Top Buzz Toads for Big Bass: Pro Picks You Can Buy at Tackle Warehouse
While topwater frogging seems to continually gain in popularity (at least when people aren’t looking at a screen and pinging a minnow), the buzz toad seems to be retreating. Sure, it’s a top choice for many if not most pros as a skirt replacement on a buzzbait, but it doesn’t seem like people throw one solo anymore.
That’s a mistake, because they still enable you to cover more water than a traditional hollow frog and call fish from a distance. Furthermore, you can fish them over and across thicker cover than a buzzbait.
As the grass gets thicker in your region this year, consider the following pro advice about how, where and when to fish them:
Jacob Wall
Mike Iaconelli
Randy Blaukat
Matt Becker
Matt Stefan
Brandon Cobb
Keep Your Toad Selection Simple
I’ve spent a lot of time over the years fishing a toad, including some that are now discontinued, but I haven’t tried all of them. Nevertheless, I can definitely attest that the following options produce explosive bites from big fish:
I keep my colors simple – black, white and sometimes watermelon or green pumpkin with a pearl belly. That’s not saying that others won’t work, but depending on water clarity and the thickness of the cover, those are proven winners.
