Tyler, love the video! I need to fish more poppers and frogs! Could you give a summary of what water and weather conditions to throw which top water? I think the info is all in the video, I just had a hard time keeping it all straight!
i got a new frog this weekend and in my excitement to test it out i tied what was apparently not a knot at all, casted out and watched my new frog fly away. didnt get to retrieve it even once. worst part is, my day on the water actually went downhill from there. this video opening with a frog has reopened the wound! 😂
I’ve never not tied a knot, but I went back to back casting brand news frogs into a tree and lost them both. It was also definitely downhill from there!😂😭
I been waiting on this....I'm absolutely addicted to top water!!! This is a recent thing for me and I've spent loads of cash on all the premium,hi end top waters and can't wait to put them to use!
Just fished with my frog yesterday, got a bite waited a sec then set the hook. I Pull the “bass” out of the water and it turns out I just caught a huge frog 😂. Never knew you could catch a frog with a frog lure.
Hey Tyler thanks for all the awesome information you give to us my man! I’m new to fishing only about 1 month in do you happen to have a video for absolute beginners 😢 having trouble telling when i have bites and when to set hook
I just fished a top water frog at night and caught an awesome 4lb lg mouth. That’s an amazing way to catch bass at night on top water just by listening to what happens instead of seeing.
I'm weird. I'm typically a right handed reel person but when I have to cadence a top water bait I have to use a left handed reel bc for some reason my left hand can't walk baits haha
Tap water is amazing top water in low light in the dark is freaking insane and top water can happen at unusual times I'm always willing to throw a top water😊
Somthin I like to do with the plopper that I've not seen anyone else do is add a feathered treble hook on back...I also put a split ring on the line tie
If you live in South Carolina and your closest 6 Mile Rd. there’s a pond. The guy that owns upon his name is Rae. He actually goes to my church if you want to you could probably go to his house and ask him if he can fish in this pond. I caught a bunch of bass on the Texas rig amino and a walking jig
Great video! What's your opinion on the ribbit top toad? I've been having really good luck on them up in sw PA. I feel like they're the best of both worlds you can chuck and wind it and just use the action of the lure. I have walked it a few times. It is a hollow body similar to any other frog?
My friend asked if I wanted to come fish at his family pond 3 months ago, never used a topwater bait but had a black and yellow buzz bait that cost $8 that morning and caught 12 bass 3 4-6 pounders then rest maybe a pound on my way home I stopped at the bait shop and bought 2 more of the same and been fishing twice a week ever since😂
Years ago i got a big lure from my dad. I believe it was called Lucky 13, probably 10" in length. First time i used it, i chucked it across the river, probably 40 feet. It crashed hard to the water. Let it sit probably for 20 or 25 seconds. Made 1 turn on my reel and a big splashing and swirl slammed it. Hit with so much force i thought it was going to rip the pole from my hand. I got maybe 4 or 5 turns on it and line went slack. Reeled in the line and lure/fish completetly gone. Im assuming it was a very large northern pike. Pretty sure i landed it right on top of its head or close to it. Whatever it was, it was larte enough to go after that lure. It was the last time and only time i ever got to use that lure. The fish became my nemesis after that. Never got anything close to being big enough to go after that lure.
$14.99 ant nuttin...I typically spend $20-$30 on shower blows, jt ,vixen ,giant dog x as well as the mega bass grand siglet lol the only top water that I'm actually compatant at is the plopper lol but I've practiced and mastered walking the dog and I'm just waiting on the weekend to go try'em
I caught a 3+ pounder with a frog the other day, then out of excitement for the next catch missed the next half dozen in pathetic fashion. Got off the kayak with one fish for the day, now Im itching.
Tyler, great video. I would, however, argue that whopper ploppers are also effective on a short plop and stop retrieve rather than just a straight retrieve 😉
Do u think a popping frog walked back to you skipped under docks and over stumps and underneath trees is better than a walking frog since I will be fishing no matted or thick grass?
