Missed Hits On Horny Toad ???

I was fishing after sunset Saturday evening, and I got seven or eight hits
on a Zoom Horny Toad. They were pretty tentative hits. Just a little
splish at the bait. I tried two different things. The first couple I gave
it slack and let the bait fall, and the last three or four I just kept
retrieving at the same speed. Neither approach produced any fish.

What would you have done? Switch to a popper with lots of trebles hoping
they would hook up on the outside on the initial strike? Maybe slip a big
treble over the hook on the toad? Go to a buzz bait?

P.S. Out topwater bite hasn't really turned on yet down here.

Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com

1. What size hook were you using?

2. I would have thrown a buzzbait after the toads, something with a little
noise. Seems the frogs disturbed the fish but not enough to have them hammer
it. A little noise might have gone a long way.

3. Something I started doing last year was adding a trailer hook to my
horney toad hook. I like the Strike King bleeding baits trailer hooks the
best

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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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I was fishing after sunset Saturday evening, and I got seven or eight hits
on a Zoom Horny Toad. They were pretty tentative hits. Just a little
splish at the bait. I tried two different things. The first couple I
gave
it slack and let the bait fall, and the last three or four I just kept
retrieving at the same speed. Neither approach produced any fish.

What would you have done? Switch to a popper with lots of trebles hoping
they would hook up on the outside on the initial strike? Maybe slip a big
treble over the hook on the toad? Go to a buzz bait?

P.S. Out topwater bite hasn't really turned on yet down here.

Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com

"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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1. What size hook were you using?

5/0 EWG point exposed.

2. I would have thrown a buzzbait after the toads, something with a little
noise. Seems the frogs disturbed the fish but not enough to have them
hammer
it. A little noise might have gone a long way.

I considered that. I rarely throw a buzzbait, so I would have had to dig
one out.


3. Something I started doing last year was adding a trailer hook to my
horney toad hook. I like the Strike King bleeding baits trailer hooks the
best

I have used a large Excalbur treble slid over the crve of the EWG in the
past. Didn't have one in the boat tyhat night though. Is the hook your are
talking about a feathered trailer?



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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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I was fishing after sunset Saturday evening, and I got seven or eight
hits
on a Zoom Horny Toad. They were pretty tentative hits. Just a little
splish at the bait. I tried two different things. The first couple I
gave
it slack and let the bait fall, and the last three or four I just kept
retrieving at the same speed. Neither approach produced any fish.

What would you have done? Switch to a popper with lots of trebles
hoping
they would hook up on the outside on the initial strike? Maybe slip a
big
treble over the hook on the toad? Go to a buzz bait?

P.S. Out topwater bite hasn't really turned on yet down here.

Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com

Missed Hits On Horny Toad ???

Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Mon, Apr 3, 2006, 11:41am (CDT-2)
From: (Bob*La*Londe)
I was fishing after sunset Saturday evening, and I got seven or eight
hits on a Zoom Horny Toad. They were pretty tentative hits. Just a
little splish at the bait. I tried two different things. The first
couple I gave it slack and let the bait fall, and the last three or four
I just kept retrieving at the same speed. Neither approach produced any
fish.
What would you have done? Switch to a popper with lots of trebles hoping
they would hook up on the outside on the initial strike? Maybe slip a
big treble over the hook on the toad? Go to a buzz bait?
P.S. Out topwater bite hasn't really turned on yet down here.
Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com
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Bob, its a bit tricky, but try putting a stinger hook out each leg of
the toad....you have to thread 'em through the body...kinda turn it
inside out, then tie the hooks on, and shove the extra line inside the
"legs" so the hooks are just barely pertruding from the legs. Little
John showed me this trick a few years ago....works great (50% more hook
sets).

JK

Just a small red treble hook slid over the 5/0 wg, it sits under the belly

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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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1. What size hook were you using?

5/0 EWG point exposed.

2. I would have thrown a buzzbait after the toads, something with a
little
noise. Seems the frogs disturbed the fish but not enough to have them
hammer
it. A little noise might have gone a long way.

I considered that. I rarely throw a buzzbait, so I would have had to dig
one out.


3. Something I started doing last year was adding a trailer hook to my
horney toad hook. I like the Strike King bleeding baits trailer hooks the
best

I have used a large Excalbur treble slid over the crve of the EWG in the
past. Didn't have one in the boat tyhat night though. Is the hook your
are
talking about a feathered trailer?



--
www.wermieerniebaits.com
Making fish regret their decision on a daily basis
"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
I was fishing after sunset Saturday evening, and I got seven or eight
hits
on a Zoom Horny Toad. They were pretty tentative hits. Just a little
splish at the bait. I tried two different things. The first couple I
gave
it slack and let the bait fall, and the last three or four I just kept
retrieving at the same speed. Neither approach produced any fish.

What would you have done? Switch to a popper with lots of trebles
hoping
they would hook up on the outside on the initial strike? Maybe slip a
big
treble over the hook on the toad? Go to a buzz bait?

P.S. Out topwater bite hasn't really turned on yet down here.

Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com