SteelheadJones Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 Hey everyone, Had a quick question on a recommendation for a top water set up for cigar type baits and poppers. I currently have a frog setup and am looking for your thoughts on one for spooks/poppers. Action, length, baitcast/spinning, line type? Thank you. Quote
kikstand454 Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 IMO my frog set up is much too stout to comfortably work a spook. I like a mh for both but i like a slightly softer tip for topwater . Also my frog rod has braid so. .... that's a no go. Quote
Super User iabass8 Posted June 15, 2015 Super User Posted June 15, 2015 Casting St. Croix Avid/Legend Tournament Bass 68MXF 50 size shimano 30# braid or 12-15# mono depending on open water vs around cover Enjoy. Quote
robster80 Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 6'6 older cork shimano crucial mh/f curado e7 15lb mccoy xtra clear Quote
Ozark_Basser Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 If I had a rod just for spooks, it would be a glass rod. I'd want a less stout fast action rod for poppers. I use a 7'MH with mono for both and it works fine. Quote
rangerjockey Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 I have several, A couple old allstars, a bcm 6 and a Zell Rowland TWS. Another good one is the new crucial 6ft 8 medium xfast.. I throw mine on a 50 size chronarch and 16lb. super natural. Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted June 15, 2015 Super User Posted June 15, 2015 I have a M/Fast 6'6" Lightning Rod, BPS Rick Clunn BC 7.1:1 reel (discontinued) spooled with 15# Berkley Big Game. This is one case where you'd like heavy mono. It's buoyant and will enhance the action of walking baits and poppers. It also allows some stretch when bass strike, maybe keeping you from pulling the bait away some. I haven't caught a bass on a Spook in quite a while but I've mopped them up on Torpedo and caught a nice one on Pop R. That speed reel is really up to the user. But I find that if they hit topwater, I can usually drag them across the surface and lose fewer and keep them out of the weeds. It's a crap shoot with the trebles. This is a $40 rod, so it ain't the most sensitive. Being a cheapskate as I am, I can get this job done for less $$$. This is a good use for it because it casts well, won't cause me to sn atch the bait away and seems to have just the right action and leverage. And it's versatile enough to be my primary crankbait rod. Quote
Cgrinder Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 Flat Side Special with a 6.3 Zillion and 15 lb CXX or 40 lb braid. I'm tall so I don't mind walking a bait on a 7' rod. Quote
Global Moderator Mike L Posted June 15, 2015 Global Moderator Posted June 15, 2015 7' Falcon "Carolina Lizard Dragger" BPS Pro Qualifier 30# straight braid. This is my frog, any and all types of top water and soft swim bait set up. Mike Quote
LunkerFisher Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 My current one is a cabelas prodigy 6'2" medium, I like the control and light weight short rods offer Quote
Super User Chris at Tech Posted June 15, 2015 Super User Posted June 15, 2015 Avid 66MF paired with a 6:1 Revo STX and 12 lb mono Does great for poppers, walking baits, prop baits, jerkbaits and other similar baits. Quote
SteelheadJones Posted June 16, 2015 Author Posted June 16, 2015 Thank you for all the responses. I think the consensus is under 7ft, and mf or mh depending on preference. What are your thoughts on mono vs copolymer for this? Big difference or no? Quote
wnybassman Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 I was always a heavy mono (15-20lb) guy for all my spook and popper fishing................until I tried braid. That was about 4 years ago, and still using the braid. I never once felt like braid was hurting anything as far as not getting the hook ups, or having hooks pull out. I like a 6'6" M/F. Anything longer and my rod tip is always slapping the water while working the baits. Oddly, I am nearly 100% switched over to braid for all my treble hook presentations, but still can't stand it for single hook bottom bouncing baits. Whatever's comfortable. Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted June 16, 2015 Super User Posted June 16, 2015 Heavy mono will float the front of the bait higher because that line floats. That'll give you more walk on a Spook and more POP! on a Pop R. Bill Dance says he even uses ChapStick to make the last couple feet of mono more bouyant. If you want to use another line, you can increase the rear hook by one size to do the same thing. These are tiny differences, but might buy you a few bites over the other guy in the boat with the standard lure. Quote
BradGuenette Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 I use the SBR813 GLX/Chronarch 100/17lb Mono for bigger baits like Super Spooks, RI Vixens ect. For the smaller stuff like binkys, baby spooks I use a Dobyns 684cb/MetHG/30lb PPSS Quote
The Great Blue Heron Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 Avid 6'8" MXF and a Chronarch 50E with 12lb mono. Quote
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