Unusual catch

[Ken L]

Just got sent this by a mate in Hampshire.

 

 

I initially though it was a Bullfrog but it's apparently a European Marsh Frog.

If its taste in lures is anything to go by, it's little wonder that our native frogs are under threat.

 

Is this a common bycatch in the south of the country 'cause I don't much fancy repeating his accidental capture.

[dav]

HA HA HA , never seen out like that before ... funny as hell, stick a trebble through it and use that as a lure , live bait lol..

[bungral]

Can safely say i've never caught a frog.

[kleinboet]

I can tell you something about that. It is common in South Africa, and goes by the indigenous name of "platanna".

They are EXCELLENT bait for BIG Catfish!!

[dogstick]

I can tell you something about that. It is common in South Africa, and goes by the indigenous name of "platanna".

They are EXCELLENT bait for BIG Catfish!!

I`m sure a better alternative would be to let it get on with it`s life.I thought you could catch catfish on bars of soap!!

DS

[Steve Walker]

I've seen film of old men deliberately catching frogs by skipping little lures over the lily pads. Somewhere on the Danube, I think.

[chesters1]

I've seen film of old men deliberately catching frogs by skipping little lures over the lily pads. Somewhere on the Danube, I think.

 

blimey thats some cast from Birmingham

[Andrew Burgess]

blimey thats some cast from Birmingham

 

[DavyR]

In "No Need to Lie", Dick Walker described catching two supposedly uncatchable chub using large dead frogs as bait. I think they are (or used to be?) used as bait for bass in the States, too.

[Russell Fitzpatrick]

i got some little rubber frogs with a weedless hook,work quite well when bounced over lillys,i always hoped a chub would take one..hasnt happened...yet!

 

wot sort of lure did it take,looks liek a small shad type?

Edited August 13, 2006 by Russell Fitzpatrick