Gotta share this one, sent to me by a well-known fishin’-industry dude after seeing yesterday’s fast-froggin’ post. Names of the innocent are withheld, this being bassin’ and thus worse than a knitting convention. Here goes:
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Little story for you…
Spring of [year] I was at Clear Lake for a [photo] shoot, and one of the boat drivers was [name withheld] who I was told later is [a well-known] frog guy in California. I didn’t know him but he was a good cat.
We were way, way in the back of [a creek]. While another guy was shooting photos, I said that the shoreline looked fantastic for frogging. [Name withheld] said it was still “too early†for frogs. I said it’s never too early for ‘em in my book, unless there’s ice on the water.
He whips out a rod with a black-yellow frog and tells me to have at it, kind of like: Well, go ahead but you’re wasting your time.
I fired a cast. He said he was surprised at how fast I was working the frog. This was a Snag Proof and I was making it hum across the slop by some bushes.
“We work ours really, really slow,†he said. Told him I work from fast to slow, trying to get the reaction first on the fast retrieve.
Monster blowup and I missed it. Fired in there again. Monster blowup and I missed it. He was shocked.
[Name withheld] and his partner went back there a few days later and in a 2-day tournament had something like 50+ pounds on the frog. Blew everyone away. First day was something like 30 pounds on the fast retrieve. Second day they wanted it slower.
Speed up, dude. Speed kills.
Alex Voog
June 7, 2011 at 1:40 pm
“Too Cold”……. unnnh , yeah. Thanks for your entry fee.