What is everyone’s favorite Topwater line I have one dedicated rod for Buzz Baits Ploppers and Frogs  .Just curious to see what everyone is using

As in fishing line?  Floaty mono.  I throw 14 and 16# supernatural for walking baits and 17# elite for buzzbaits most of the time.  

maxima ultragreen

Sufix Promix braid

Ordinary Big Game mono

Walking baits, jerkbaits, poppers, I use 15 lb Big game  mono.

 

Frogs I use 50-65lb braid, because I’m throwing in the thick narly vegetation.  

Mono and braid.

PowerPro green 20lb braid. 

Poppers and walkers, 10lb nylon.
Buzzbaits and frogs, 50lb braid.

Walkers/ Poppers - 12 ln mono. Frogs 50 lb braid

Frogs will need braid. The others use mono.

 

At least that's how I do it. 

McCoy Mean Green

Frogs get 65 braid

Super Spooks get 30 braid to an 18 inch  14 lb mono leader.

Most everything else is on 14 Super Natural except poppers which are 10/12 mono.

My top water rig has mono- Big Game 12lb mono.

Big game or power pro. In the case of topwaters with lighter treble hooks, I like to do power pro to a big game leader on a medium spinning rod 

After using mono for 40 years I've gone to 30lb. braid. I can't find a downside to it. It makes a so so running wake bait or walking bait better.

30# braid 

Never use a leader. 

 

I’m in the process now of changing brands  which has been eye opening for me. 
I’ve always used original Power Pro for the 3 presentations that I use braid on. 
 

I changed over to Seaguar’s Smackdown and was really surprised and impressed with it. 
It’s smoother coming off and I get more distance which for me is critical as I’m more of a placement caster even in open water as opposed to just throwing and hoping. 
 

The biggest change for me was for frogs. 
I use the Scum line exclusively with the small original one being my go to which I use 50#.
Before the switch being a course 4 carrier braid, I thought about dropping to 40# to get a little more distance but would be a little scary for me considering the majority of the “frog water” we have here. 
 

For everything else on top it’s still 30# but now Seaguar’s Smackdown 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike
 

 

 

12 lbs. Bass Pro Shops Premium Excel on baitcasters and 8 lbs. mono on spinning.

Good Fishing ...

17 lb fluoro for buzzbaits..

30 lb. braid for all other topwater… 

10 lb braid, 7 lb Sniper leader for BFS

For open water walking baits and poppers, last year I tried the "Topwater" specific line from P-Line and really liked it...

 

Sunline Super Natural is nice too... 

 

I prefer mono over braid for those types of baits, especially on baitcasting rigs which is primarily what I use for those endeavors... 

 

Frogs and frogging, Sunline FX2 braid...

I ran regular ol purple spool Stren 12 or 14# for the longest time. 

Tried Sunline Supernatural last summer. Yep.....won't be going back to Stren. I like the green color.

 

I don't frog much, but when I do it's 40# braid 

15 pound Big Game.

50# braid for frogs. 12 lb. Big Game mono for trebles and buzzbaits. 30# braid for Whopper Plopper and Spook simply because you can cast them a mile and I usually use the 110 size WP. I set the drag loose for these and play the fish in open water. I use a 7' MH "heavy cranking" rod for this bait. This rod also does some duty for toads and various oddball MH applications.

I like sufix 832 30lb braid to a very short 10lb yo-zuri hybrid leader for most topwater and just replace the entire leader when I switch lures. The yo-zuri is a good leader for this type of thing and not expensive IMHO. For frogs I just go with 50lb sufix w/ no leader.

Braid to a mono leader. No way i am using just mono with a 400ft stretch, especially if you catch something at long distances.