Hunting Washington Forum
Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: jeepster on April 01, 2012, 01:57:48 AM
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about a 5 minute walk west from my house there is a lake, and 5 minute walk south from the lake is a huge pond marsh full of lily pads..... and about 10 min from that is an even bigger marsh....... i can hear frogs almost 24/7 from my house.......
i know they eat frogs like no other in the deep south and there sure are plenty of em here........ why not give it a try???
ive never eaten frog, nor killed a frog...... but...... seems like late night fun, and a free and easy snack/meal......
definatley worth tryin once...........
who here frogs? ill try anything once!!!!
what do you do? shoot em with bb guns? bows? spear em?
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i hear em croak and chrip all night............ its like they are calling to me........ i know you can eat em....... how do you get em???
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I used to frog ll the time,we used a gig and light at night,one guy would run the boat they other gig..
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Growin up we would use a long pole with a piece of line about 8 or 10' long and a treble hook with a piece of red rag on it maybe an inch square I guess and go out during the day and sneak up on em and dangle that rag in front of them and they'd jump and gobble it up. Last time I did it I used a long rod about 12' and just used a big fly that ya use for fishin, fools em everytime. Chop the hind legs off and skin 'em and fry em up. Taste like chicken.
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Almost forgot. Ya might want to check the fishin regs. Down in Oregon ya had to have a fishing license to get frogs but ya didn't need one to dip smelt. :bash: Figure that one out. That was years ago, don't know about now.
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Gig is certainly the way to go. I think it is a bit cold still for the bull frogs to be out. I personally have not heard any yet this year. They make the deep moan, not the chirp of the tree frogs you hear everywhere. It is the moaners you are after ;). Like stated before, one guy roe the boat the second have the light and gig. Don't try to hit until the gig is about 1-2'' from the frog or you will get frustrated really quick. And don't take the light out of their eyes or they are gone right now. It is a great way to spend a summer night and following day trying to catch up. But for a better time give it some time to warm up. you will have a lot more action. :twocents:
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During day, I used a long pole with a fly attached. Works pretty well. Never gigged for them, but that is the way they do it down south, typically at night with lights. Pretty easy to skin and the legs are yummy. Just pan fry the skinned legs with some flower and seasoning.
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when ya start hearing this its time to go out
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I've always used bass fishing gear like floating rubber worms during the day. If there is frogs nearby and the can see the worm jiggling, they usually come out of the woodwork. Ive never ate them but cant imagine they are that bad to eat. Thing is, most of the ponds and lakes where I have caught them were kinda nasty or stagnent so I wouldnt eat a rainbow if I caught it there. Definetly fun though.
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used to do it in TN all the time great fun we used a gig and a spotlight. make sure after you skin the legs to pull out the little white nerve in the middle of the muscle if you don't leg might jump out of the pan when you are cooking them...even if you freeze it first. Man I miss me some frog legs!!
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Here are a few pics from a "Few" years ago. My froggin Bro's with a nights worth of gigging. We hit all the ponds, backwaters, and sloughs in the Yakima Valley. Those were the days!! Check out those meaty sets of legs. Yummy!! I developed this film in black& white so this is a pic of those pics ( not the best quality)
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When I was a kid we used these forks with barbs on them. We would row up to them with the light in the eye's of the frog. Then stab it and put it in a net. We also used a net but they usually swam away.
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we set crawdad traps just before dark,then frogged,this was in the delta in ca,huge ass frogs there and the rice paddys,but huge ass skeeters also..next day after a gunny sack of frogs and buckets of dads we had a big ol feed bag
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Love those pics :IBCOOL:
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Get a 10-12 foot long sapling with a little back bone to it, fasten a frog spear to the end. Have one guy run the boat while you sit up front with a headlamp and look for their glowing eyes. Stick them right between the eyes and make sure to grind them into the bottom, they have really thick skin so if you don't really push them into the bottom of the lake the barbs won't go through all the way and they will get off. Once ya get them in the boat, make sure you have a bag to throw them it because they will still be alive and jump around to try and get away. Good luck, it's a really fun time!!!
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The bullfrog is classified as a prohibited aquatic animal species (WAC 220-12-090). No license is required to hunt bullfrogs, there are no bag limits, and the season is open year round.
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