Would I be able to frog fish with an 6' 6" heavy or a 7' medium heavy ugly stik, looking to use a rod specifically for frog fishing, what rod would I be better off using, thanks in advance

Personally - I'd use the heavy. Need something with enough backbone to haul the bass out of the weeds it's taken that frog down into.

I'm not familiar with the action of an Ugly Stick but if it were me and frog fishing in the pads or surface matted grass I'd use the heavy. 

 

That said I have a few m/h rods that fish like a heavy and wouldn't hesitate to use them for punching or frogs. 

 

The difference in the length wouldn't be that much of a factor. 

Use the ratings of the rod as an indication but not gospel. 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

6 minutes ago, Mike L said:

I'm not familiar with the action of an Ugly Stick but if it were me and frog fishing in the pads or surface matted grass I'd use the heavy. 

 

That said I have a few m/h rods that fish like a heavy and wouldn't hesitate to use them for punching or frogs. 

 

The difference in the length wouldn't be that much of a factor. 

Use the ratings of the rod as an indication but not gospel. 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

So the 6'6" heavy should be alright for what I'm using it for also where I live we don't get as much weeds and no mats at all

Yes

You'd lose a little distance but the heavier backbone should be the deciding factor. 

 

 

 

 

Mike

I will give you my experience. I bought a 7' H rod to fish frogs with. I was using 50lb braid and I would get bit like crazy. I probably caught 1 fish for every five strikes. I could not figure out the problem at all. Well one day I just had a MH and mono with me but I decided to tie on a frog. I think I caught almost every strike. Looking back (I taught myself something I guess) using the H rod with braid allowed for almost zero stretch and I was setting the hook on the blow up instead of waiting till I could feel the fish. I was doing the same thing with the mono and MH but there was streatch in the line and a different power in the rod that would allow the fish to get a good hook set. I went back to a H rod with braid and have learned that you need to wait a second before swinging for the fences. Just something to consider.

Either one of those rods will work..... especially if you aren't fishing heavy slop.  You'll want 50 lb braid and as fast a reel as you can put on it.

 

The hardest part of frog fishing is the timing.  I consider myself a good to very good frogger and I've spent 1000's of hours doing it over the course of a decade or so.  Every single year, my timing is off at the beginning of the season.  Not to mention that every fish is different.

24 minutes ago, Jaderose said:

Either one of those rods will work..... especially if you aren't fishing heavy slop.  You'll want 50 lb braid and as fast a reel as you can put on it.

 

The hardest part of frog fishing is the timing.  I consider myself a good to very good frogger and I've spent 1000's of hours doing it over the course of a decade or so.  Every single year, my timing is off at the beginning of the season.  Not to mention that every fish is different.

Ya where I fish there is little to no slop the only vegetation I come across is lily pads in like late June early July but nothing compared to the slop there is in the south, I have caught top water fish before on my 6' 6" medium ugly stik would just like something a little bit more specific to frog fishing.

13 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

I will give you my experience. I bought a 7' H rod to fish frogs with. I was using 50lb braid and I would get bit like crazy. I probably caught 1 fish for every five strikes. I could not figure out the problem at all. Well one day I just had a MH and mono with me but I decided to tie on a frog. I think I caught almost every strike. Looking back (I taught myself something I guess) using the H rod with braid allowed for almost zero stretch and I was setting the hook on the blow up instead of waiting till I could feel the fish. I was doing the same thing with the mono and MH but there was streatch in the line and a different power in the rod that would allow the fish to get a good hook set. I went back to a H rod with braid and have learned that you need to wait a second before swinging for the fences. Just something to consider.

I think its trial and error until you find something you like.

Like you > the heavy rod and braid = a lot of swings and misses for me

I switched to a med heavy and braid and now my landing percentage has went way up