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Bullfrogs - Thorny - 08-02-2020
I heard that bullfrogs were illegally introduced in Utah and the DWR is trying to get rid of them. I have never seen one. My daughter wants to go catch one really bad. Have any of you seen any? I’m looking for a place to take her.
Thorny
RE: Bullfrogs - Anglinarcher - 08-02-2020
The introduction was a very long time ago, but the numbers are now growing pretty fast. Lots of community ponds have a population of them, you might just go out at night and listen for their calls, then come back later during the day.
RE: Bullfrogs - Muskybee - 08-02-2020
Theirs bull frogs all over Farmington bay, the kaysville ponds off the freeway, ogden bay. Just about anywhere marshy is going to have them.
RE: Bullfrogs - Thorny - 08-02-2020
Cool, I haven’t been to those areas. Maybe we will have to go check them out. Thanks for the suggestions
RE: Bullfrogs - big_griggs - 08-03-2020
(08-02-2020, 12:40 AM)Thorny Wrote: I heard that bullfrogs were illegally introduced in Utah and the DWR is trying to get rid of them. I have never seen one. My daughter wants to go catch one really bad. Have any of you seen any? I’m looking for a place to take her.Pretty much anywhere on Cuttler at night, you can hear them. (They are Freaky sounding)
Thorny
RE: Bullfrogs - Springbuck1 - 08-04-2020
(08-02-2020, 12:40 AM)Thorny Wrote: I heard that bullfrogs were illegally introduced in Utah and the DWR is trying to get rid of them. I have never seen one. My daughter wants to go catch one really bad. Have any of you seen any? I’m looking for a place to take her.I'll add the marshy/low spots of Mantua to the list. I hear them around that east end pond every time I'm there toward evening.
Thorny
Almost no matter where I go, though, I only see small ones, or one big one, or else I'd be after them at night with a flood light and a gig or bow. and arrows.
I saw what HAD to be a two-pounder out in Daybreak at the big lake. Massive, and I almost got him on a worm chunk, but I walked a long way around that place and only saw two frogs total.
RE: Bullfrogs - PACKFAN - 08-04-2020
(08-03-2020, 02:34 PM)big_griggs Wrote:If you really want to hear some frogs croaking you need to hear the big bulls that are really large which can grow to 12 inches or more stretched out, I love frog legs and we have the big bulls back in Northern Wis where I grew up. I love to listen to them after dark at dad's cabin. I don't think I have ever seen a true bullfrog here in Utah I have seen other types here.(08-02-2020, 12:40 AM)Thorny Wrote: I heard that bullfrogs were illegally introduced in Utah and the DWR is trying to get rid of them. I have never seen one. My daughter wants to go catch one really bad. Have any of you seen any? I’m looking for a place to take her.Pretty much anywhere on Cuttler at night, you can hear them. (They are Freaky sounding)
Thorny
RE: Bullfrogs - Tin-Can - 08-05-2020
Have started hearing from croaking along the edges of a few spots on the Bear River (lower) last time I was out in my boat on the river, son and I heard a couple just after we launched about 7 a.m. but have not seen any.
Used to gig or trap frogs along the rivers in south Georgia, used them for catfish bait. Would even hook a good size LM Bass with one now and again.