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Maybe you experienced snakehead fisherman can help me - my father in law is from thailand and he has a cheap setup for catching snakeheads there. However, he is wanting to step up to giant snakeheads (go up to 5 feet and 40lbs). This is still a freshwater fish that he catches from land. I'm visiting him soon and wanted to take him a present, but have no idea what type of gear stepping up from 10lb "regular" snakeheads to those 40lb monsters really means and I'm having a hard time finding information out. I know he likes a 7' fast heavy rod using a spinning reel with topwater frog lures. Any advice if a new reel/rod/(I would at least assume heavier braided line) is needed? Maybe I can just buy him a better reel and line that could do some double duty along with some new baits (since I won't go through the hassle of a taking a new rod on the plane). Thanks for any help.