On my local lake, Castaic in Southern California, the top water is going full steam but my baits of past aren’t producing much (pop r’s, 2 1/2- 3 inch swim baits, chug bugs and whopper plopper). This last weekend, I was able to get a clear view of the size of the shad that largemouth, smallmouth and stripers were boiling on, couldn’t have been more than an inch. What’s your thoughts of instead of trying to match the hatch that I don’t have anything that small, to go with something bigger like pencil popper, hair jig, spook or glide baits? Do you ever throw a popping frog in open water? Any input would be greatly appreciated. Btw, I can’t thank you enough for your content, you’re helping more fishermen than you realize!
This is very comprehensive, thank you for putting it out there. But say the pond you fish at has a lot of pike in it... would you use leaders on your frogs, or just chance it?
I want to ask you about the buzz bait retrieval, I was fishing a farm pond yesterday and 95% of my hits on the buzzbait out of like 6 fish were caught when I let the buzzbait go below the surface and burn it to get back to the top, with only one fish hitting on the top. Is this just because I was fishing a less pressured farm pond or can this be used as technique? Indiana located
Sounds to me like you would’ve crushed them on a spinner bait😂 Buzzbait is meant to be on top. You are free to retrieve any lure in whatever way you like, but underneath the water is not where that is designed to be thrown.
@@TylersReelFishing k thanks. Il try the shorter rod. I do keep up but just can’t walk as good. Only good with rod down to right to get that walkn action. But il keep at it.
@@ForehandDiscReviews colors. I like to keep a dark color one like green pumpkin or black and blue on one and a white, spot remover, ore white chartreuse on the other. Occasionally I will have 2 of the same color in different sizes on. Like if I’m fishing down a dam of a lake, I’ll cast the lighter one towards the dam and the heavier one away from the dam. (Though this isn’t that often that I do that. Mostly in late winter. You can catch the ones still hanging deep as well as the ones moving shallow to feed.
Then he either has Thor's hookset, he is not fishing a frog where it is intended (heavy stuff), or he is losing/not hooking up with quite a few fish. The hooks on most hollow belly frogs are not meant to be set with a resin line
@@TylersReelFishing did not know that!! Thanks for the info man. I wasn’t trying to call you a liar or anything, just didn’t understand fully. So not impossible but you lose more fish than you would with braid. Got it boss, thanks again!
Yessir, you can throw a treble hooked bait on mono, or a buzzbait/plopper since they are moving back to you and the fish kind of hooks itself. A frog though, takes a strong hookset from a stationary position. Braid helps with that
I've caught many many bass with the frog on mono and I've caught even more bass on fluorocarbon.. I really don't get why you would be telling people to never use anything but braid for frogs... I use 10-15 lb fluorocarbon usually and I have absolutely no issues setting the hook
I just don't believe you haha! You either have Thor's hookset, you are not fishing a frog where it is intended (heavy stuff), or you are losing/not hooking up with quite a few fish. The hooks on most hollow belly frogs are not meant to be set with a resin line
Does anyone else catch themselves dreaming about top water bites? I sleep talk really bad and my wife swears I’ll be asleep twitching my wrist and reeling…. This past week after 4th of July fishing trips I was apparently “setting the hook in my sleep, and saying: GOT EM, NICE ONE ON THE FROG, OOOO GOT EM’ ON THE FALL WITH THE JIG… *snore* ZZZzzz” I didn’t believe her until I saw the video 😂😅🫣
I hope this helps all y’all catch more bass on topwater! If you can, try to shop for your tackle using those links in the video description🙌🏼
I caught a decent 5 pound bass On a jig straight jig
On a walking jig
Tyler, love the video! I need to fish more poppers and frogs!
Could you give a summary of what water and weather conditions to throw which top water? I think the info is all in the video, I just had a hard time keeping it all straight!
i got a new frog this weekend and in my excitement to test it out i tied what was apparently not a knot at all, casted out and watched my new frog fly away. didnt get to retrieve it even once. worst part is, my day on the water actually went downhill from there. this video opening with a frog has reopened the wound! 😂
Bro that happened to me. No way 😮.
