Well the wife gave me the go ahead for another combo. I think what I will do is get a rig setup strictly for frogs. My current frog rig is a BPS PQ 7.1 on a 7' MH veritas rod. I love the PQ reel so no issues with that. My question is when i do upgrade the frog setup what can i do with my current one? I will say living in south florida i fish through a lot of slop and pads on a regular basis. My other current rig i only really throw weighted plastics. What else do you think is needed for the heavy cover besides frogs and weighted plastics? I dont really fish enough open/clear water for cranks and spinners. I thought of a weightless rig(senko, fluke, etc). Just wanted some outside input, and thank you in advance!

Matt

I think you are making a mistake not throwing spinnerbaits on ocassion. My brother-in-law was a strictly 10 inch weightless worm (mostly Junebug color) and #11 Rapala fisherman until this year when I made a believer out of him with a spinnerbait. Hauled in 5 in quick succession to his none with a worm. Later we did have to switch back to worms, but now he has added another lure to his repertoire.

The small lake we were fishing had a lot of weeds. We threw them where the weeds weren't all the way to the top. Hits sometimes came when the spinnerbait was hitting the tops of the weeds.

EDIT: Bro-in-law lives in Florida.

Get a Chronarch 200E7, put on a sturdy MH 7'+ rod, and spool it with some 65# braid. DONE.

Both good ideas. My current froggin rod has 40lb PP on it already. I fish from shore and felt i needed to sacrifice a little power for distance. The 40lb is good. I do have an occasional break off from snakeheads, but i think thats my own negligence from not re-tying when i should. I would have the 40lb braid on the new frog setup but would i leave it on my current setup or should i switch to lighter line if i wanted it to be used for spinnerbaits? Thank you again!

Matt

My current frog rig is a BPS PQ 7.1 on a 7' MH veritas rod. I love the PQ reel so no issues with that. My question is when i do upgrade the frog setup what can i do with my current one?

JIG!!

Frog, Plastics, and Jig that way.

I would have the 40lb braid on the new frog setup but would i leave it on my current setup or should i switch to lighter line if i wanted it to be used for spinnerbaits? Thank you again!

Matt

I don't see why the 40# couldn't be left on the old rod considering the type of cover you fish. I wouldn't want that combo for treble hooks, but can't think of any reason for not using it with single hook techniques.

I think i will keep it with single hook setups, there are countless applications for that. Thank you for all of the input guys!

Matt