Kicking Frog (Buzz Toad)

A soft plastic frog with kicking legs, reeled steadily so the legs buzz the surface — a swimbait fished on top over grass.

Also known as: toad · buzz toad

The most realistic thing you can throw — from a 3 in paddle tail to a 10 in trophy hunter.

• Paddle tail on a jighead or weighted swimbait hook covers 80 % of situations
• Hollow body over grass, line-through for big fish, umbrella for schools
• Slow and steady; the tail does the talking
• Rod power to bait weight — a 1 oz bait needs a heavy rod

1. What it is — A soft-plastic toad with paddle legs, rigged weedless on a wide-gap hook (often with a screw-lock keel weight). Reel it steadily and the legs kick a buzzing wake on the…
2. Where it shines — Matted vegetation, lily pads, sparse reeds and grass flats from post-spawn through fall. It draws the violent strikes of a hollow-body frog while covering water at…
3. Tackle — Heavy rod, 50-65 lb braid, 5/0-6/0 wide-gap hook. Set the hook on weight, not on the blow-up.