I’ve never not tied a knot, but I went back to back casting brand news frogs into a tree and lost them both. It was also definitely downhill from there!😂😭
Stump in my local pond has 3 of my “weedless” hollow belly frogs stuck in it. I feel your pain
I would of just packed up and went and got some beer
@@DuallDude 3rd times the charm?
Love these “master class” videos. I always walk away with new knowledge and tips I had forgotten about along the way.
What’s crazy! Is that this is exactly what i was looking for! & you finally uploaded! Here from COLORADO putting it on the MAP for Fishing!
Very in depth informational video. I got everything I needed to know thanks. Also the time stamps are great. Keep up the good work. 👍🏽
Tyler you are blessing generations with the “masterclass” series thank you sir!
the fact that your class vidoes like these are crazy, so much knowledge
This is one of the best videos i have seen on fishing. I love topwater baits. Seeing that bass explode on your lure ...MAN...its FUN.
I been waiting on this....I'm absolutely addicted to top water!!! This is a recent thing for me and I've spent loads of cash on all the premium,hi end top waters and can't wait to put them to use!
Berkley Choppo is a good one
Such great info in this video...alot of things ive never thought about! Thanks!
Best fishing video of 2024 yet🎣
Just fished with my frog yesterday, got a bite waited a sec then set the hook. I Pull the “bass” out of the water and it turns out I just caught a huge frog 😂. Never knew you could catch a frog with a frog lure.
Nice work haha
Caught a bullfrog with my frog lure the first time I used it, was laughing hysterically.
Thanks for the videos, tips and tricks. Enjoy your content!
Tyler your knowledge base and your video production skills and quality are absolutely top notch!
I appreciate that!
Great instructional vid Tyler, thank you
Great video! Learned a lot- great fishing out here in lacrosse Wisconsin!
Great video and great information thank you
Hey Tyler thanks for all the awesome information you give to us my man! I’m new to fishing only about 1 month in do you happen to have a video for absolute beginners 😢 having trouble telling when i have bites and when to set hook
Great video! Ready to give a spook a try.
I got me a 7lb after watching your frog masterclass yesterday morning. Appreciate it
Awesome!!!
I just fished a top water frog at night and caught an awesome 4lb lg mouth. That’s an amazing way to catch bass at night on top water just by listening to what happens instead of seeing.
Thanks Tyler. Videos are great and simple to understand. Staight to point too.
Love the video, Got the shirt fits nice and feels soft.
Awesome!
Tyler is the beginning of the frog an old video that you made 3 years ago lol smart?!❤❤ love the info so much help
I'm weird. I'm typically a right handed reel person but when I have to cadence a top water bait I have to use a left handed reel bc for some reason my left hand can't walk baits haha
Just became a member! Tyler I love the vids! Quick question, do you think that I can use jigs for my 7 ft medium heavy?
I love throwing my plopper parallel to the bank it’s one of my favorite techniques
In the beginning of the video is that your pb behind you?
Caught my first blue gill with a popper , chunky guy too
Tap water is amazing top water in low light in the dark is freaking insane and top water can happen at unusual times I'm always willing to throw a top water😊
The GoPro effect is real for your pb largie up north but Ik it was big and I believe you😭
Always loved that BamaBass blowup!
Somthin I like to do with the plopper that I've not seen anyone else do is add a feathered treble hook on back...I also put a split ring on the line tie
If you live in South Carolina and your closest 6 Mile Rd. there’s a pond. The guy that owns upon his name is Rae. He actually goes to my church if you want to you could probably go to his house and ask him if he can fish in this pond. I caught a bunch of bass on the Texas rig amino and a walking jig
Great video! What's your opinion on the ribbit top toad? I've been having really good luck on them up in sw PA. I feel like they're the best of both worlds you can chuck and wind it and just use the action of the lure. I have walked it a few times. It is a hollow body similar to any other frog?
My friend asked if I wanted to come fish at his family pond 3 months ago, never used a topwater bait but had a black and yellow buzz bait that cost $8 that morning and caught 12 bass 3 4-6 pounders then rest maybe a pound on my way home I stopped at the bait shop and bought 2 more of the same and been fishing twice a week ever since😂
Heddon crazy crawler was probably one of the first crawler style baits to come out. I believe way back in the 30's if im remembering correctly.
