Deephaven

As for shopping for rods, focus on the lure weights not the line weights.

I've never seen one outside of the river. Been more than 20 years since I've caught one. Never thought about it. Where do you find them? A generic answer is totally fine. I am going to the Holcombe Flowage in WI. Figure MN will be nuts and it is the halfway point between our houses. Never been on it, flowages are far from my strength, but I've got a map, a boat, a bunch of food and plan on having some fun!

Where is the sport in live sonar? or Structure scan? or a depth finder? or a trolling motor? or a topo map? or a graphite rod? etc. There are lots of tools to catch fish. I'd use a lot more of them if frog fishing wasn't so much fun.

I guess someone waved it around in the air pretending it was a sword hitting all sorts of racks and things in the store before you bought it.

Small and standing are more up to you than the boat. I recently sold a Eugene Jensen racing canoe. I took it flyfishing and stood and cast while some of my friends tip it over paddling it sitting down. For reference I am 6'7". The other parameter of course is you state boat/kayak. Wide boats will by far be the most stable, but harder to transport. Should probably narrow that down too.

I had all mine made at Thorne Bros. Best tackle shop in MN IMO and you can feel all sorts of blanks/rods and go from there.

Maui Jim will ship you as many pairs as you want to try and allow you to return the rest. Their thin glass is really light and not much heavier if at all than poly lenses.

Ok, add scratch free to my last. Plastic lenses get microscratches and all cloudy really fast in comparison. I get occular migraines though so I wear sunglasses anytime I go even near outdoors. Mine get used. The only glass Maui's that have ever had a problem were a pair my buddy knocked off the table and stepped on breaking a lens and a pair that flew off my head going 75 across the lake without a strap.

Glass lenses last 10x as long as plastic. I am huge fan of Maui Jim's glass.

Errr, manage sales people

IMO a hot foot is a critical investment if you are regularly driving in rough water. It allows you to get the boat up on the waves and modulate your speed crossing them controlling the bow lift as needed and reducing the slap. Propping for power at the speed you run helps tremendously as well.

I had Thorne Bros build me a custom stick for those for about that price using one of their St Croix TB specific blanks.

Slop

Frog, spinnerbait, frog, jig, frog and a frog. With those I can mostly forego my other rods although I love jerkbaits and texas rigs too.

Mine goes on my wrist...but it is a tiller boat so my wrist is pretty much connected to the motor.

I use a Tiemco fly hook, but regular fish in heavy cover with a MH rod. Not suitable for light line/rod combinations.

If you break 1.5 you are REALLY lucky. Would be way better to put a small tiller outboard on it. Trolling motor and pontoon are not going to get you anywhere.

Adding mass isn't the solution adding size is. If you have a huge hand and put something little in it, it is hard to control...simple Physics. Of course you can train yourself to do things that are hard to do, practice is an amazing thing, but that doesn't make the technique logical.

I like faster actions for spinnerbaits, but fish grass and weeds with them. Cranks a more moderate or any underwater treble.

Jim - that is what the forum was for. Keep asking questions, we are all glad to talk fishing!

The mojo blank is 10x the blank the premier is. Made is Southern US...or at least what maybe soon at some point.

1- live minnow under a bobber 2 - small jig & tube 3 - live minnow under a bobber I HATE bobber fishing. Can't wait for Saturday when the real season finally opens. This crappie stuff isn't for me.

Assuming a tight line, the best sensitivity adder you can have is braid. If you can't assume that then it can be the largest detraction from sensitivity. I keep harping on this site about using the word vibration and sensitivity together. There is NO vibration imparted from a fish or the bottom. It is simply a force you feel. Think of it that way will help you understand what is important.

I'd rather pitch with frog rod than frog with a flippin' stick. I would go as long as you can find on the frog rod. Had mine built to 7'10" (rod lockers at that time were 8') and wish it were longer.

The rod has so much more leverage on you when you are only grabbing something that is a 1" diameter or less. Time to revisit how you hold your baitcaster as it will greatly add feel and control to rod moving presentations.