One question that many people have is whats the advantage of using a hollow body frog, such as a Live Target, over a soft body frog such as a Zoom Horny Toad. It all comes down to how and where you want to fish. No frog is going to be 100% weedless but a hollow body frog is going to be the closest thing you get. Texas rigging a soft body frog will be weedless, but not as weedless every cast as a hollow body. Another thing to keep in mind is that the soft body frogs will sink. This could be an advantage or disadvantage depending on how you look at it. If you’re fishing really heavy cover then a soft body frog probably won’t be for you. Soft body frogs are a good choice for less dense cover where it won’t get tangled up if it sinks. Definitely going to want to keep a soft frog moving in that situation.
Another point is hook sets. Hollow body frogs are notorious for having a poor hook up ratio. Most of those problems can be solved through switching gear but if you want to keep your same setup then soft body frogs may be the frog for you. The hook set will be easier since it’s just Texas rigged.The last decision is the price. A lot of people look at a good hollow body and say “I’m not going to pay $11 for a frog.” Here’s what they don’t realize though. Say you go through 1 bag of soft frogs every time you go fishing. At about $3.50 a piece that’s going to add up fast. Now lets say you buy a good hollow body frog for $11 or $12. If you go fishing 10 times that frog cost you about $1 per trip whereas you could have spent $35 on soft body frogs. Bottom line is that nothing is going to get you more pounds per dollar than a hollow body frog.
Either route you decide to go, hollow or soft, there’s no question that frogs catch big fish.
