"When you use a Sharpie pen on the frog, the frog will look really pretty right off the bat. But the ink bleeds into the rubber after a couple of days, and the tiny dots become bigger and bigger," Berry said. "That's OK, this is what you want it to do. The key is coloring the rubber itself. Any frogs you see in water will have lots of dots on their bellies."

LET'S GET REAL
Berry also colors the weight black and the eyelid (where your line ties to) black as well.

"It can only be black. You want your line to be black because black doesn't show up as good in the water and it doesn't come off your line. If you use a frog that has a shiny eyelid and a fish sees that, they aren't going to eat it. Come on! They know that's not a real frog," added Berry.

"There are key things that a lot of people miss out on. Most of the frogs that are on the shelves don't look real and by doing these little things, you can make your frog look real and ensure that it'll swim like a frog."

Berry credits Andre Moore, owner of Reaction Innovations, for most of his frog-fishing secrets.

"I feel like my frog will out-fish any frog on the market because of these adjustments," Berry said. "A lot of people get mad at me because I give all my secrets away, but this is something that anyone can do. I'm into promoting the sport of bass fishing, and if people follow these simple things we've discussed, they'll catch more fish. It's taken my whole life to learn this. An average guy can go into the tackle store and do this. You can make the frog look real."

What seems odd though, is that if this method works so well, why hasn't a company made a frog that has all these qualities? "Because I haven't told anybody yet," Berry said. "There are a few people that do this already, but most guys don't know about this."

They do now!

Dobyns and Berry use Power Pro braided line religiously. They both go as far as saying that if you aren't using 65-pound braided line, you shouldn't fish frog baits at all. Neither uses monofilament line when fishing frogs. "There's no stretch and the abrasion resistance is incredible. The key thing is the distance you can cast with a frog on braid. You can catch it a country mile," Berry said.