It’s fall in Texas. Time for all you gutsy bass busters out there to put Kermit on a leash and get ready to rumble. Kids may recognize Kermit as the mouthy Muppet character with a colorful personality. Bass anglers are different. When they think of Kermit, most picture a soft plastic lure with a squishy body known for getting into serious trouble in the shallows.
Frogs are nimble amphibians that rank pretty low on the food chain. Bass are eating machines and and top end predators with very few enemies. Things can get bloody when the two collide. The bass almost always wins. They love to munch frogs. Anyone who has played the game will agree it takes some nerve to take Kermit out for a stroll. That’s because a bass rarely holds anything back when it wages war on a toad.
Strikes usually come when you least expect it, and most hits are so violent they might be heard from a considerable distance on a windless day. Think of it like a head-hunting linebacker crushing an unsuspecting tailback who has just hauled in a screen pass that should have never been thrown. Therein lies a big part of the attraction many anglers have for these baits. Longview bass pro Jim Tutt is admittedly a wolf for excitement and a glutton for punishment. He says frog fishing feeds both obsessions.
