Anyone ever figure out how to makea frog trap that works ? Was thinking about how I was always trying to trap bull fronha as a kid for some reason . Gigging , grabbing and shooting was easy always wanted to trap them .

Lookin at it now figure you could probably make something like a pigeon trap with the weird little wire leg doors and put one or two of them lil solar garden lights in it. Set it in a inch or two of water , light attracts bugs , frogs push in to get to the bugs .... Most of the ponds round here seem to be low on frogs due to the snakes so can't really test it out .

Seen videos on YouTube and Facebook of the. Folks in place like Vietnam trapping frogs with these deals that look like little bitty slat traps . Bait them with dead fish ... But apparently they have a different Theo of frog that eats about anything instead of ours where it's gotta be alive and moving.

Any one figured anything out other then shooting gigging or grabbing ?

Never trapped them, the easiest way was to use a fly rod around 9 footer,
Use a small triple hook, put a red or white piece of cloth on it.
Dangle it in front of them, and catch all you could in the area.
Now they have limits, and not sure what's legal now.
A trap would be interesting, just how would you get the frog to commit to it?

Researchers set up basic funnel traps with long wings to catch frogs and other amphibians. They work really well.

It's similar to catching fish, armadillos, or groundhogs.

Keith

Make a funnel trap out of chicken wire. The outside of which will just fit in a black garbage bag. The funnel hole itself should be just big enough to let frogs and small fish in and not muskrats or turtles. Works year round. The black bag gives it a log appearance, winter or summer. Have no idea if its legal in your state.

In winter a frog can absorb oxygen thru skin, don't know what limit would be in warmer weather before they would drown, I never did experience that.

When I was a kid old car tires was flimsy and if left stacked up the beads would go together. Sometimes I would just drill holes and tie beads together. Then cut about a 5'' hole in the tread and tie a rope near there. Throw it in the creek and go down there in the hot part of day and pull it out fast , the rope had to be by the hole so the catfish and frogs didn't wash out before you got it pulled out. Had to be fast with the dip net when a frog washed out. It was a hit and miss operation and time consuming, but as a kid I had plenty of that ! Not so much anymore and time is getting shorter everyday now, lol.

Id start with something less challenging like mice or crickets. Ive heard frogs can be spooky, smart , and evasive not to mention there size and them being hard on equipment. Dont jump in the deep end before you know how to swim grasshopper.

Where I live now, (southern central Oregon), we have a lot of bull frogs. A couple weeks ago I was on an ADC job removing muskrats from an agriculture property that has a large canal for irrigation. The canal is lined with cat tails on one side, and the rats were cutting tails there and de-stabilizing the canal. I set 110s in most of the trails through the cat tails and ended up catching several bullfrogs. Not a high-percentage set for frogs specifically, but I guess it happens.

Would a fishing license be required?

In Mo, either a hunting or fishing permit works.

If the coons don;t mess it up. We used the red patch on a fish pole until we got the pellet gun
just.

… my goodness yall make things entirely too complicated

… W’Dawg … if you want to fry up a mess of frog legs … get your ol 4 D cell mag light… shine it right in their eyes and snatch em up …. Then bust em against a tree until they turn inside out and put em on a fish stringer

…. I swear…. This is gettin more ridiculous ever day around here lol

We have rules on method of take on bull frogs here. I dont think trapping them is legal

… Well … why don’t you share the rules with the class

.. you know… in case we end up in Kansas trying to gig a frog

Be faster if u looked them up. I dont think i have the regs here. I might have broke a rule or the few times ive gotten a mess of frog legs.

… that wasn’t helpful at all

… I thought we were a community!!!!

LOL Why stumble around in the middle of the night, when you can just use a fishing pole all day long, and see so much better.
Laws in every state seem to be different.
Check them out so it's still a fun gig , and not costly.

CSK
Well every village needs an idiot. Though we might have to much competition for it here.

… yes sir … I’m sorry…. I’ll start catching them with a fishing pole from this day forward

SMH Don't be! , it's your choice , if that's what you like do it.
I just like doing things the easy way anymore.
A tree cabin for deer hunting really makes sense as you get older.
LOL

…. All this time I thought stoppin by a slough with a flashlight on the way home from the honkey tonk was the best way to get some frog legs

… now I’m gonna skip work and catch them with a fishing pole

… thank you for the advice