We launched onto the Pocomoke River out of Snow Hill, MD at 6:00a. The sunrise was gorgeous! It was low tide with the change to occur around 7:30a.
We went further down river and worked the banks and lily pads. We had no luck in the lily pads this trip, but the banks were very productive. We caught four largemouth bass, one crappie and a chain pickerel. Simply amazing. This river has yet to let us down.
I caught two bass and a crappie with a ¼ ounce spinner bait using my small Ugly Stick. John caught a largemouth bass and a chain pickerel with a rubber worm and a largemouth bass with a hollow-bodied floating frog.
Since the beginning of time frogs have been a favorite bait among bass enthusiasts and for good reason. Bass love frogs. The first production-runhollow-bodied frog was in 1895 and it was the Hastings Weedless Casting Frog. It was made from a rubber molding and came in three sizes. Each was hand painted a beautiful leopard frog pattern and fitted with hollow-point Carlisle hooks featuring a weed guard. The box paper insert read: If at any time the frog should fill with water, it can be readily expelled by pressing it together a few times. Not much has changed since then. To learn more about the hollow-bodied floating frog bait go to Bassmaster.com.
We fished over six hours and the sun was bearing down. Summer is approaching and today was a small taste.