Rod and line for Pad Crasher Jr frog

[The Fisher]

Any suggestions for a rod and line? It weighs 1/4 oz 

[the reel ess]

I have one that I don't use. But when I have, it's been my 7' MH spinning rod with size 40 reel and 20# braid. Braid won't dig into the spinning reel spool, so heavier line is not strictly necessary unless you just want it for the heavy cover. I don't want to respool the reel just to use that one bait.

 

Honestly, I catch dinks on the regular size Pad Crasher and popping model. I have a dedicated XH/XF BC combo for frogs.

[jbsoonerfan]

I throw mine in the same area where I throw the regular, which is thick grass and slop. Therefore, I throw them on the same rod which is a 7'2 H with 50# braid. I lose a little bit of distance and accuracy that I might gain if I went to a M or MH, but I am not willing to sacrifice the ability to get them back to the boat by getting down deep in the junk. IMO trying to keep their head up is part of the key to keeping them from getting into the thick stuff. Frog hookups are hard enough as is, if they get down in the stuff they have a much better chance of shaking loose in my experience.

[NathanDLTH]

No heavier than 40lb braid but 20-30 ideally and mh-h depending on where you are fishing the frog. 

[basser27]

30lb braid

[Eric~]

I use a Daiwa aird Heavy Fast Action 7’ with 65lb braid. Same setup for my regular sized frogs 

[MN Fisher]

12 minutes ago, Eric~ said:

I use a Daiwa aird Heavy Fast Action 7’ with 65lb braid. Same setup for my regular sized frogs 

Same rod, but only 50# braid. It's also my flip/pitch rod. With the Fuego CT-XS I have on it, I have no problem casting 1/4oz frogs a good distance.

[Teal]

Length is a personal decision but I use a 7'3 Heavy extra fast.  Powell 735  Like @jbsoonerfan said, I could get away with a M or MH but I have to assign the rod according to the cover I'm throwing too.  So I have the Powell 735 with 65 Daiwa J braid and a Lews Tournament pro 7:1.  There are days when I feel like shorter rod would be better. But they 6-9 to 7-3 range is where I would stay.   Itsnmy dedicated frog and heavy top set up, but if you are on a budget, make dang sure you buy something that fits alot of things that you do

[Bluebasser86]

I use the same rod as my regular frogging rod. However I did find while I was in my kayak a couple weeks ago that if you happen to break your frog rod, a M/F Lightning Rod Shock spinning rod with 20lb braid will work in a pinch with the JR.

[FryDog62]

I throw all my frogs including the smaller ones on an ALX Toadface - Heavy butt section but softer MH tip to get casting distance and walk/work the frog better than a straight Heavy stick.  I usually use 50 lb braid, but have used 40 as well.  I’ve started experimenting with the “rougher” Berkley X5 in the thinner 40 lb diameter to “saw” through vegetation when necessary.