07-02-07, 11:18 PM | #1 |
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going to get some new toads tomorrow, which ones?
I like the Sizmic Toads allot, seem to get some good strikes with them and can cast them a mile. But what others do you guys like allot? I love ZOOM plastics should i get the Horny Toad? i have the Sizmic Pop'n Toad (Has a mouth like a popper). Any help would be cool.
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07-03-07, 08:09 PM | #2 |
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Zooker loves Horny Toads. I prefer Mann's Hard Nose Toads. I wanna' try Stanley's next.
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i absolutely love horny toads the legs on them give so much action that the fish can't help but bite
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So far I have had my best luck on a Yum Buzz Frog by a large margine. Hey Patrick, have you see the BPS Humpin Toad? It looks a lot like the Stanley toad.
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Horny toad.
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My favorite is the Stanley RIBBIT frog in the watermelon/red with the pearl belly. I also use a special hook. A local man makes them but I believe there are some similar commercial hooks available. They look like an EWG hook with half ( cut lengthwise ) of a 1/4 oz bullet weight molded to the eye end of the hook running from just below the eye and through the bend and there is a fine wire cork screw to affix the frog to. Great concept. They make the rig cut through and stay on top of thick matted beds of vegetation, while giving you the ability ( because of the weight ) to let them drop of edges and into pockets within the vegetation. This is where most of my strikes occur.
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oh yea and colors of horny toads anything that you look at and you think why would a fish bite that? dont ask me why but the most ridiculous looking colors always seem to produce
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I've had really good sucess with the horney toads
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I normally use YUM buzzfrogs. but they roll over. I think this happens to all plastic frogs though. the buzz frog makes a low pitch gurgle while the horny toad makes higher pitch sounds. I'd personally go with the ZOOM horny toad.
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yea i agree but even when they roll over spin or whatever they still flat catch
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If you didn't really want frogs like these you could try the SPRO Bronzeye frogs or scum frogs. they float, unlike softplastics, and the are also weedless. some of the scum frogs or bigfootfrog have softplastic paddle shaped legs like the YUM buzzfrog. you just don't have to reeel as fast to keep it on the surface cause it floats.
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08-09-07, 09:04 AM | #12 |
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I like the Seismic Frogs myself. ZOOM Horny toads work well for me too though.
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I've been tossing the Horny Toad (named after me, so I gotta be loyal) occasionally. Have yet to hook up. Been wanting to try the Gambler Cane Toad but no one around here carries them.
The lakes that Reb, ReddRooster, Guttboy, Colonel W., Jesse, and F.Rod normally phish are not very "froggy", so that may account for the dearth of interest on the part of the bass. Still, one would expect that all bass, whether or not they'd evAr seen or devoured a frawg, would possess an inate instinct to assail one at any opportunity. I say this based on my own life experiences. After all, one eats everything he ever eats "for the first time", be it mother's milk, cheeseburgers, or even more, er, interesting items. Ergo, it stands to reason that Mr/Mrs/Ms Bass would say to him/her self "Well, I have no idea wot that is, but it MIGHT be tasty, so..." That concludes the scholarly commentary for today...maybe. FR Last edited by FlyRod; 08-09-07 at 12:01 PM. |
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I say this based on my own life experiences. After all, one eats everything he ever eats "for the first time", be it mother's milk, cheeseburgers, or even more, er, interesting items
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Just got back from vacation. Cut it short a few days. Too much rain. Anyways I fished toads almost exclusively. Fished pads and some open water around them. Fished early morning till 9pm. They hit all day in the pads. I took about 20 or so different brands of toads. The number one brand-Horny Toad. They went after this more so than any other. I'll post later some results.
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they do seem to work better in early morning better for me
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I've had a ton of sucess with seizmic in green/melon and like the gambler cane toads as well.
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I've never tried Sizmic. Where Can I get em. BPS doesn't carry 'em. Does Cabelas?
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I just bought some Horney Toads by Zoom yesterday to try out. I have never fished these before.. What is the best way to rig them? Weighted/weightless?
How do you fish them? I am sorry to ask such NOOB questions, but this will be my first time trying one out. |
08-10-07, 02:31 PM | #20 |
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they are a great topwater frog, but i personally t-rig them witha 1/4 oz. slip weight because the fish are a deeper where i fish.
i jus twitch it and let it sit for a short time then keep twitchin it and then i will reel it in a lil and twitch some more. good luck!
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Stanley Ribbits
Stanley Ribbits hands down fish better than any other frog in my opinion. The new floating version is awesome too!
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horny toads on a 4/0 or 5/0 straight shank hook with either a quarter ounce slip weight or you can fish it topwater weightless take your pick either way youll catch fish
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horny toads crack for bass....
nuff said zooker
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Zook you can say that again. On my vacation I even had a muskie knock one 5 feet in the air. You can drag another brand over the pads but a toad won't get that far.
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