- Click here to learn how to tie a great line to line knot – for tying braided line to fluoro or mono leader
- Click here to learn how to tie a great loop knot – for tying flouro leader to lure/hook
How to Get These Baits
Rapala’s Skitter Walk – These can be found in Walmart, Bass Pro Shops, and Dicks Sporting Goods. My favorite colors are the Shad and Speckled Trout options, and I prefer the smaller body size when fishing the flats to allow for more redfish catches.
- Tip – Great bait for fishing an active flat within an hour before/after sunrise or sunset during the summer.
Zoom Bullfrog (Horney Toad body in Green Pumpkin color) – These can be found in Walmart, Bass Pro Shops, and Dicks Sporting Goods. Click here for a link to buy them from TackleWharehouse.com. Note: This is primarily a summer time lure when there is a lot of bait in the area and floating grass on the surface of the water… especially good for skipping under mangroves.
- Tip – Great bait for fishing an active flat within an hour before/after sunrise or sunset during the summer. This also is a fantastic bait to skip up under mangroves because it’s extremely weedless and skips in a straight line.
- Hook for Bullfrog: Here is the best hook I’ve found for using this Bullfrog for snook, redfish, and trout. Be sure to get the Super Line series because they have a stronger shank… the others will straighten out when you hook into a big one. They can typically be found at Walmart, Bass Pro Shops, and Dicks Sporting Goods.
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- Brand: Gamakatsu
- Size: 4/0
- Sytle: Super Line EWG
- St#: 74414
How do you feel about the red hooks? I have had success with them in the past with live bait, do you think that the red portrays an injured bait or does it spook the fish because it is an unnatural color?
Hey Erin, great question! I have used the red hooks before and done well with them, but not noticeably better than with normal black/silver hooks. So I use them whenever they are already on a lure, but I don’t go out of my way to have red hooks on everything.
At one point didn’t you recommend the skitter pop too? If so, why did you remove it?
Hey Eric, I did not recommend the skitter pop in any of our private videos because I’ve always had best results when using the skitter walk and other topwater stick baits that have the side to side motion (vs. the linear popping action). I did say some positive words about a popping topwater lure in a recent review of a Mystery Tackle Box, which my guess on where you heard me discuss the pop style topwater bait.Please know that those popping style baits do work… it’s just that I don’t believe they work quiet as good as the walking ones.
Just an update. I purchased the toad, and took my 5 yr old niece out to a pond near my parents house and caught a bass….then went wading on a salt flat later in the day and hooked up with (she shook me off) a 30″ plus snook. Great bait…great tips!
Hey Francis, I’m thrilled to see that you’re having fun using that toad lure. How cool that you had fun action using it in both fresh and saltwater in a single day. I bet your niece loved seeing the bass hit the frog. Keep up the great work!
I usually carry 3 rods with me, one being for topwater/plugs. Do you think the use of some of those quick clips (mustad or norman) would hurt the amount of strikes by fish?
Great question! I’ve never used them so cannot say that it will hurt your odds of getting strikes by a specific amount. However, I am confident in saying that it will not increase your odds of getting a strike so I advise against any sort of hardware near the lure that isn’t absolutely necessary.Most of all, my fish strike theory is that it’s rarely the lure’s fault that the fist don’t bite… the more important items are 1) getting in front of a fish and then 2) working the lure at the right speed/style… so I change lures only after I see that fish are in the area and I’ve experimented with a variety of retrieve speeds and styles.
Who knew. I love the honey toads for fishing for bass. Definitly gonna give this one a shot