Pictures Frogs - Page 2

MA Machine · 09-04-2008, 01:52 AM

Nice Frogs. How many princes do you think were in that batch? Maybe the one with the leopard skin tights?

hiodon · 09-04-2008, 09:13 PM

After receiving criticism about my respect for harvested animals and my purple get-up, I had to focus on getting a quality picture last night of a keeper

Notice, no pickup, no tongue, no blood, and a natural(ish) setting. Now for the good stuff...

Pretty good haul, but the inability to count cost us another limit. Oh well, at least we got to bed a bit earlier.

Reflex · 09-04-2008, 09:31 PM

Nice!

fearnofish · 09-05-2008, 10:03 PM

Nice froggies, hey man you fry those just like you would chicken?

hiodon · 09-06-2008, 10:33 AM

Yep. Just cook them exactly like you would fried chicken. The only differences are they kind of try to 'jump' out of the hot oil and they taste a heck of a lot better than chicken.

Trout Bum · 09-07-2008, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hiodon

After receiving criticism about my respect for harvested animals....

Reminded me of this...

Hulu - Bullfrog: Family Guy

Aquaman · 09-07-2008, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hiodon

After receiving criticism about my respect for harvested animals and my purple get-up, I had to focus on getting a quality picture last night of a keeper

Notice, no pickup, no tongue, no blood, and a natural(ish) setting. Now for the good stuff...

Pretty good haul, but the inability to count cost us another limit. Oh well, at least we got to bed a bit earlier.

ROFLMAO! That's awesome. Good job on the Ribitz!

fearnofish · 09-07-2008, 05:24 PM

When you clean these frogs do you just take the legs off or what? Or do you fry the whole frog.

Bass-Assassin · 09-07-2008, 10:22 PM

I was thinking about going out frog hunting. Just wondering how to measure these guys? It says from head to gill or something right? 4.5 inches?

MERCMAN · 09-07-2008, 10:25 PM

From the head to the vent.

Reflex · 09-08-2008, 08:42 AM

Cleaning them is really easy...just cut the skin around the waist, grab the skin with a pair of pliers and pull. The skin comes off like a pair of pants. With my knife, I think cut the "ankle" joint to take off the feet and I cut through the backbone at the waist. It doesn't take long at all.

**holdemplyer** · 09-08-2008, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reflex

Cleaning them is really easy...just cut the skin around the waist, grab the skin with a pair of pliers and pull. The skin comes off like a pair of pants. With my knife, I think cut the "ankle" joint to take off the feet and I cut through the backbone at the waist. It doesn't take long at all.

Aquaman and I were cutting around the "hips" i guess, and pulling the skin off, were we missing meat doing this?

Alex

hiodon · 09-10-2008, 10:53 PM

Nope, holdemplyer -- you're not missing a thing. I've eaten front legs a time or two off some monsters, but as far as I'm concerned it's not worth it. We did some pretty intensive dissection last night to look for more meat but came up empty handed. It looks like the legs are the 'go to guy'.

After seeing the recent pics posted on another thread, I really wanted a 7+ incher. We got to the secret spot and within five minutes we had this dude in the bag.

A little blurry, but you get the point. A solid 7 1/2-incher!

Unfortunately, the rest of the night didn't go as smoothly. Our honey hole was pretty well unwadeable and left us combing the banks for frogs that were out in the deeper water sitting on vegetation mats.

After nearly filling the waders a few times, we decided to get out of the water and head back to honey hole #2. We finally got on higher ground and saw the ol' red and blues flashing about 200 yards up ahead. We got a bit closer and a deputy was shining his flashlight in my pickup! We got up a bit further and the deputy jumped in his car, performed a three-point turn, and got his lights, his spotlight, and his flashlight on us. At this point, we were a bit uncomfortable because we didn't want to shine any light back on the officer but still needed to see where we were going. We finally got up to the pickup and fortunately, the officer was a friendly dude. He was pretty fascinated that we were out chasing frogs and more fascinated by the size of them. It took some convincing that we were indeed on public ground, but after calling in our licenses and my truck plates he let us on our way.

The 15-minute delay only allowed our spotlights to charge a bit more and we were soon trying to catch some more frogs. The night ended without spectacular results but we still managed to bag a few frogs. Not a limit, but plenty.

One more note about the big dude. I got home and tried to explain how big it was to my wife, but she failed to recognize the significance of it. I figured a visual was needed and showed her the legs of the biggun' next to the legs of a standard 4 1/2-incher.

Needless to say, that one's gonna eat well.

fearnofish · 09-10-2008, 10:58 PM

Hey man I cooked some of those up the other night and they are good, but what are those long black stringy things inside of the meat?? Kinda weird lookin.

hiodon · 09-10-2008, 11:01 PM

I guess they're veins, though I really don't know for sure. Every time I've ever had them, I never noticed them. However, they do seem seem pretty prevalent in the pictures. Did you notice that they tasted different or had a different texture?

fearnofish · 09-10-2008, 11:05 PM

No not really, they just are kind of strange looking. Tasty as hell!!!!! I get a kick out of the legs dancing in the frying pan.

hiodon · 09-10-2008, 11:06 PM

I wish I could explain my wife's reaction the first time she fried them up!

**SKershaw** · 09-10-2008, 11:11 PM

This is a sweet picture!!!

**holdemplyer** · 09-10-2008, 11:23 PM

Oh man, oh man, now I'm hungry! nice haul!!!!!

Alex

Boomer · 09-10-2008, 11:49 PM

Any pictures of them after they are fried up? I'm curious to see the finished product.

