bigfishbk86

Here's another vote for #3 hyper wire owners!

I have not, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on this bait once you get out on the water!

I own numerous ltb's and avids, and I would go with the avid and save the money. K series guides are nice in the ltb's, but I HATE the reel seat.

AR-ratchet anyone??

Absolutely not, and in most cases and xfast taper is prefered for soft plastics. I won't argue with big turtle, but i believe the opposite. For me, casting accuracy is better with a tish longer rod, and distance is slightly improved. Also, I much prefer to fish any walking/popping bait on a 7'3 or 7'4 over a 7'. I, like you, fish the great lakes, green bay, bay de noc, and for what you'll be doing I believe a longer rod will suit you much better. You're fishing open water more often than not, which would suit a 7'3 better than a 7'. For what it's worth also, i'm phasing out all my 7' rods for 7'3 and 7'4, as I love the added length. Just my $.02.

Jiggin- Amazing for both. You will not believe how strong and tough this line is. My only advice is to use some KVD L&L to tame it down a bit, as it does have some serious memory.

P-line cxx is what you're looking for.

I would definitely go with 7'3. Personally I love the 7'3 length, and given that you don't have a rod over 7'1 that makes it even easier.

Dobyns 736, and I absolutely love it.

12 cxx, no question. 15 if you really need something strong.

50lb suffix performance braid. And as much as I love 832, I would not recommend it for frogging as it sinks and works very very poorly for frogs.

I can assure you that is not summer craw, however I don't know the color. Email uncle Josh and they'll be able to tell you!

Sizmic frog makes a giant frog, at least they used to a few years ago. I'm guessing that may have been what you saw. Edit: It's the sizmic magnum toad I'm referencing

Don't care at all, and I mean at all. This is confirmed by The 6 cabelas green zillions I have

Not trying to start a war, but I have to say i completely disagree with everything Red Earth is saying. Line stretch plays a huge roll in your fishing, and if you don't think so, well, good luck to you. I feel like from his statements there is a lot of things he has not experienced in regards to line stretch, just hasn't been exposed to yet, or hasn't realized. In any event, I prefer lower stretch lines like CXX even for crankbaits/treble hook baits, as it gives you much better control of your baits especially when fishing grass. I have never, in 17 years of tournament fishing had a need for a line with more stretch, but plenty of times need little or no stretch.

P-line CXX I would say has the least amount of stretch to it of all the coply's I've tried. It's also strong as nails, but requires kvd l&l spray.

I agree with the procyon ex. Even the new exceler for $80 is an amazing reel

I can't speak for the 705cb, but the 736 is my go to 1oz punch rig rod and I love it. I'd go for one if I were you

Megabass vision 110 and 110+1 are by far my favorite and catch more fish for me than probably all my other jerkbaits combined. Lucky craft pointers would be a distant second.

I would recommend not using braid. My suggestion would be 12lb CXX, but any copolymer will work in the 12-15lb test!

For both techniques I prefer 7.x:1 retrieves. It's nice to be able to pick up line when you need to, and also to be able to pick up more with shorter movements of the handle.

Without a doubt I'd go with 7' model. Only time I ever use less than a 7' spinning rod is for skipping, and even then it's 6'10" for me.

I own both the tatula and bb1 pro and I'd go with the bb1 pro.

10lb CXX without a doubt

I would use 8-10 lb mono.