Hawaiibassfishing Forum

I've done a bit of fishing in Kauai for peacock bass in the past but I've never tried with topwater lures like frogs.

I just got this at the Walmart in Honalulu. I'm not sure if it will work, but I'm looking forward to trying it out.

ANyone ever use topwater frogs to catch peacock bass?

Frogs seem to be effective only when the water is high enough to flood the grass, so I rarely use them. I've only heard of largemouth hitting the frogs. A torpedo or 2" white Senko may be a better choice for peacock on topwater.

wow thats a great looking frog bait, walmart hmmmm? ya ive used kermit alot and despite rojas insisting its an all around lure and even better in open water id have to say not in my experience. never caught a peacock on one although you just never know, but they do work great when the bass are in the deep submerged weeds. just miss alot too though, always pays to have a backup bait if they miss like a senko or yum dinger.

i have caught tucs on the zoom horny toads but not the softbodies. if you get your casts right they will smash em in the laydowns. Tricks is to get the frog to run parralel along a branch rubbing the side. Or run it right across the tops of the limbs that are barely sticking out of the water...the more you can get to bump wood the more strikes you'll get. throw them on 30lb+ braid and get it as far back in the sticks as possible. I bet they will catch some good fish is you stick with em and if you kkeep your pace fast for the tucs. i used to throw large topwater in open water and big tucs will come and smash em.

I would never have thought you could catch tucs on a frog, but if Ca_Bass says you can catch on them, you can catch on them. I remember seeing one tuc caught on a frog during an episode of Hawaii goes Fishing. Good luck!

the food for the peacock bass are food like frog ,meat or liver. I have not tried it but I believe it can work.

I bet if it was moving fast enough they would hit it... really fast.

I have caught them on frogs, heddon zara spooks, heddon tiny torpedos, walking dogs, and some other mirro lure prop lures. This was in Florida though. I haven't caught one in hawaii yet.

Sounds like you're on the right track drcray. I've caught peacocks here on spooks and tiny torpedoes as well, so it's not the lure, its the fish being finicky.