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Fall 2020
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t was the mid to late ‘80s when frog fishing all started, for
me. I was throwin’ a Bill Plummer Super Frog, a Mann’s
Rat and occasionally a Snag Proof Frog. The heaviest one – the Super Frog always worked out the best.
In the beginning, I used 14-pound yellow Stren and moved
through 20-pound Big Game, 20-pound Maxima, 25-pound Big
Game and 25-pound Maxima – until mid-1993. I will talk more
about that later.
Back when it all started, it was standard to land only one or
two bites out of 10 on a frog. It is just how it was.
It sounds crazy now; but when I started, I was using a rod
that was comparable to a spinnerbait rod. It was an Abu Garcia
5’6 pistol grip rod.
Later, Shimano came out with the 7-foot Boron rod. But that
was a little pricey and the only time I threw my frog with it was
when I borrowed it from my buddy Shane.
DELTA GIANTS
I grew up fishing the south part of the Delta. There were a couple sections down there that had moss most of the time after May – especially Twin Skulls.
It was a very intriguing time in fishing and if I knew then, what I know now – well – WOW!The fish down there were in that two to six-pound range, but at the time – with my age –
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