From summer into autumn, Texas' largemouth bass become vulnerable to an affliction caused by their gluttonous appetite. And this makes bass anglers happy. The malady? Frog in the throat. Well, ...

The soft-plastic lure fluttered and kicked like a struggling frog across the weed mat and into the open pocket. Then, with the abrupt swirl that never gets old, a solid bass rose in a boiling strike.

The art of fishing soft plastic weedless frog imitations, known simply as "froggin" across North Alabama, doesn't really get rolling until September most years. But that doesn't stop a lot of anglers ...

Since the first time I tied on a Zoom Horny Toad in the spring of 2005, I’ve been a frogman. There’s something viscerally addictive about a largemouth bass blasting a fast-moving plastic frog. I ...