This time of year, when the nights are getting chilly, the fish will often hold on these edges so they can feed in the shallows but they also have the option to quickly drop down into deeper water where the temperatures are warmer this is a common pattern after a strong cold front
To maximize your success with frog lures, you can just go ahead and cast them past dense vegetation and make them twitch on the surface, with occasional pauses
By casting parallel to a dock or sea wall, each chug of your popper will keep it in the strike zone, giving any bass in the area a chance to eat it throughout the entirety of your cast
Additionally, you will notice that when you hook up with them in an open water bowl such as Lake St
Once you home in on the bait, I guarantee, you will find the big boys