GEARING UP
PHOTOS BY MATT PACE
Z-Man Leap FrogZ Walking Frog
$7.99 • zmanfishing.com
Z-Man Leap FrogZ Popping Frog
$7.99 • zmanfishing.com
– 2 1/4- and 2 3/4-inch versions
– Tough PVC material for durability
– Soft, crushable body
– Slightly “open” hooks
– Sealed nose
– Rear drain hole
– 2 1/4- and 2 3/4-inch versions
– Tough PVC material for durability
– Soft, crushable body
– Slightly “open” hooks
– Sealed nose
– Rear drain hole
Coolest feature: The pronounced
“deep-V” belly keel makes it easy to
walk the bait side to side.
Scum Frog Painted
Trophy Series
$6.99 • americanbaitworks.com
– Flat silicone skirt strands
– 1/2- and 5/8-ounce versions
– Soft, crushable body
– Solid brass tail weight
A QUARTET OF
NEW FROGS
Here’s a quick look at new
surface baits you’ll have fun
testing out this summer
and fall
By Curtis Niedermier
Frog fishing is so dadgum fun that
even though new frogs hit the market
every season, no bass angler
alive will ever complain about having
too many hollow-body frogs to
choose from. Rejoice, then, because
several new options are available
from Z-Man, which only recently
joined the frogging club, and longtime
frog factory Scum Frog.
Here’s a quick look at a quartet of
new croakers.
Coolest feature: An oversized,
wide-mouth can chug with big “bloops,”
but the bait can still walk side to side.
Scum Frog Launch Frog
$8.49 • americanbaitworks.com
– 5/0 hooks
– Broad body for enhanced buoyancy
– Flat silicone skirt strands
– Soft, crushable body
– Same digital printing technology as
on the Painted Trophy Series
Coolest feature: Ten new color patterns created by a
custom lure painter are applied using “a proprietary system
that digitally
patterns onto the
frog.” Translation:
The color patterns
are high
resolution and
highly durable.
Coolest feature: The tungsten “parasite” weight that
clings to the hook shank inside the body plus a brass
butt weight bring
the frog in at somewhere
between
5/8 and 3/4 ounce,
which allows it to
be bombed long
distances.
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