Pro Dean Rojas has proven how versatile Plastic Frogs really are.
It’s a pretty safe bet that no Professional Bass Fisherman looks forward to the Cooling Waters of Autumn more than Pro Dean Rojas. That’s because he knows October signals the beginning of the Fall Frog Fishing season, and few understand how to fish the soft, hollow body plastic lures better than he does.
Since 2005 when the Plastic Frog he designed won the Best of Show award at the annual national fishing tackle show known as ICAST®, Rojas has been steadily changing how anglers fish these lures. He has shown the fishing world these are actually year-round lures, they can be fished in Open Water as effectively as Around Thick Cover, and that they frequently draw strikes when other lures don’t.
The hollow body lures, which feature a double hook design and collapse when a Bass strikes, originated on Lake Guntersville in northern Alabama more than 40 years ago where they were initially designed for fishing over the Lake’s heavy, matted milfoil beds. Rojas discovered them more than a decade ago, and immediately started improving the lure’s basic design to make them more versatile.
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