One of my favorite things to do in August is pitch topwater frogs for largemouth. Though I know this works other times of year, those muggy August mornings have always coughed up the most memorable strikes for me around the pads. Now there are tons of frogs out there, but the RevereMaxx frogs shown below are pretty different from any I've seen. I shot this pic at ICAST a few weeks ago.

You buy a body, and then customize the leg action to suit your needs. The frogs come with wide-gap worm hooks attached, but you can swap them for whatever you like. Then just add your favorite soft-plastic. Long worms represent extended legs for a fast retrieve, short grubs look more like the legs at the frog's side...you get the idea. Possibilities and actions are endless.

Another thing I really like is that the hooks swivel almost all the way around, which really helped my hook-up ratio during a little field test I conducted. While we all know weedless rubber frogs with the upturned hooks catch bass, you have to have some serious will power not to set the hook on the strike. I screw that up a lot. But no doubt, a good explosion on a frog makes me just as happy as the guy in the video below.

JC

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from Ethan3 wrote 32 weeks 17 hours ago

Hahaha that video is hilarious. Those frogs look pretty sweet. I'll have to buy a couple and try them. They look like they would be easier to set the hook definately.

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from 2Poppa wrote 32 weeks 17 hours ago

Ha,ha,ha, ...whew!
Loved the video!

Flavor Flav,goes fishin'?
Those legs look like they could be expensive to replace,and may result into short strikes.

I think I'll stick to my tried and true Snag-Proof Frogs.

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from timromano wrote 32 weeks 17 hours ago

my favorite video of all time.

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from Sharkfin wrote 32 weeks 15 hours ago

I like the looks of these. I'm a follower of the big bait=big fish philosophy. I know you can catch big fish on small bait but still think they go for the most payoff with the least effort. I've thought about trying to rig something like this up. I might have to get me some of these.

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 32 weeks 14 hours ago

THIS COMMENT HAS BEEN EDITED BY F&S. WHAT ALEX MEANT TO SAY WAS "GOLLY, THAT IS ONE SWEET VIDEO AND SOME NEAT-O LURES." - the Eds.

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from rjw wrote 32 weeks 12 hours ago

Hey AlexPernice,
Fishing has no racial boundaries, would your comments have been the same if this video was from Mike "Ike" Iaconelli? Probably not!

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from timromano wrote 32 weeks 12 hours ago

Alex,

I have to agree with rjw here. You had better really give a long hard thought to what you just said. It's straight up racist even if you don't think it is. How do you know where this guy lives? Inner city... How do you know he doesn't live on the lake?

Bad form man.

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from jbird wrote 32 weeks 10 hours ago

I gotta' try some of these. Looks like a good idea.

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 32 weeks 9 hours ago

Sorry, that was wrong to say, and I really didn't think that one through...

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from hawg daddy wrote 32 weeks 9 hours ago

those frogs do look pretty sweet have to make some.

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from shane wrote 32 weeks 2 hours ago

Damn, I saw this picture and got all excited. I thought this was your idea and you put these together yourself. That would be full on genius. Oh well. We can't all be Merlin, err Merwin the lure wizard.

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from dwaynez wrote 32 weeks 1 hour ago

Those are pretty sweet looking, something different if it catches oure eyes, I am sure the fish will be curious

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from Joe_Cermele wrote 31 weeks 6 days ago

You into homemade lures Shane? I'll get some ideas together and post if I can find the photos. I have a recipe for the best tuna trolling daisy chain and to make it, you have no choice but to drink lots of beer first. No joke...and it doesn't involve using beer cans.

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from Scott in Ohio wrote 31 weeks 5 days ago

JC,

Well, you've peaked my interest. Lots of beer and you don't need the cans. hmmm.....

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from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 31 weeks 3 days ago

Sounds like a good idea... adding your own "legs" to add worms and such that add their own little motion with their tail.

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from Sharkfin wrote 32 weeks 15 hours ago

I like the looks of these. I'm a follower of the big bait=big fish philosophy. I know you can catch big fish on small bait but still think they go for the most payoff with the least effort. I've thought about trying to rig something like this up. I might have to get me some of these.

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from timromano wrote 32 weeks 12 hours ago

Alex,

I have to agree with rjw here. You had better really give a long hard thought to what you just said. It's straight up racist even if you don't think it is. How do you know where this guy lives? Inner city... How do you know he doesn't live on the lake?

Bad form man.

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 32 weeks 9 hours ago

Sorry, that was wrong to say, and I really didn't think that one through...

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from Ethan3 wrote 32 weeks 17 hours ago

Hahaha that video is hilarious. Those frogs look pretty sweet. I'll have to buy a couple and try them. They look like they would be easier to set the hook definately.

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from 2Poppa wrote 32 weeks 17 hours ago

Ha,ha,ha, ...whew!
Loved the video!

Flavor Flav,goes fishin'?
Those legs look like they could be expensive to replace,and may result into short strikes.

I think I'll stick to my tried and true Snag-Proof Frogs.

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from timromano wrote 32 weeks 17 hours ago

my favorite video of all time.

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from jbird wrote 32 weeks 10 hours ago

I gotta' try some of these. Looks like a good idea.

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from hawg daddy wrote 32 weeks 9 hours ago

those frogs do look pretty sweet have to make some.

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from shane wrote 32 weeks 2 hours ago

Damn, I saw this picture and got all excited. I thought this was your idea and you put these together yourself. That would be full on genius. Oh well. We can't all be Merlin, err Merwin the lure wizard.

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from dwaynez wrote 32 weeks 1 hour ago

Those are pretty sweet looking, something different if it catches oure eyes, I am sure the fish will be curious

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from Joe_Cermele wrote 31 weeks 6 days ago

You into homemade lures Shane? I'll get some ideas together and post if I can find the photos. I have a recipe for the best tuna trolling daisy chain and to make it, you have no choice but to drink lots of beer first. No joke...and it doesn't involve using beer cans.

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from Scott in Ohio wrote 31 weeks 5 days ago

JC,

Well, you've peaked my interest. Lots of beer and you don't need the cans. hmmm.....

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from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 31 weeks 3 days ago

Sounds like a good idea... adding your own "legs" to add worms and such that add their own little motion with their tail.

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from rjw wrote 32 weeks 12 hours ago

Hey AlexPernice,
Fishing has no racial boundaries, would your comments have been the same if this video was from Mike "Ike" Iaconelli? Probably not!

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from Alex Pernice th... wrote 32 weeks 14 hours ago

THIS COMMENT HAS BEEN EDITED BY F&S. WHAT ALEX MEANT TO SAY WAS "GOLLY, THAT IS ONE SWEET VIDEO AND SOME NEAT-O LURES." - the Eds.

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