European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 june 2007 i q c y co o hopping onto Monus trendy Frog legs require an adventure in Hunting boating deep into a Bayou on a sultry summer night might not be everyone idea of a Good but then theres no accounting for Luke a broker from this South Ern Louisiana and Drake stans president of a construction company have developed a powerful taste for Frog and bullfrogs dont grow much larger than those squatting along the the amphibians bellies and throats gleam a revealing their eyes Shine like diamonds with every sweep of the those paired opals glowing from the Are the unblinking eyes of and the opals far outnumber the diamonds on this nocturnal frogging the wider the separation Between the the larger the Manfre says from the Bow of the modified where he sits quietly with a Long handled the alligators float Only their arching snouts and parts of their Knobby backs Are on the other Are most Active at night when the weather is humid and with darkness comes a degree of they never Range far from still or slow moving where they can Hunt and the carnivores in this privately owned and Seldom fished Bayou represent several links in the predatory food Chain theres the Catcher team in the seeking an Allbut forgotten Region Al delicacy the capable of making Short work of most any Critter careless enough to Wade into their swamp and the voracious known to Swallow anything from dragonflies to North american bullfrogs Are the largest frogs on the capable of growing a foot Long and a Pound and a half in much of that mass is in their muscular Hind which enable them to leap up to 6 their leathery skin varies from Green to mottled they croak Long and loud while defend ing their territory or trying to attract a deep throated sound that been described As Jugo bullfrogs occur now in every state in the and some Canadian province says Jeff Lead Herp Etolo Gist for the Louisiana department of wildlife and in Baton although some Frog species Are Dis the american Bullfrog according to Jim a spokesman for the Missouri department of conserva in Jefferson if the Bullfrog is rather he its its a Carni Vore and has been Able to adapt in a lot of areas where it has been Intro that come at the expense of Many other frogs that it in a License is required for anyone who plans to catch bullfrogs and sell the those taking frogs with fishing licenses must throw Back any smaller than 5 you  want to catch anything smaller than that if you plan on eating Boundy frogging can be done in various theres or stabbing with a barbed then you have snaring or simply grabbing the Frog bar handed and depositing it in a cloth bag for the trip to the Manfre and Stansbury favor their Hunt is made More challenging by the overgrown Shore which provide plenty of cover for the fidgety Manfre does the catching while Stansbury is the after they spot a its Stansburyy Job to Man Euver the shallow draft boat near getting Manfre in Range of the both men Wear miners helmets with pow Battery oper ated As Long As you keep the Light in their stans Bury if the Light moves off there the most memorable stalk comes about three hours into the float when they spot a Large Bullfrog staring into a photos executive chef Neil Beaver shows off a Frog legs appetizer at the Congress Street Publick House in new the which Beaver recently added to the upscale has quickly become the restaurants most popu Lar starter an Alligator floats in a Bayou near Morgan it int uncommon for alligators to outnumber bullfrogs during a typical Southern Louisiana frogging emerge with a re Tileen Riched Story to Manfre eventually nets 14 keeper size frogs in three dozen skinned and that enough to make a memorable entree for four the lights from under some rotting the Back legs Are the bes known just As Manfre makes his a 5foot but Down we eat it Alligator brushing against his he frogging goes Back from Ontario to Willie a retired conservation leg and soaking one Side of the neither one the Bullfrog leaps into the liked to go frogging around the Edge of farm it didst get any simpler or easier than Lyles but the practice appears to be fast dying when i was a Young agent in Southern it was a really big i arrested a Guy one night who had 96 the limit then was but he was getting a so i could understand his people dont normally go out for it there Are a lot of places out the Alligator wheels and disappears officer from got his Start there where they dont even know beneath the the Floggers holding a flashlight for his who about