i can't seem to find an answer to fit my needs so i decided to narrow it down a little. I fish ponds with little to no vegetation on the water and i usually fish poppin style frogs and baits (EX poppin pad crasher and Spittin wa) can i get away with using monofilament??? if so what pound test! 

yes.

12#

Braid or mono. 10#-12#

You can, but I'd go with 15-20 to handle the impact of setting the hook. Heavy braid that's normally used isn't just for the heavy cover, it's for pushing 1 or 2 large hooks through a potentially very hard part of a bass' mouth. I don't fish them in real heavy cover either and still use 50lb braid. 

For open water applications, 40 lb braid  will suit your HB frog fishing just fine. 

8 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

You can, but I'd go with 15-20 to handle the impact of setting the hook. Heavy braid that's normally used isn't just for the heavy cover, it's for pushing 1 or 2 large hooks through a potentially very hard part of a bass' mouth. I don't fish them in real heavy cover either and still use 50lb braid. 

This. Hook setting power is the primary reason I prefer braid for frog fishing. The ability to cut vegetation is icing.

I'm in agreement with the braid guys above. It could be done with mono, but I think your results would be much better with braid. 

No vegetation?  I use 15 lb PP slick 8 personally.  It's what I fish non heavy stuff topwater with.  Works great. and your reel will hold a ton of it.