A Frog Fit for Redfish Finally, a frog fit for a redfish. Admittedly, that does sound a little odd. After all, most salt grass marshes aren't exactly teeming with frogs. However, many saltwater fishermen across the Gulf Coast have learned to use soft-plastic artificial frogs to tempt redfish in the shallow, grassy backwaters. Since soft-plastic frogs can be rigged weedless, they can easily be worked in areas other baits cannot. And, the 'sputtering' of the kicking legs is almost irresistible to redfish, especially when they are aggressively feeding over grassy flats. But, it hasn't always seemed a little odd to be throwing a frog for redfish. However, the Creme FishFrog incorporates all of the fish attracting qualities of a kicking, sputtering artificial frog. However, the body of the bait is shaped like a baitfish, rather than a frog. Although the bait wasn't designed with redfish in mind, it turns out to be a perfect imitation of a injured pinfish kicking it's way across the surface. A fish frog should be rigged weedless with a worm-style hook. It is a substantial enough piece of plastic to be cast without the aid of additional weight. When left motionless on the surface, the FishFrog will slowly sink. Anglers can return the bait to the surface with either a sharp jerk of the rod or with a steady crank of the reel. Most often a steady retrieve works best, but at times it helps to use a couple of quick jerks to cause the FishFrog to lurch ahead. The advantage of the FishFrog for redfish is two-fold. Obviously, it works well to attract redfish. Whenever they are willing to take a surface offering, they will hit a FishFrog. The second advantage has to do with the redfish's well-known habit of missing surface plugs due to its underslung mouth. Since the FishFrog will slowly sink when paused, anglers can increase their hookup percentages to allow the bait to drop when they sense a fish is having a hard time "crawling on top of it." This one-two punch makes the FishFrog an effective redfish bait, even if it really is a frog.