80Lb Power Pro Slick 8 Line

[Kevin Beachy]

Is this line to heavy to fish with a hollow body frog.

[ABW]

If you are fishing in super super heavy cover, you can use it for frogs. But it might seem to be an overkill. 50-65 lb. will work

[LMB KING]

Frogs = 50 pound braid

Flippin & Pitchin = 65 pound braid

Punching = 80 pound braid

[BassinLou]

80lb is overkill. Especially if you plan to fish it in the pond that you showed everyone a couple of days ago. For frogging, 50lbs max, and thats with heavy cover. Light to medium cover 40lbs. 

[Kevin Beachy]

80lb is overkill. Especially if you plan to fish it in the pond that you showed everyone a couple of days ago. For frogging, 50lbs max, and thats with heavy cover. Light to medium cover 40lbs.

I fish quite abit of alge in some other pond........ alge that goes to the bottom. would 50lb be best for that?

[BassinLou]

I fish quite abit of alge in some other pond........ alge that goes to the bottom. would 50lb be best for that?

I am basing my answer on the fact that you are still using the line for hollowbody frog fishing. 50lb would be more than fine. I do not see the need to go over that. You can also getaway with dropping down a little with 40lb if all you are dealing with is algae. The cover you are fishing in is what determines, at least for me, what rod type and line (lbs) I should be throwing when I frog fish. 

[War Eagle 44]

I fish quite abit of alge in some other pond........ alge that goes to the bottom. would 50lb be best for that?

 

I think you're getting bad advice here. Look up frogging video's by Bobby Barrack or Dean Rojas, both very well known frog fisherman and they both recommend 65#.

[Mr Swim Jig]

50lbs would be fine...if you are fishing really heavy cover then I would use 65lbs. But if it isn't too thick and you are going to use it to fish other types of cover then 50lbs will work.

[Bass_Fanatic]

40lb, 50lb, 65lb, and 80lb will all work just fine.  I opt for 65lb braid for most situations that call for braid including frogs.  

[dodgeguy]

the thicker the braid the less digging in you get when horsing fish and weeds out of the water. this is why people use heavy braid.

[5dollarsplash]

^{80lb is overkill in my mind.  I use 50-65, and I think to myself at times thats over-doing it.  80lb is similar diameter to 18lb mono, which is pretty thick and most smaller reels won't hold much line at that diameter.}

[einscodek]

Slick 8 casts pretty good but 80lb thickness is going to put a damper on your frog casting distance.

Hollow body frogs arent all that heavy..

if you arent worried about casting distance and are doubling yer rod maybe for flippin & pitchin' maybe..

 

80 lbs for a lunker punker.. yea .. for koppers hollow frog.. meh

[Kevin22]

80# slick 8 breaks at around 130#. A tad bit overkill.. 65# would probably be better