You are close. Heddon introduced the Crazy Crawler in 1940.
Thanks ! Awesome video. One thing I do know is not everybody has 20 different rods and reels, and all that, so what is a good do all for using frogs ?
Years ago i got a big lure from my dad. I believe it was called Lucky 13, probably 10" in length. First time i used it, i chucked it across the river, probably 40 feet. It crashed hard to the water. Let it sit probably for 20 or 25 seconds. Made 1 turn on my reel and a big splashing and swirl slammed it. Hit with so much force i thought it was going to rip the pole from my hand. I got maybe 4 or 5 turns on it and line went slack. Reeled in the line and lure/fish completetly gone. Im assuming it was a very large northern pike. Pretty sure i landed it right on top of its head or close to it. Whatever it was, it was larte enough to go after that lure. It was the last time and only time i ever got to use that lure. The fish became my nemesis after that. Never got anything close to being big enough to go after that lure.
I throw the pompadore a ton and catch a lot of fish on it
$14.99 ant nuttin...I typically spend $20-$30 on shower blows, jt ,vixen ,giant dog x as well as the mega bass grand siglet lol the only top water that I'm actually compatant at is the plopper lol but I've practiced and mastered walking the dog and I'm just waiting on the weekend to go try'em
I’ve caught more bass in 2024 on a Berkley Choppo 90 than everything else I’ve thrown combined. So much fun!
Killer lure
If I get the frog combo (mach jacked) whats the heaviest braid I can throw on it?
I caught a 3+ pounder with a frog the other day, then out of excitement for the next catch missed the next half dozen in pathetic fashion. Got off the kayak with one fish for the day, now Im itching.
Tyler, great video. I would, however, argue that whopper ploppers are also effective on a short plop and stop retrieve rather than just a straight retrieve 😉
Definitely can be! If I said “can’t” then I misspoke
Gotta throw all these masterclass videos in their own playlist!
That’s true!
Do u think a popping frog walked back to you skipped under docks and over stumps and underneath trees is better than a walking frog since I will be fishing no matted or thick grass?
On my local lake, Castaic in Southern California, the top water is going full steam but my baits of past aren’t producing much (pop r’s, 2 1/2- 3 inch swim baits, chug bugs and whopper plopper). This last weekend, I was able to get a clear view of the size of the shad that largemouth, smallmouth and stripers were boiling on, couldn’t have been more than an inch. What’s your thoughts of instead of trying to match the hatch that I don’t have anything that small, to go with something bigger like pencil popper, hair jig, spook or glide baits? Do you ever throw a popping frog in open water? Any input would be greatly appreciated. Btw, I can’t thank you enough for your content, you’re helping more fishermen than you realize!
That taxidermy mount you have in the background is sick . Is it a replica or skin mount
Replica and skin. Smaller one is my dad's skin from like 30 years go, and the replica is of my 14lber from 2022
@@TylersReelFishing dang thats big. Awesome channel btw
Ur awesome
I have had amazing luck just dead sticking a whopper plopper in the late summer. They cast a mile too!
Yep!
This is very comprehensive, thank you for putting it out there. But say the pond you fish at has a lot of pike in it... would you use leaders on your frogs, or just chance it?
Chance it
@@TylersReelFishing Excellent, thanks again.
I want to ask you about the buzz bait retrieval, I was fishing a farm pond yesterday and 95% of my hits on the buzzbait out of like 6 fish were caught when I let the buzzbait go below the surface and burn it to get back to the top, with only one fish hitting on the top. Is this just because I was fishing a less pressured farm pond or can this be used as technique? Indiana located
Sounds to me like you would’ve crushed them on a spinner bait😂 Buzzbait is meant to be on top. You are free to retrieve any lure in whatever way you like, but underneath the water is not where that is designed to be thrown.
just picked up 4 patrollers and another 4 poppers of Mach
Awesome! Hope you used the links below!
