Big Sioux

[crappie-man]

anybody tried the Big sioux lately?Thinking about trying it for some cats. . . i would like to catch A few Before it gets colder than heck

[icefishin]

I have tried it but have heard they are getting a few at the dam in flandreau

[crappie-man]

i talked to a guy about a month ago and he said he was pounding the cats on frogs near a dam somewhere...anybody had any luck with frogs??? i've personally never heard of it just a little curious

[Twert]

We've had luck on frogs but not much.

[TLA]

Not exactly cats but I've used frogs on walleyes, very successfully, fishing from shore in the late fall when frogs are heading into the lake. Best at night or from dusk into full dark.

When I was a kid there were millions of frogs and now I hardly see any.

[crappie-man]

really TLA??? walleye on frogs....hhhmmmmm now that's something im goin to try. wat about crawdads?

[dustydog]

 
Had many of big walleye nights using frogs in Minnesota in the fall!!

[TLA]

Crawdads for walleyes work too but you need to break the claws off the crawdads. Lol, never fished with them to much as didn't like getting pinched or breaking the claws off. Someone even sells crawdad scent for walleyes, or did in the past.

Huge frogs have also worked well for northerns but not so much in the fall like walleyes but more of an unfrozen water thing for northerns. Nothing better than big smelt for big northerns tho.

[crappie-man]

y do u have to break the claws off?? how do u hook the frogs? plain hook or jighead?

[TLA]

y do u have to break the claws off?? how do u hook the frogs? plain hook or jighead?

You break the claws off so the walleyes don't have to fight the dads. Makes it easier for them to eat them.

I always fished frogs on the bottom. Used a plain hook and a 2-3 foor leader. Look at it like a lindy rig except with a bigger hook.  Always hooked them in the back leg, either one, and close to the frogs ass on the outide of the leg.