The soft-plastic lure fluttered and kicked like a struggling frog across the weed mat and into the open pocket. Then, with the abrupt swirl that never gets old, a solid bass rose in a boiling strike.

From summer into autumn, Texas' largemouth bass become vulnerable to an affliction caused by their gluttonous appetite. And this makes bass anglers happy. The malady? Frog in the throat. Well, ...

Some 50 years ago, Harry Ehlers was working in the Toto rubber boot factory in Cincinnati, Ohio, when he realized the same dip-mold process used to make the boots could also be used to make a ...

There's nothing dull about casting a frog around lily pads and over weed beds. A frog lure, that is. Bass anglers like to begin their fishing day bay by tying on a top water lure. Largemouth bass have ...

There are certain experiences an outdoors person seems to remember forever. A nice buck emerging from a wooded thicket 5 minutes after legal hunting time on the opening day, a vocal spring gobbler ...

I love to catch bass no matter which lure I use. But there still has to be a best way, right? On my way up to a recent Northwoods bass fishing week, a friend asked if there was some specific bite I ...

Every topwater strike makes bass fishing more fun. But there’s something about topwater frog fishing—watching that almost comical-looking bait hop and sputter and then get suddenly obliterated—that ...

If you’re a fan of bass fishing, you’ve likely attempted at least once to use a hollow-bodied frog lure. Most likely, you haven’t had the best results with it. I personally love the idea of fishing ...

Guntersville's favorite lure originated over 50 years ago. Harry Ehlers was working in the Toto rubber boot factory in Cincinnati, when he realized the same dip-mold process used to make the boots ...