My local Walmart doesn’t have top water items
How about the frog n yak. Line always get caught on a Lilly close to me. So it affects the frog walk. Any advice?
Use a shorter rod and keep rod tip high
@@TylersReelFishing k thanks. Il try the shorter rod. I do keep up but just can’t walk as good. Only good with rod down to right to get that walkn action. But il keep at it.
What rod and reel setup are you using for big bait at 23:30??
Super duty wide spool (discontinued reel) and a discontinued Lew’s 7’11” rod. I need to update that combo
What knot would you prefer for the plopper ?
Palomar
What topwater lure is good for windy/kinda choppy water? Would I use a wake bait, plopper, or walking bait?
Plopper bates are good in windy conditions apparently. Though I’ve never had much luck on plopper baits ever.
@@DoYouLoveTheSilverHairedGod the place I go my dad has only caught on ploppers and I’ve only caught on chatterbaits haha
@@ForehandDiscReviews my go to bait is a chatterbait now. I generally have 2 rods with chatterbaits on them at all times.
@@DoYouLoveTheSilverHairedGod why 2? Different weights or colors?
@@ForehandDiscReviews colors. I like to keep a dark color one like green pumpkin or black and blue on one and a white, spot remover, ore white chartreuse on the other.
Occasionally I will have 2 of the same color in different sizes on. Like if I’m fishing down a dam of a lake, I’ll cast the lighter one towards the dam and the heavier one away from the dam. (Though this isn’t that often that I do that. Mostly in late winter. You can catch the ones still hanging deep as well as the ones moving shallow to feed.
Catfisherman say bass fishing isn't for men, until they have a huge bass blow up on topwater and about give them a heart attack
Hi
You think 20-30 pound braid is bad for frog fishing?
Just might snap on the hookset. Not as abrasion resistant as heavier braids
50-65 pound braid for bass is wild
It’s needed for the abrasion resistance in heavy cover/thick vegetation, and knot strength. 20lb braid will snap if I set the hook on a frog with it
@@TylersReelFishingso do you need that heavy of braid or is like 30 or 40 ok?
Whopper plopper all day
I have yet to get something on a wopper plopper other than alligators chasing it. Frogs and spooks no problem but that plopper no confidence
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Where in need york is that. I hate it here in ny but I'm on Long Island. Western ny seems nice except for politics
no jitterbug?
Stay till the end of the video
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@@TylersReelFishing sick
I’ve never heard that you can’t use mono or fluorocarbon with a frog. My buddy catches bass on frogs with mono all the time
Then he either has Thor's hookset, he is not fishing a frog where it is intended (heavy stuff), or he is losing/not hooking up with quite a few fish. The hooks on most hollow belly frogs are not meant to be set with a resin line
@@TylersReelFishing did not know that!! Thanks for the info man. I wasn’t trying to call you a liar or anything, just didn’t understand fully. So not impossible but you lose more fish than you would with braid. Got it boss, thanks again!
Yessir, you can throw a treble hooked bait on mono, or a buzzbait/plopper since they are moving back to you and the fish kind of hooks itself. A frog though, takes a strong hookset from a stationary position. Braid helps with that
I've caught many many bass with the frog on mono and I've caught even more bass on fluorocarbon.. I really don't get why you would be telling people to never use anything but braid for frogs... I use 10-15 lb fluorocarbon usually and I have absolutely no issues setting the hook
I just don't believe you haha! You either have Thor's hookset, you are not fishing a frog where it is intended (heavy stuff), or you are losing/not hooking up with quite a few fish. The hooks on most hollow belly frogs are not meant to be set with a resin line
Does anyone else catch themselves dreaming about top water bites? I sleep talk really bad and my wife swears I’ll be asleep twitching my wrist and reeling…. This past week after 4th of July fishing trips I was apparently “setting the hook in my sleep, and saying: GOT EM, NICE ONE ON THE FROG, OOOO GOT EM’ ON THE FALL WITH THE JIG… *snore* ZZZzzz”
I didn’t believe her until I saw the video 😂😅🫣