dark to dawn hours..

joolz
rebel basser -it's a southern thing-think cival war..

zooker

jooleyen · 06-17-07, 10:33 PM

OOOO. Thanks.

JoeBass · 06-30-07, 08:25 PM

I havent used horny toads yet but the sizmic toad is great, I throw it into open water where there is no grass or weeds, and swim it back a few inhes under water and bass love it.

BPACA · 07-01-07, 12:02 AM

get some spro frogs....they work nicely...theres a new one out with rabbit fur legs...might want to try those ones.

BigBassin144 · 07-17-07, 04:59 PM

When the weed cover gets too much for a buzzbait, I also switch to a toad or frog. My personal Favorites are the YUM Buzzfrog and the Sizmic Toad. I rig them weedless with a 4/0 Gamakatsu Extra Wide Gap worm hook.

lunker-lander · 07-24-07, 10:25 PM

Although you may think wind will deter this lures action in the wind, a Jitterbug actually works very well in slight chop conditions(5-10mph winds). Try one out when it is windy,especially before a storm or front approaches, bass will go crazy for topwater before these two periods.

06-16-07, 08:35 PM	#1
roadrunner BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dickinson TX Posts: 21	toad or buzzbait i went fishing today and tried something new; i tried a buzzbait. but the place that i was fishing had a lot of grass and i could not fish all of the pond. that got me thinkin that i might need to buy some horny toads so i could fish weedlessly over the grass. what's ya'lls thoughts?

06-16-07, 09:14 PM	#2
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,141	Welcome to the forum and absolutely! Horny toads are well worth the investment. I don't fish them much due to the lakes I fish, but they definitely produce. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

06-17-07, 10:26 AM	#3
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	both work. there is only one time when a horny toad gets limited results and that is when the wind is blowing.. saturday the bass wanted the buzzbait it was pretty windy out there..had only one slap at a frog..i was fishing the buzzbait around the clumps of hydrilla and over the sumerged hydrilla.. the frog was going back inside the clumps and seeing if they were holed up back in that crap but they were not.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

06-17-07, 07:32 PM	#6
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	top water at night with wind you throw a buzzbait.. remember i do 75% or more of my fishing in the dark to dawn hours.. joolz rebel basser -it's a southern thing-think cival war.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

07-24-07, 10:25 PM	#11
lunker-lander BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,628	Although you may think wind will deter this lures action in the wind, a Jitterbug actually works very well in slight chop conditions(5-10mph winds). Try one out when it is windy,especially before a storm or front approaches, bass will go crazy for topwater before these two periods. __________________ I don't see why schools are Public. If all schools were made Private, trespassers would be eliminated!

06-17-07, 03:36 PM	#4
jooleyen BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,509	I'm with Reb. The main lake I fish is OVERLOADED with grass. It seriously has a problem. The Horny Toads work great. PS- What does Reb stand for?

06-17-07, 03:43 PM	#5
roadrunner BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dickinson TX Posts: 21	zooker said that buzzbaits trump frogs when the wind is blowing, but i thought that when the wind is blowing you should throw a spinner bait. is this true or can you throw a top water with better success?

06-17-07, 10:33 PM	#7
jooleyen BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,509	OOOO. Thanks.

06-30-07, 08:25 PM	#8
JoeBass BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 26	I havent used horny toads yet but the sizmic toad is great, I throw it into open water where there is no grass or weeds, and swim it back a few inhes under water and bass love it.

07-01-07, 12:02 AM	#9
BPACA BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 420	get some spro frogs....they work nicely...theres a new one out with rabbit fur legs...might want to try those ones.

07-17-07, 04:59 PM	#10
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	When the weed cover gets too much for a buzzbait, I also switch to a toad or frog. My personal Favorites are the YUM Buzzfrog and the Sizmic Toad. I rig them weedless with a 4/0 Gamakatsu Extra Wide Gap worm hook.

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