Frog Hunting

[Skillet]

Anyone else here like frog gigging?

My son and I do it a lot in summer. Opens June 15th.

We take the canoe out at night. I paddle, he spears most of them. We both carry super bright lights.

Frogging is a ton of fun, and eating them is awesome!

[Skillet]

[turkeyfeathers]

Another good way is a golf ball retriever ( they make them 9’ 12’ 15’ 18’ and 21’.  Tie few feet of fishing line on and hook. Red piece of yarn and dangle it in front of them.  We used to catch some real toads of frogs at east aurora country club.  See what I did there ... 

[crappyice]

Access access access is always my issue. Where I am there doesn’t seem to be many frog ponds and if there are the 5-0 will be dispatched if I am seen with a flashlight at night and long spear!!!


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[Pygmy]

"  Did YEW ever eat a FRAWG ? "...…<<Lonesome Dove>>…...

[mowin]

It's been yrs since I've gone froggin.  

Thanks for the memories Skillet. 

[Robhuntandfish]

used to do a lot of this but hard to find a good spot anymore 

[Water Rat]

I tried frog legs when I was a kid at a restaurant with my parents. I just wanted to say I tried it. I can’t even remember what it tasted like. Maybe chicken ?

[Skillet]

33 minutes ago, Water Rat said:

I tried frog legs when I was a kid at a restaurant with my parents. I just wanted to say I tried it. I can’t even remember what it tasted like. Maybe chicken ?

It is almost a sweet flavor. Mild.

The flesh is nice, firm, and white like really good fish.

[Fletch]

Have not gone in years. When I was a kid we'd roam the farm ponds and streams around my grandparents town. Spear or shoot em. Man that was fun and great eating. Work really interferes with life lol. To much fun to be had and not enough time.

[Rattler]

Used to frog as a kid along the RR track drainage ditch.  It was about 6 feet wide and a couple miles long.  We used a cane pole with a little monofilament and some fishing flies.  We walked along the tracks and dangled the fly in front of the frog.  They would always go for it.  Not boat required.

[Lawdwaz]

Crosman 760 (circa 1972?) and copper BB's flat out freezes them........I was just a kid and sadly we didn't eat them. 

Good on you skillet...hey wait, how do you cook 'em, in a pan or skillet?

[Skillet]

Law, I bread them and deep fry in a cast iron, usually over a campfire.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Looks like a good crop of frogs this season due to the wet spring.Season starts, what June 15th.

Edited May 25, 2019 by landtracdeerhunter

[Skillet]

8 minutes ago, landtracdeerhunter said:

Looks like a good crop of frogs this season due to the wet spring.Season starts, what June 15th.

Yes.

[The_Real_TCIII]

Have these hit the dinner thread yet? We go to a bar in Bellingham, Wa that has them and they are delicious

[Pygmy]

1 hour ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

Have these hit the dinner thread yet? We go to a bar in Bellingham, Wa that has them and they are delicious

All the frog legs that I have taken myself were superb....Not such good luck with store bought ones..I bought some frozen ones once years ago...Not so good..3 or 4 years ago I saw them on a restaurant menu on the north shore of Oneida lake..I asked the waitress about them and she said "  They are to die for".....Wrong terminology ..A more accurate phrase would be " They are to die FROM"...They were  disgusting......

Edited May 27, 2019 by Pygmy

[nyslowhand]

Obvious idiot's question... What do you do, cut the legs off and discard the rest of the frog? Need a ton of them for just one person, huh? Sounds like fun!!

[crappyice]

Obvious idiot's question... What do you do, cut the legs off and discard the rest of the frog? Need a ton of them for just one person, huh? Sounds like fun!!

If big enough you can get a few bites from the front legs/shoulders too but ultimately yes! Back legs is where it’s at...cornmeal dredge and hit the deep fryer!


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[sodfather]

Fun Fact : I have never tried frog legs in my life . And don’t say they taste like chicken 

[Pygmy]

Just now, sodfather said:

Fun Fact : I have never tried frog legs in my life . And don’t say they taste like chicken 

Dusted in flour, salt and pepper and sautéed in butteruntil golden brown...Definitely much better than chicken...

[sodfather]

I have access to a frog Mecca I may try them with a side of beaver some summer night 

[Pygmy]

2 minutes ago, sodfather said:

I have access to a frog Mecca I may try them with a side of beaver some summer night 

" Frog mecca with a side of beaver"...Sounds like a French girl I used to date....

[sodfather]

Used to is the key, it’s 2019 haven’t been beaver around since the 70’s 

[Skillet]

The boy cleaned up last weekend.