Soft Plastic Frogs

The Zoom Horny Toad 4.25" is one of the most iconic topwater soft plastics in bass fishing — a streamlined frog body with two hard-kicking paddle legs that churn water, create noise, and trigger explosive blowups on a steady retrieve. Buzz it across lily pads, grass mats, and shallow flats, and the kicking legs do the work. The slim, weedless-friendly body casts long distances and comes through heavy vegetation without hanging up. Rig it on a wide-gap hook and retrieve steadily for maximum leg kick, or let it flutter just below the surface on the pause. Available in 8 colors.

Key Features

• Hard-Kicking Paddle Legs — Explosive Topwater Action — The Horny Toad’s two paddle-style legs kick hard on a steady retrieve, churning water and creating surface commotion that mimics a fleeing frog or baitfish skittering across the surface; the kicking action generates vibration, splash, and noise that draws bass from a distance and triggers reaction strikes; the leg action is most pronounced at a moderate-to-fast steady retrieve speed where both legs are continuously kicking.
• Streamlined Body — Long Casts & Weedless Through Cover — The slim, streamlined body casts long distances for covering water on shallow flats and along vegetation edges; the weedless-friendly profile comes through lily pads, grass mats, and shallow cover without hanging up, allowing the bait to be fished through the heaviest topwater cover where bass are holding.
• Versatile Topwater Presentation — Buzz it across the surface on a steady retrieve for maximum leg kick and surface commotion; slow down and let it flutter just below the waterline on the pause for a subsurface presentation that triggers strikes from bass that follow but don’t commit on the surface; also effective as a swim jig trailer for a kicking-leg subsurface presentation.
• Durable Zoom Plastic — Built from Zoom’s durable yet flexible plastic that withstands repeated strikes and maintains the leg action through extended use.

Color Selection Guide

Best For

• Lily Pads & Grass Mats — Topwater Cover Fishing — The primary application; buzz the Horny Toad across lily pad fields, grass mats, and shallow vegetation on a steady retrieve; the weedless body comes through cover without hanging up and the kicking legs create surface commotion that draws bass up through the vegetation for explosive blowups.
• Shallow Flats — Covering Water — The long-casting streamlined body covers shallow flats efficiently; effective for locating active bass on large shallow flats where covering water quickly is needed to find fish.
• Swim Jig Trailer — Subsurface Kicking Action — Thread the Horny Toad on the back of a swim jig for a subsurface kicking-leg presentation; the paddle legs produce the same kicking action below the surface that makes the Horny Toad effective on top, adding a unique action to the swim jig that a standard trailer cannot match.