I have to admit - I’ve been in ponds, so intent on catching frogs that I didn’t pay attention to where I was going. One person may be doing the driving and looking for frogs, while the other is doing the catching and sacking the amphibians. Most frog hunters go out with at least two people to the boat. One is to make sure there are frogs in the area you plan to hunt, and two is so you don’t get lost. Yet, because of that vastness, it also pays to spend time scouting where you’re planning a hunt before you go, for two reasons. What’s more, they’re abundant enough for frog hunters to make several good catches. Mary Parish, frogs are abundant most years. They go out there in their putt-putt boats and skiffs, and they go in their mud boats and turn up the grass, and I go behind them with my little airboat and catch ’em.”īecause of the vast number of backwater ponds, sloughs, chutes and lakes found in the basin, particularly behind the levee in St. “When you get out there, it looks like a Christmas tree with all the lights going. “We’ve gone over to Grassy Lake for years on opening night. “You’d be surprised how many people go out there at midnight on opening night,” he said. Stephensville resident Ronnie Brown has been hunting the June 1 opening night for the last 10 years. “You know how it is when the spotlight’s on you.” You better wear your sunglasses most good singers do,” I tell him. “I’m sorry to hear that, but we were planning a little fun of our own. The ladies especially love it in April and May.” Kermit’s got such a great baritone bellow. We were planning a little ‘ro-um-ro-um’ sing along tonight. “With the noisy racket you guys are going to make playing in the mud splashing around chasing croakers, I ain’t going to be able to hear my cousin holler from across the river in American Lake. “There goes the neighborhood,” the frog smugly replies.
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With the GPSs, Gator Tails, Pro Drives and ultra-light airboats with ROTAX engines, I have a feeling you’re about to see a few more.” “Well, that was before all this high water changed a few things. “Well, you don’t see too many frog hunters where I hang out in the basin.” You know, the guy who shined his sealed-beam on you back in March.”
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