50 Or 65 Pound Braid For Froggin?

[OntarioFishingGuy]

I use 40 for frogging and punching and rarely break off. You could get away with lighter if you fished more sparse cover.

[DTack]

Use 30lb myself, might jump to 40.  If you choose to use lighter braids you have to pay attention to your line for frays and wear.  I'm guessing the 30 you broke you have probably fished for a while.  You start seeing frays time to cut that part off.  And since I like using smaller reels in the 100 size, the 30 or 40 will give me more capacity opposed to if I fished 50 or 65lb.  

This is a smart answer to this question.  Full understanding that it is DEFINITELY possible to go lighter with braid but you have to be CAREFUL with it.  I am lazy when it comes to braid and use it for only a few techniques so I'm honest with myself and not good at checking it much.  I use 70lb and recommend 65.  It also depends where you are fishing and what you are setting on.  I'm sure I could get away with 40 lb most of the time but the one time I set on an angry 7 after I put a cast on a rock 2 hours before that just isnt worth it for me.  Not that it wouldn't break with 70 or 65 but I like the little bit of added peace of mind.

[Sherlock 60]

I use 50# Power Pro or Spiderwire Stealth for froggin'.

[lmbfisherman]

Really either will work and there are some people who even go 30lb.

[Alpha Male]

I use yellow 40lb power pro and a med-heavy pinnacle rod. I don't fish the heaviest cover but it's thick and I have pulled out some 4lb'ers out. I haven't felt the need for a true heavy power rod or bigger line.

[WPCfishing]

I'm big on fishing heavy cover with Frogs, Toads and EZ Swimmers. I use 65# Power Pro. For me it's not so much about line strength but more line diameter. The thinner line, even 50 will dig down they its wind. Not cool on your next cast. The 50 may cast a bit further but I find I can sky them out far enough with 65. The other thing I like about the 65 is it's less effected by wind. It's easier to cast a curve with it to hit your target.

i use Lews Tourney Pros and an MG. Both very nice reels. All have 95mm handles. 

My rods are a Lews custom lite Magnum grass, Lews Magnum zone custom speed stick, Abu Villian 76-6 and fit lighter cover an Abu 70-6.

Hope this helps you.

[Deleted account]

Either will work fine. 50 will cast a bit further and cut pads and tules better, but I fish a couple of spots with big fish and crazy thick mats, and usually I have to set the hook, get the fish coming until its completely buried in it, and then just point the rod and walk backwards. I've broken 50 doing this so I go with the 65. I once had to remove probably 30 lbs of grass to find out if I still had a fish, I did, and it was a good one.

[the reel ess]

I started out with 65. But then when I was not using my frog rod for frogs (about half the year) I was using it for jigs and soft plastics. I didn't use any leader at that point, so it was hard to thread thru a bullet weight. I needed a mono loop to pull it thru. I went down to 50 and have never broken that, so I'd say 50 is as high as I'll ever be going. But I hear that smaller will dig into the spool. In fact, the higher tests dig in. Another reason I think 50 is right size for me.

 

I read that braid is not rock-abrasion-resistant. I have no experience with that because I fish places that are full of lilies or old wood. Again, I have never broken straight braid. Not even 20#. I'm sure I'll get around to it someday.