15 pound braid for frogs?

[Nolanbassmaster]

I wanted to use 15 pound braid for frogs? Will it work?

[Dens228]

I fish in really thick weeds, lily pads, and grass mats. I use 65 lb braid.  It may be more than I need but it works great. 

[Kevinator1]

i'm with Dens.....50 or 65 lb braid in thick weeds....if that fish goes down in the weeds after you set the hook, you need to be able to winch him out and lighter braid might break.....

[CroakHunter]

40lb minimum for frogging for me.

[A-Jay]

1 hour ago, Nolanbassmaster said:

I wanted to use 15 pound braid for frogs? Will it work?

 

Possible challenges using 15 lb braid for frogs ~ 

Casting.

Effectively Hooking big bass.

Fighting most any bass in medium & especially heavy cover.

And the Boat Flip might not go well.

A-Jay

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46 minutes ago, Kevinator1 said:

i'm with Dens.....50 or 65 lb braid in thick weeds....if that fish goes down in the weeds after you set the hook, you need to be able to winch him out and lighter braid might break..... IF it doesn't break on the hookset

FIFY

[MassYak85]

You will run into three major problems. The first, the hooksets required to drive those heavy frog hooks home when your frog gets sucked under thick pads or vegetation is going to be plenty to snap 15lb braid. The second, the same hookset is going to cause that braid to dig deep into your spool and make the next cast a nightmare. The third is if you do hook a fish and your line doesn't break, if it wraps you up in cover you have almost no chance of getting it out. I'd say 40lb minimum. 

[WRB]

Very few baitcasting reels can effectively handle 15 lb braid that is .0070D line and cast it without the line digging down into itself on the spool.

This means you are using a spinning rod/reel combo, very few of those can handle hollow body frog fishing applications in cover.

So tell about your tackle, lure size and what type cover you plan to fish 15 lb braid ???

Tom

 

 

[Jaderose]

I'll make it very simple......

 

 

 

 

NO

[Ktho]

I'd go minimum 40lb braid, it's about the diameter of 10lb and the smallest diameter I like for most baitcasting reels. 50lb, 65lb and even 80lb work nicely as well. The strength comes in handy but I also just like the little bigger diameter line, I feel like it casts better, and lays better on the reel.

[Paul Roberts]

Match break strength to hook wire diameter. Point sharpness matters too. Otherwise, you'll be sorry.

[ww2farmer]

I have used the little Spro baby popping frogs on spinning gear with 10lb braid, and have never had any issues with it. This is of course for more open water and light cover. For "normal" frogging I use 50lb braid on MH or H baitcasting equipment.

[ClackerBuzz]

a few weeks ago i was too lazy to get my frog rod and made due with rod in my trunk--it has 20lb braid on it.  a few casts in I hang up on some cat tails.  the braid snapped like butter while trying to pull free.  $11 frog went sailing away. I spent 20 mins looking for it in high grass.  3 days later went back to fish with my frog rod i.e. 65lb braid.  guess what i found in the grass!?  with 65lb braid i've never broken off a fish let alone frog. i'll never make that mistake again

[Angealy]

I have used 15lb braid before on my L five foot spinning setup and threw just about everything on it and that's including a frog.

I have caught many fish on this same setup and even in heavy grass too and haven't had a single break off.

I think if i was using any thing else, I may have lost those fish.

With that being said, 15lb braid might not be the best choice to use but it can be done.

 

[OCdockskipper]

Yes, but not for most applications people use frogs in.

 

I have a heavy spinning rod with 15 lb braid on it & use it for skipping smaller sized frogs under docks or casting them into the backs of pockets where dead weeds have floated to the surface.  It is fairly open water, there isn't much cover that I need to winch the fish out of.  The no stretch braid helps with the hooksets.

 

I don't use this setup when fishing other waters that feature large expanses of lily pads or other heavy cover, that gets 65lb braid on a heavy baitcasting setup.

[ThisEndUp]

As most have said it's not impossible, but not practical. I throw a minimum of 50lb braid for moderate cover.

[Paul Roberts]

13 hours ago, ww2farmer said:

I have used the little Spro baby popping frogs on spinning gear with 10lb braid, and have never had any issues with it. This is of course for more open water and light cover. For "normal" frogging I use 50lb braid on MH or H baitcasting equipment.

Matzuo made, or did make, a tiny frog. Nice looking bait and with small enough hooks to use with lighter tackle. I didn't buy any bc I tend to use "frogs" (super-weedless topwaters) where it's super-weedy, and thus bigger frogs>hooks>line>rod>reel.

[r83srock]

I use 30lb braid often.