I dont do Lake O hardly at all,but if you want to give Simcoe a try,I would recommend 9 ft Ugly stick with a 5500 abu spooled with 10 pound maxum or Andi. Green seems to work best for me.
As for the power pro douG,I had a guy with me use it once,lost every hit he had as there is no stretch like you say,so Im thinking the lure pulled right out from them. Just MO.