{"product_id":"monsterbass-best-toad-ever-soft-plastic-toad","title":"MONSTERBASS Best Toad Ever | Soft Plastic Toad | Topwater Bass | Grass, Mats \u0026 Lily Pads | 6 Colors","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSoft Plastic Toad. Topwater Surface Action. Grass, Mats, Logs \u0026amp; Lily Pads. 6 Colors. Bass.\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eMONSTERBASS Best Toad Ever\u003c\/strong\u003e is a soft plastic toad designed for topwater bass fishing over vegetation, mats, lily pads, logs, and any shallow cover where a subsurface bait can’t be worked effectively. The toad body is built to be rigged weedless on an EWG hook and retrieved steadily across the surface, with the paddling legs creating consistent water disturbance that draws bass up from beneath the cover for explosive topwater strikes. Versatile enough to fish across almost any shallow structure where bass are holding, from open grass beds to thick matted vegetation. 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