09-07-2008, 10:25 PM	#30 (permalink)
MERCMAN Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Nebraska city Posts: 160 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	From the head to the vent. __________________ The worst day of fishing beats the best day of work!

09-10-2008, 11:11 PM	#38 (permalink)
SKershaw Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Wherever the feeders are:) Posts: 991 Thanks: 50 Thanked 20 Times in 16 Posts	This is a sweet picture!!! __________________ I have read that these critters have 40% mortality after you have crapped them out!!!

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holdemplyer Director Join Date: May 2007 Location: hunting for Kenzies MA gill!!! Posts: 2,078 Thanks: 46 Thanked 77 Times in 49 Posts	Oh man, oh man, now I'm hungry! nice haul!!!!! Alex __________________ I'd rather do something and fail than do nothing and succeed!

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09-04-2008, 01:52 AM	#21 (permalink)
MA Machine 2008 Catch and Continue Finalist Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lincoln Posts: 384 Thanks: 32 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	Nice Frogs. How many princes do you think were in that batch? Maybe the one with the leopard skin tights?

09-04-2008, 09:13 PM	#22 (permalink)
hiodon Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 52 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	After receiving criticism about my respect for harvested animals and my purple get-up, I had to focus on getting a quality picture last night of a keeper Notice, no pickup, no tongue, no blood, and a natural(ish) setting. Now for the good stuff... Pretty good haul, but the inability to count cost us another limit. Oh well, at least we got to bed a bit earlier.

09-04-2008, 09:31 PM	#23 (permalink)
Reflex Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 54 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nice!

09-05-2008, 10:03 PM	#24 (permalink)
fearnofish Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 515 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nice froggies, hey man you fry those just like you would chicken?

09-06-2008, 10:33 AM	#25 (permalink)
hiodon Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 52 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Yep. Just cook them exactly like you would fried chicken. The only differences are they kind of try to 'jump' out of the hot oil and they taste a heck of a lot better than chicken.

09-07-2008, 05:24 PM	#28 (permalink)
fearnofish Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 515 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	When you clean these frogs do you just take the legs off or what? Or do you fry the whole frog.

09-07-2008, 10:22 PM	#29 (permalink)
Bass-Assassin 2008 Catch and Continue Finalist Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lincoln Posts: 96 Thanks: 5 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts	I was thinking about going out frog hunting. Just wondering how to measure these guys? It says from head to gill or something right? 4.5 inches?

09-08-2008, 08:42 AM	#31 (permalink)
Reflex Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 54 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Cleaning them is really easy...just cut the skin around the waist, grab the skin with a pair of pliers and pull. The skin comes off like a pair of pants. With my knife, I think cut the "ankle" joint to take off the feet and I cut through the backbone at the waist. It doesn't take long at all.

09-10-2008, 10:53 PM	#33 (permalink)
hiodon Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 52 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Nope, holdemplyer -- you're not missing a thing. I've eaten front legs a time or two off some monsters, but as far as I'm concerned it's not worth it. We did some pretty intensive dissection last night to look for more meat but came up empty handed. It looks like the legs are the 'go to guy'. After seeing the recent pics posted on another thread, I really wanted a 7+ incher. We got to the secret spot and within five minutes we had this dude in the bag. A little blurry, but you get the point. A solid 7 1/2-incher! Unfortunately, the rest of the night didn't go as smoothly. Our honey hole was pretty well unwadeable and left us combing the banks for frogs that were out in the deeper water sitting on vegetation mats. After nearly filling the waders a few times, we decided to get out of the water and head back to honey hole #2. We finally got on higher ground and saw the ol' red and blues flashing about 200 yards up ahead. We got a bit closer and a deputy was shining his flashlight in my pickup! We got up a bit further and the deputy jumped in his car, performed a three-point turn, and got his lights, his spotlight, and his flashlight on us. At this point, we were a bit uncomfortable because we didn't want to shine any light back on the officer but still needed to see where we were going. We finally got up to the pickup and fortunately, the officer was a friendly dude. He was pretty fascinated that we were out chasing frogs and more fascinated by the size of them. It took some convincing that we were indeed on public ground, but after calling in our licenses and my truck plates he let us on our way. The 15-minute delay only allowed our spotlights to charge a bit more and we were soon trying to catch some more frogs. The night ended without spectacular results but we still managed to bag a few frogs. Not a limit, but plenty. One more note about the big dude. I got home and tried to explain how big it was to my wife, but she failed to recognize the significance of it. I figured a visual was needed and showed her the legs of the biggun' next to the legs of a standard 4 1/2-incher. Needless to say, that one's gonna eat well.

09-10-2008, 10:58 PM	#34 (permalink)
fearnofish Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 515 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hey man I cooked some of those up the other night and they are good, but what are those long black stringy things inside of the meat?? Kinda weird lookin.

09-10-2008, 11:01 PM	#35 (permalink)
hiodon Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 52 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I guess they're veins, though I really don't know for sure. Every time I've ever had them, I never noticed them. However, they do seem seem pretty prevalent in the pictures. Did you notice that they tasted different or had a different texture?

09-10-2008, 11:05 PM	#36 (permalink)
fearnofish Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 515 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	No not really, they just are kind of strange looking. Tasty as hell!!!!! I get a kick out of the legs dancing in the frying pan.

09-10-2008, 11:06 PM	#37 (permalink)
hiodon Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 52 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I wish I could explain my wife's reaction the first time she fried them up!

09-10-2008, 11:49 PM	#40 (permalink)
Boomer Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lincoln Posts: 113 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Any pictures of them after they are fried up? I'm curious to see the finished product.