Hollow body and Soft plastic frogs

[Chughes37]

Can a hollow body frog be thrown on the same rod as a soft plastic horny toad? The places I fish (both on boat and on banks) have light to moderate cover.  I was going to get a 7' H/F rod. I'll be pairing it up with a 7.3:1 reel. I haven't messed with braided line too much but I was thinking 50 lbs braid and not so sure about the leader. I would guess 18-20 lbs flurocarbon. Thoughts??

[Bluebasser86]

I fish mine on the same gear, although I rarely use toads (the soft plastic style frogs). Your combo will work fine, but skip the leader, there's no need for it and it will hamper the action of your bait. 

[Mike L]

5 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I fish mine on the same gear, although I rarely use toads (the soft plastic style frogs). Your combo will work fine, but skip the leader, there's no need for it and it will hamper the action of your bait. 

 

Ditto 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike 

[OnthePotomac]

And 50lb Sufix 832 braid works fine for me.

[SFL BassHunter]

I'd go straight braid. No FC leader. If you decide to go with a leader, go mono because Fluorocarbon sinks and you are throwing topwater lures and baits. You'll get better action out of the lure with straight braid, or mono leader. 

 

[d-camarena]

In light to moderate cover id get a medium heavy intead of the heavy. Casting distance will be limited with the heavy. Just make sure the rod has enough backbone

[Jaderose]

If you aren't fishing heavy slop..(like I do) you do not need a Heavy rod.  M/H would be just fine.

 

p.s........DITCH THE LEADER

[Chughes37]

I appreciate all of the replies! I'd much rather run straight braid anyways and not go through the hassle of tying on a leader. This may be a stupid question because like I said I've never messed with braid. Does the color of braid matter? I'd assume you would try to match it with the color of the water and/or surroundings. 

[IndianaFinesse]

40 minutes ago, Chughes37 said:

I appreciate all of the replies! I'd much rather run straight braid anyways and not go through the hassle of tying on a leader. This may be a stupid question because like I said I've never messed with braid. Does the color of braid matter? I'd assume you would try to match it with the color of the water and/or surroundings. 

I don't think they really care what color the braid is, but since high vis line doesn't help with frogs/toads anyways I usually use green.  

[Jaderose]

I've used hi vis green and now black and it does not matter.  You have a lot of stuff in the way to break up the line.  Most of the time the heavy stuff I fish...the line isn't even touching the surface

[scaleface]

I'm going to be fishing  frogs on chara matts  this   year and will use an existing rod . I pull bass out of those matts all the time with 7'0" mh rod and 12 lb test so that will be my frog rod . What frog would excel in  getting  good solid hook penetration with that setup? Frogs with slightly smaller hooks maybe ? I have an old Snag Proof that has worked in the past and just picked up a Booyah Pad Crasher .