Lowell Washburn Special to the Globe Gazette

If you’ve not yet seen or heard a big old bullfrog booming from the edge of your favorite fishing hole or duck pond, hold on. The time is coming when you will. Whether or not you view that statement as good news or bad is largely a matter of personal perspective.

A native inhabitant of Mississippi River backwaters, the foot-long American bullfrog is Iowa’s largest frog. If a bullfrog can escape predators long enough to reach its prime, it can potentially attain weights exceeding one pound. Now that’s a big frog anywhere in the world.

Although famous for their booming calls and spectacular leaps, bullfrogs are perhaps best known for their much sought after, ginormous rear legs. Whether prepared in a fish camp skillet or served atop fine China

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