Medium moderate crankbait rod for poppers?

[Marc Tyler]

What do y'all use for small poppers (megabass pop x) and the whopper plopper 75. I have a abu garcia veritas winch (7foot medium moderate crankbait rod) 

[Columbia Craw]

For that weight range Marc, I throw a Dobyns Champion 705CB.  Several guys in our bass club are throwing the Fury 705CB.  These also make outstanding squarebill rods.  Good shopping.

[ike8120]

I am using the FR705CB rod.

[NHBull]

Impulse Zell Rowland Signature Series Casting Rod

[BoatSquirrel]

1 hour ago, Marc Tyler said:

What do y'all use for small poppers (megabass pop x) and the whopper plopper 75. I have a abu garcia veritas winch (7foot medium moderate crankbait rod) 

Thats about what I use for my topwater creek setup.  If they eat it, that soft rod will not let them come unbuttoned.  

[MIbassyaker]

I prefer short rods with F or XF actions for popping/twitching/walking/jerking presentations. I use two rods for jerkbaits & plug-style topwaters around 1/2oz, more or less interchangeably:  A 6'4" M-XF Fenwick Aetos (older model) or 6'6" M-F St. Croix Premier.  I suppose something softer may be more optimal for the WP 75, but I find it fishes just fine on both of those rods.

[Bluebasser86]

Small poppers I fish on a 6' 2" M/XF Avid. I can make them do things with that rod that no other rod I've found can make them do.

 

The 75 plopper could be fished on the cranking rod, but I like to fish mine on a 7' M/F rod and braid. No hookset required, I just crank into them and let the hooks dig.