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| There is a story about a new frog bait in the news section of Muskie First and got me wondering, anyone use frog bait for musky? Seems like it would be useful when they are up in the slop. But, I have never done it, wondering if others have. Thanks for any info you can provide. |
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| Find a wetland that is within about 100 feet of a muckie lake. When the frogs are on the move, between the two, the muskies will be lined up along that shore, and gorge on frogs. |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | Muskies will eat crayfish, too, reports from a DNR said. m |
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| I have caught several fish from the slop on the Bucher slopmaster spoon. As far as a musky sized toad, I used to have a couple Kalin's sizmic toads that were soft plastic and had a weedless swimbait hook that tucked into the body. I never caught anything on them, although I'm sure they could work if you used them enough.
The Sennett Creeptonite is about the closest I can think of to a frog profile but isn't exactly made for slop fishing, not to mention they are tough to find these days. |
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Location: Brighton CO. | In the early 90's I bought my dad a wooden frog lure at Cabela's the main body is 2.5 inches long and has two legs of the same length skirts over the hooks on the ends of the legs and belly hook, the hooks are 3/0 and it has diving lip on the front. He never caught a Muskie on it but did catch some good sized Bass on it here in Colorado and a 4 pound Walleye in Wisconsin.
The thing from time to time would flip on it's back and he had a couple of names for the lure I can't repeat here. It was a fathers day gift from me so he liked to fish with it. He would use it with a stop and go retrieve. I still have but have retired it for safe keeping. |
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| I have a couple musky sized buzz baits that work in slop and move fish, but they are not great at catching fish. Was thinking a soft plastic frog, with good hooks might be worth trying. |
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Location: PA Angler | I make my own craws and a frog. Haven’t gotten one off of a frog yet but the craws work. |
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| North of 8 - 3/31/2026 9:15 AM
I have a couple musky sized buzz baits that work in slop and move fish, but they are not great at catching fish. Was thinking a soft plastic frog, with good hooks might be worth trying.
This is what I would recommend. I don't know how effective a frog pattern is at other times of the year, but when the frogs are coming out of the mud in the lake, and moving to the breeding grounds of the preferred wetlands and ponds nearby, musky are aware of this migration, and will key on them. To a lesser extent the reverse happens in the fall, as they like to overwinter in the mud of a deeper body of water, since the mud is less likely to get frozen. The lake I have had good success with this pattern, has a road between the lake and the wetland, so when you see the first frogs get squished on the road, you know to get in your boat. |
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| I've joked about the great frog migration to a couple of fishing buddies for years. They think it's crazy talk but here is a good thread from years ago...
https://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=99... |
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| At certain times of the year, I see road kill frogs near swampy areas on my walks. But, I don't really remember just when that occurs. Never thought about it being tied to a bite. |
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