Getting moved into our new place. We have 14 acres with the house and some wetland. Tons of leopard frogs. Were cool with that. Is there a use for these? Fishing? Catch and freeze for catfish? I’m sure they would be good bait?
I mean we have lots of them. Unbelievable amount. 
Thanks.
Yea there great bass bait and the toothy critters, pike love them or fatten them up and enjoy frog legs!👍
LOL. On the frog legs. . In my younger yrs we would catch as my as we could. An that was almost as much fun frogging as it was fishing with them. Im way to slow now to try catch them. Damn it. . . rrr . . PS. They are a awesome bait for large mouth.!
I’ve done well with live frogs on the Red River for channel cats.
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I have used them a bunch back in the day. Lots of channel cats, pike and bass
I once saw a very large walleye that was caught on a frog. It was under the bridge on Island Lake just outside of Duluth. I suppose every fish will eat frogs since they are naturally in the water. I have caught some nice crappies long ago on some little frogs that must have just turned into frogs from tadpoles. The yard was full of those little buggers. They really help to keep down the insects also.
I can confirm that frozen leapord frogs are a top 3 bait for channel cats in the fall. I have even caught a few flatheads on them. A lot of the fall eyes that I clean also have stomachs full of frogs. If you are ever interested in selling some (a fun activity for kids) shoot me a PM.
Walleyes eat frogs, they make great bait. In the fall when the frogs are coming back to the lake from the ponds the walleyes will stack up on the shore and just gotge on frogs. I have caught <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>walleyes that spit up frogs.
I agree. Walleyes love frogs.
So how do you hook a frog for catfishing? I have a very old lure or hook rig rather made for using smallish frogs for bass and pike fishing. It is made of brass. We always called it a “frog harness”.
I’ve never used a frog harness, but I’ve fished frogs for channel cats alot and channel cats love them too. I kill the frogs first, slit their stomachs open and hook them right under the chin or through the back on a circle hook about size 5/0 or 6/0. If they aren’t stunned or dead, they’ll wrap themselves around the line, hook or anything they can which can make a good hookup difficult. Channel cats always love them but I’ve had increased success with them when slitting their stomach open and then filling the stomach cavity with Berkley Catfish Scent (or Walleye Scent….doesn’t seem like it make any difference) to really make a well defined scent trail to help channel cats find the bait.
Some days multiple frogs on one hook work better than a single frog or if you have just small frogs.
I’ve never used a frog harness, but I’ve fished frogs for channel cats alot and channel cats love them too. I kill the frogs first, slit their stomachs open and hook them right under the chin or through the back on a circle hook about size 5/0 or 6/0. If they aren’t stunned or dead, they’ll wrap themselves around the line, hook or anything they can which can make a good hookup difficult. Channel cats always love them but I’ve had increased success with them when slitting their stomach open and then filling the stomach cavity with Berkley Catfish Scent (or <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>Walleye Scent….doesn’t seem like it make any difference) to really make a well defined scent trail to help channel cats find the bait.
Some days multiple frogs on one hook work better than a single frog or if you have just small frogs.
So basically your using frog rigged same as cut bait (chubs suckers)?
Has anyone done a side by side comparison with cut bait and frogs?
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