Frog fishing rod.

[Thefishingnoobie1987]

I heard frog fishing rods need to be a medium-heavy. Can I use a medium spinning rod? Will it still get the power to drag the bass out of the vegetation? 

[casts_by_fly]

You can make it work. You’ll need a pretty stout rod if you’re in heavy cover. A lot of medium spinning rods don’t have the backbone to drive home a frog hook. Some do.  I have an HMX fenwick that could do it with braid. But on the whole, most medium spinning rods are going to be too light. 

[ThatFishingGuy]

I've done it and caught fish, but it definitely isn't ideal. A medium rod just doesn't have the power for good hook penetration especially if you're in heavy vegetation.

[Brian11719]

8 hours ago, Thefishingnoobie1987 said:

I heard frog fishing rods need to be a medium-heavy. Can I use a medium spinning rod? Will it still get the power to drag the bass out of the vegetation? 

I mean technically you can use whatever you want but I'd personally suggest a heavy fast casting rod for frogs. I did use spinning gear when I first started throwing frogs and doing that can work...I just used smaller frogs (I still have a Strike King KVD Pipsqueak Popping Perch that I haven't opened yet) and a medium heavy fast spinning rod with 30lb braid. Having said that I eventually saw why people suggest a dedicated frog rod and personally don't feel like you need a super expensive one. In my case I went with a Heavy Fast Lew's TP1X but if I had to do it over again I'd probably go for the Dobyns Fury FR 735C but you could probably go even less expensive and get something like a heavy fast lew's carbon fire and have something that would be pretty good for flipping and punching into heavier stuff as well as throwing frogs. Like others have said medium power seems like it might run into issues either when they pull you down into the grass or when setting the hook I guess it depends on how big the fish are and how much grass is around but I personally feel like you might lose some on a medium rod which would suck because it's already tougher to get a bite on a frog (although it's awesome when you do).

[TheSwearingAngler]

I have a last gen Carbonfire Heavy Fast I got on clearance paired with a LFS that I got on sale… works great. You really need a Heavy Fast.

[Ski]

Heavy power, Fast action. 50/65 lb braid especially around thick vegetation.

[Pogues2300]

Grew up fishing walleye, northern pike, and panfish with my grandpa. Watched the occasional bass show on tv and wanted to try. I threw a frog on the same rod I caught panfish on with mono… I didn’t know any better and for the most part the fish didn’t seem to know they weren’t supposed to be caught either. That being said… a medium heavy rod with braid probably would have worked better lol. 

[Dye99]

I was always a popper guy myself, but I slowly gravitated over to frogs.

Using an older Loomis worm rod that was a heavy extra fast, and a spinning reel.

I did ok but the technic never really resonated.

Then I purchased a dedicated Cashion frog rod and the who thing opened up to me. Made sense. Now I love frog fishing.

Long story short a fisherman can man anything work if its all he has but when proper tools are used its far easier!