Went frogging last night for the first time this year, had to go solo as my old tired buddies (I'll give Possum Head a break as he been working on his Daughter house for months now) made every excuse not to go        

Shot at 4 and got 3.

 

 

I bet that is a blast, I'll have to see if I can talk one of my buddies into going with me some time

14"s ?.. now that's a Whopper. Way to go John.

What's your technique? Hunt from the banks? What kind of light are you using? I'm assuming a powerful headlamp?

Yeah Shane the first 2 looking strait on were 13.5" to 14" The last one was a 12" er, it hard to tell due to the angle and being at night.

Paul,

When I'm solo I use 2 lights, a hand held Stream Light with 3 outputs the low setting is around 50 lm and the high being around 150 or so.

The second is a cheap Coleman headlight that I position over my left eye and when a frog is located and I'm ready to shoot I'll turn it on to make the shot.  A little more difficult then having a buddy with you to shine, but it can be done.

I've tried it both ways from a boat and from the banks, and prefer the bank when I'm able to get clear enough shots.

looks fun.  What is setup and how you do it?  Seems like it would be hard unless on a golf course?  Reason I say that we used to gig the golf course here, and get 18-20 a night.

Tom,

When I'm solo I use 2 lights, a hand held Stream Light with 3 outputs the low setting is around 50 lm and the high being around 150 or so.

The second is a cheap Coleman headlight that I position over my left eye and when a frog is located and I'm ready to shoot I'll turn it on to make the shot.  A little more difficult then having a buddy with you to shine, but it can be done.

I've tried it both ways from a boat and from the banks, and prefer the bank when I'm able to get clear enough shots.

Also I live where we have a couple of WMA and several waterways, I'll Goggle earth the areas and look for dead lakes or with only inlets where frogs like to lay their eggs.

If the edges are too thick me and my buddy will go in on a pre scout and machetes us a path around the banks to get shots off.

Last year by my count we took about 200 prime frogs ranging in length from 10" to 16". Lots of fun and keeps you tuned in at least for shots under 15 yards  

Good job John , if I would have gone with you ,you would have had 4 .... lol

Does a regular broadhead arrow just pass through and pin them down? When I was a teenager we used 22 rifles and lost a lot of frogs...a frog is a tough s.o.b. Then I started gigging them...more fun and alot fewer losses. I've considered using bowfishing arrows on them. I don't hardly see how they could escape that way.

Here some pic's of the different types of point I use; Field point with flat washer, blunt like Hammerhead or Convertapoint, and a gig point I make out of concrete wire.

Here a link to a "How to" I did last year...

 http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=129363;p=5#000064  

 

 

The smaller gig point works best for strength and keeping a frog on the arrow. The frogs will try and jump off the arrow with the other heads if a direct head shot is not made.

QuoteOriginally posted by jt85:
I bet that is a blast, I'll have to see if I can talk one of my buddies into going with me some time

Hey, buddy, if we can get our schedules to work out, I'm game!

South MS,
Looks like a lot of fun! Thanks for posting!

Cool. Thanks for posting the link. I remember reading that last year now. Thanks for refreshing my memory. I'm definitely gonna give those a try.

Its hard to beat a good night of froggin and reaping the rewards.  Looks like your frogs are dandy!

Yummy!!!!

I just made me a few of these. Thanks for the how-to.

GOOD EATS THERE,! Congrats

Thats just plain awesome. Thanks for sharing. I believe I will be trying this!

 John, you're a frogs worst nightmare!!!!

Good job bud. As high as the river is you must have shot em from the blackop  

Forgot to ask how wuz them skeeterz