MarkH024

Koppers LiveTarget is my go to frog. Great durability, great hooks and it flat out catches fish. You can also cast them a mile and they rarely ever take on water until they get really beat up to the point of needing replacement. It's really hard for me to put this frog down and switch to something else. The field mouse is a good bait too, walks a bit easier than the frogs. Spittin Wa for semi-open water for chugging. Great hooks and good castability. I only used this for the later part of the season this year but I liked them for throwing in the sparse pads or channels in the pads. I'm planning to have a second frog rod with this tied up much of next season. Rage Toad or Shad for my softbody selection. Both have awesome buzzing action and can be casted good distances. I use these when things need speeding up.

The 8' St Croix Premier glass rod is a pretty popular trolling rod for musky. The TDR that you mentioned is another highly suggested rod. It's all going to boil down to what you plan on trolling. Try looking through Musky Hunters forum. That would be your best source of information.

Whatever you decide, just be sure you're not zinging baits off of someone's boat. That is one good way to tick someone off really fast. Senkos, Weightless fluke/caffeine shad, or a jig if you can cast in tight quarters.

x2. I also noticed it makes the braid more limber quicker if it has a thicker coating like PP does. That is a good thing in my book.

Nice! Send me one to demo please.

#20-30 lb 832 or PP braid on the spinning reel would be a good choice. You'll be able to fish just about any frog situation with that set up except some really dense stuff might give you some problems if you hook up with a good sized fish. It'll be a lot of fun regardless though! Hope you catch some hogs, froggin is a ton of fun.

A lot of musky guys fish the 12". That's an appetizer for a 50" ski.

No. Frog fishing is a very broad term. You can fish a frog in the wide open water or you can fish it in the nastiest thickest mats. I would figure out what type of cover you're fishing frogs with most of the time before you make a decision on equipment. When in doubt, go a bit heavier because you never know when you'll fish some gnarly stuff. You certainly wouldn't want to pass up a spot if you know the rod couldn't handle the area that is holding fish. I use a MH/F St. Croix mojo with a Curado 200e7 spooled with #50-#65 braid. Works great for me in any water applications for the most part. I've had a couple instances where in the really nasty stuff it's been a challenge to get fish up and out but I usually always manage.

X2. I have a black as well and its worth every cent. I haven't scratched the surface of what that thing is capable of. Remeber though, you'll need a good pc to really maximize the potential of a GoPro. Its not just the camera that does all the work. So figure that into your decision making process.

Good fish man!

The hardbaits sell out in minutes of release. You can find plenty of them on swimbait site forums or fleabay. Prices are almost always inflated though. Good luck on your search

http://shop.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=735593&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=WX2*020020900032C&pm2d=CSE-SPG-15-PLA&gclid=COeX4fDW-7oCFcpaMgodrx4AjA Fluoro leader materials work well too. Spro makes some inexpensive premade ones. Or you can make your own.

Ever been to Rollie and Helens? Awesome little musky shop. I use a Bps sharpener. It was pretty cheap but gets the job done.

I'd get a 7 or 9 personally. Start smaller before you go huge. 12" is a huge bait that can wear you down really fast. Besides the 7 or 9 is going to catch the occasional 3-4lbers more often than a 12 would. You and I both don't live in areas that produce DD bass regularly so keep that in mind. This is just how I view it. The die hards will tell you go big or go home, I just don't live by that in the Midwest.

Bettencourt Dying Bluegill is a pretty slick little bait. Its only 3/4oz and the action is sweet. Easily thrown on a mh rod. Check out the video on YouTube or tackle warehouse.

GoPro will automatically segment your clips in 25-30min segments if you continously record. As mementioned already its good to stop and start after catch n release so you know the end of the clips are most of the catches.

Manns Minus -1 was a first for me this year and I love them. They work perfectly for my lake which is loaded with weeds. I didn't fish as much this year as I'd like to. There are a few other baits discussed here that I'd like to give a whirl next season. Everything from Siebert Outdoors. Swim jigs, punch skirts, grass jigs and more. I'll definitely have one of Mikes jigs tied on at all times next season. I also picked up a lot of 5-8" swimbaits that I didn't get a lot of time with. Looking to put those to work next season.

Another SWaver vote. I just ordered another. I have Bluegill and You Know It.

Yea it was a tank. Scumfrog on a crap spinning rod and original 8lb fireline back in 2007. I could stick my fist in its mouth with room to spare. That fish was old, you could just tell by the looks of it.

Wow Goose. I think we fish the same lake. Looks too familiar.

So when can I come fishing with you? I have gas money, and a cooler for snacks. I promise I'll only bring like 8 set ups and 9 3700 boxes.

He's referring to the superline Gammys. THey only come in those two weights, from what I've seen. They work great for what I've described already. Other things to consider are line type, line size, and retrieval speed. All play a part in keeping a soft plastic like a fluke down subsurface.

My PB was in central Wisconsin. 23.75" and 7lb I've caught plenty of 20-22" largemouth since, but Wisconsin LMB just don't get the girth like they do in other places. MY biggest smallie was around 4lbs but that was in Canada. Biggest Wisconsin smallie was 3 to 3.5.