By Shane Beilue
Perhaps the best bite in bass fishing comes on a hollow-body frog in the extreme shallows, with the anticipation of the blowup from an aggressive bass only exceeded by the actual strike. There was a time when I was of the strong opinion that a topwater bait was only effective during the low-light conditions of early morning or in heavy cloud cover. However, the topwater frog has proven that some of the best topwater bites of the day come when the sun is at its brightest. In fact, I now consider bright skies as prime froggin’ weather.
Hollow-body frogs come in three basic styles: the walking frog, the popping frog and those with rotating or kicking tails that disturb the water...