Frog Giggin - Suggestion?? Seriously

[TrepMan]

OK I KNOW i'm raising a Southern redneck when my 12 yearold comes home from sleep away camp and says "Can you come out and watch me whittle a spear, I want to go Frog Giggin one night this week" I about died!!! I haven't checked if Frog is Kosher!!! LOL:lol::lol:



So, i supervised after dinner tonight while Noah found and sharpened with his pocket knife a strong spear. He told me one of the camp counselors told him how to do it, and he's been on the internet all afternoon looking up how to prepare Frog Legs after you catch a frog!



Anyone actualy DONE this, and what am I in for? Noah said it should be at night on the creek/river after dark.



Trep

 

[Chris F.]

Growing up my Dad and I did this a few times. Here in Kansas the season usually started July 1st and the limit was 8 per person.

The first few times we tried it we used a cane pole and and tempted the bullfrogs with a trout fly. It worked but was hard to get in good position. The best method we came up with was waiting until dark,using a spotlight to blind them and hitting them with a wiffle ball bat.:lol: I can remember coming home with a gunnysack with 16 huge frogs.

 

[TritonGlenn]

Spotlight for them - look for the eyes, then come up and gig them. I guess you could make your own spear, but we used to buy the 3 pronged spear gigs and attach them to a broom handle - for about $5, you had a frog gig. Of course that was... oh... 25 years ago, so the price has probably tripled.



Done it tons of times. Giggin' in fun, and the legs taste great.



All the best,

Glenn

 

[Jimmy Easterling]

Did it once, almost 40 years ago as a teenager. We went to a private pond probably in July and if I remember correctly, we gigged around thirty. Spot light and 3 pronged giggin tip, just make sure it is a frog and not a gator. Don't remember cooking or eating them, we were, uh, partying. Good luck.

 

[Texas Transplant]

Much like both Glenn and Jimmy have said, get a three pronged 'gig' and a spotlight, some rubber boats, and go find the backwater. You'll be able to hear them.



It's a great time out in the woods, but I'd love to be there seeing our own Skinny Knock Knee friend, out there.



BTW, when you finish, you can also prepare to go Snipe Hunting! Not as tasty as frog legs, but . . . .



Tex

 

[Tim Koepp]

Long ago, with a flashlight and the forementioned "trident". from what I have seen and heard, frogs were more plentiful back then, but I would think today, use the more powerful million candlepower light. It aint easy unless you actually stab em, dont throw it (very far)

 

[Randy Walls]

Tex, pardon me being from the north and all but where do you get rubber boats? LOL!



Like they said above, my kids do it in the pond next to my house. It is unbelievable how large some of them bad boys get!!!!!!!



Randy!

 

[Dan J.]

Like above mentioned, we'd use a spotlight at night. We just grabbed them by hand though. It didn't ruin any meat because once they lock their gaze into the light, they won't move. (Just don't cast a shadow on them when you grab. Come from behind the frog.) Be wary of the "frogs" that are cross-eyed. Them's turtles and snakes!

 

[Tim Koepp]

I bet that wiffle bat "tenderized" em

 

[TrepMan]

OK so i'm kind of hoping he DOESn't get any caught, as I gotta be the one to help him cut the legs off and skin them!

 

[fatrap]

I used a flyrod and a piece of red yarn on a hook. Them bad boys would see that lure and come floping across the slop and stuff it in their mouths with both hands. The fight was on.

I like them with a light flour breading dipped in egg and milk then skillet fried much like fish. Works good with rattlesnake and gator. Before you fried them make sure they're skinned ofcourse. Also take a half dozen eggs and add a teaspoon of baking soda and add corn meal until it looks like playdough then take spoon sized balls and fried them in the oil and set aside before using the oil for the legs. When I lived in Florida my roomie's Mom also served them up with corn on the cob.

fatrap

 

[Scott Hammer TOXIC]

I used to do it a lot when I lived in Iowa, of course we had a lot of ponds to gig in. we used the broomhandle method but we wore spotlights on our hats. When you clean them, a pair of legs (still attached together) is called a saddle. We had 200 saddles for a frog fry. They are very easy to clean.



1. Grab the frog

2. bend him in 1/2 like he is touching his toes

3. when bent, the hips will protrude, cut him in 1/2 right in front of the hips

4. grab the skin with a pair of pliers and pull downwards and it will come off like a pair of pants.

5. release in beer batter.....then lake Crisco.

6. ENJOY!! That's some fine eatin!!



Like Dan said, beware the cross eyed ones unless you want to eat turtle and/or snake, although that is some fine eating as well. Turtle has 7 different kinds of meat on it. Although you will encounter snakes and turtles beware of the ducks, they will give you an irregular heartbeat wen you encounter them.



TOXIC

 

[Pierre Voisine]

Hey boys this was a really good thread. I threw on the banjo music and read with interest!!



just kidding.



p

 

[fatrap]

Toxic,

Seven kinds of meat on a turtle? Naw it's all one kind "Turtle Meat"!!:lol: Honestly it's about the only thing I couldn't eat and I've eaten things in some countries that I'm still glad I didn't know what it was.

Mike

fatrap

 

[Texas Transplant]

Rubber Boots! Opps.



Tex

 

[Scott Allen]

I used to do a lot of giggin' when I was growing up in West Virginia. Frog legs/fish frys were a regular thing every summer. As kids we thought it was hilarious watching the legs jumping around in the frying pan! I was curious and did some checking of the regulations here in "The Socialist Republic of Maryland" and really couldn't find anything conclusive. I emailed the DNR and this is what they sent me back:



"There is no frog gigging allowed in Maryland (gigging of fish

 

[Tony Payne]

Remember this - If you actually get some to cook - you'll want a lid/screen for the pan you're frying them in - little legs still kick/hop as they are being cooked.







(unless you remember to clip the tendon behind the knee)

 

[TrepMan]

Sim - EWWW not really???

 

[Tony Payne]

Nope - fondly I remember the days when mom would be frying us froglegs and hearing the little things kick the lid of the skillet.

 

[JR F]

They sell them here In the restruants...I used to go get them all the time..They are delicious..By the way they really will jump out of the skillet.....Turtle Is great..gator Great...Bever Is also good cook It in the crock pot for about 24 hours low with BBQ suace,,.. Most anything Is good eating If you close your eyes...HA learned that In the Army.. go get them frogs I still got my gig..Got my trot line also......

 

[fatrap]

As long as we're talking about eating critters. I had to move off the farm into the city before I found out that most people have never eaten racoons. My grandpa always had it when I visited him. Bar b qued but I liked it better in a stew with gravy and dumplings.



fatrap

 

[fatrap]

As long as we're talking about eating critters. I had to move off the farm into the city before I found out that most people have never eaten racoons. My grandpa always had it when I visited him. Bar b qued but I liked it better in a stew with gravy and dumplings.



fatrap

 

[Greg Meyer]

Finally... A thread were I feel at home...



I've got them with a gig, a bow (arrow), redyarn on a hook, a pellet gun, a .22 rifle, a .22 pistol, a stick/club, and by hand!



Clean them like Tox said... Fry them in your favorite fish batter or cornmeal and flour mix after coating with edd and milk,,, Roast them over an open flame like a marshmellow!



Rednecks eat frogs... And, obviously coon. Heck the big "feast" back home in Meyer, Illinois (it is real and on the map north of Quincy on the Mississippi River opposite Canton, MO) was the annual coon hunt/coon feed on opening night of coon season...



Yeeee Haaaa!!!!:lol: