New frog lure, I'm jazzed!!!

[keithdog]

When you mention frog baits, most people think of todays soft bodied frogs such as the Yum Buzz frog, the Horny Toad, the Rage tail frogs, and the hollow bodied frogs like the Spro and the Snag Proof Frogs. But way back before those types of frog baits became popular, there was a soft bodied frog that really caught bass. It was the Bill Plummer Super Frog. A soft yet solid frog body with two flat supple legs. The lure came prerigged with a single weedless hook that was exposed under the belly of the frog instead of out the back. It was heavy enough to cast a mile, floats at rest and flat out caught bass. To this day it is one of my favorite frog baits in lilly pads. However, one problem this bait had was that the frog body would in short time become loose on the single hook that it encased. The frog body would start to slide on the hook. Another issue I had with this bait was the body design was shaped somewhat rounded like a fist. It often would get stuck on things like the small slit in a lilly pad, the bark on a log, ect. Plus the weedguard was a bit flimsy and would often become dislodged from it's resting spot on the hook causing you to snag anything it went over. For this reason I started leaning more to the soft bodied frogs most of us use now. However, there is a new frog very similar to the old Bill Plummer frogs just now hitting the market, and I can't wait to get my hands on some. They are made by Panther Martin. They have the soft yet solid body of the old Super frogs, yet it is more streamlined like todays modern frogs. The head also has very large enticing eyes. From what I have seen in photos, it should work through cover more easily than the old Super Frog. Also, while it has the same weedless single belly hook like the Super Frog, it has a better weedguard design than the Super Frog, and looks like it will stay in place better. The new frogs from Panther Martin have the skirted legs like you see on the hollow bodied frogs of today like the Spro brand instead of the older soft plastic legs like on the Super Frog. These new frogs from Panther Martin are called Holographic Pro Frogs due to there color finishes which are just beautiful. The belly hook helps insure the bait rides right side up allways. And I have always had a better hookup ratio with the belly hook design frogs, than I have with the T rigged out the back style of rigging. It comes in two size, 3/8oz and 5/8oz. Plenty heavy enough to make long pitches with. I can't wait to get my hands on a few.