05-22-2014, 01:55 PM | #1 |
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300ej for yellows
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I've seen a lot of comment on our favorite FB groups that it can but I would imagine landing it would take much longer. But I would love to hear it from someone with first hand experience.
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I've seen a video of one taken in the 30# range from a cattle boat on a big hammer. Looked like a fun fight. I just don't know how the reel fared after all was said and done
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I've landed rat yellows with my old 300EJ with no problem, but honestly if I ran into models 25#+ I would have probably had one hell of a fight on my hand. Keep in mind most bait casters are too small for the typical conventional rod so you would either have to have a custom rod with a little backbone, or you will have to deal with typical bait caster style rods so in the end your back will probably pay the price...just my .02.
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Dahlberg wacked a bunch of 60-90 lb. jacks off a reef in Australia using 300e's on one of his big fish shows. Wonder how modded those reels were.
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I've fought a 60-80lb class jacks... I can't imagine the EJ landing those things. but where we were we had to land them fast or loose them; fighting them for an hour wasn't an option.
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I'm in the same boat. Was planning on using the Daiwa Lexa 300 with power handle for chucking surface irons. I assume this is a similar reel to the 300ej. Was going to spool it with 40lb braid and put it on a heavy 8 foot teramar...supposedly the reel has 22lb of drag. Anyways, point is I'm also interested in hearing if anyone is using these low profile reels for yellowtail.
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I haven't hooked any with curado's but i have on my Revo Inshore, it held up fine to the small 10lbr's but got spooled on a fish I couldn't turn. My Revo toro 60 is my go to now, has plenty of power and line capacity with no problems yet. It has similar specs to the curado 300ej so I imagine it should be fine.
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I have my 300EJ that I STOLE from Amazon last year on a used Shimano Terez Waxwing rod. I would LOVE to tie into a smaller yellow with that and play! It's 100% my go to combo for tossing the waxwing when the Bonito are boiling and I LOVE snagging them on that. It works well for calicos too.
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I know Jorge landed a 20+ yellow last year on the islander trip with a bait caster from the 70's. If he can do that I am sure a Curado can take on a fat Yellow
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If we actually get an influx of schoolie sized, 8-15 lbs, yellows that reel would work great and be a lot of fun. If bigger fish show up you might be a bit under gunned. Hanging a big fish and cranking away for 1/2 hour is frustrating, to me at least. The sea lions might like it though. Definitely the low pro bait casters are nice to use but some times a bigger reel is needed. Mike
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05-22-2014, 07:16 PM | #14 |
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I agree with taggermike. Looks like the grade of yellows is a little larger this year than last. Sure, if you're fishing yellows up to 15 maybe even 20lb I would say the curado 300 ej is adequate. Anything bigger than that, for low pros, it's either tranx or lexa 400. And they make a jig stick clamp by tiburon for both of those reels now, which is pretty sweet. I think that yellows up to 30 could be handled with the lexa 400 and tranx. Hypothetically a 300 ej would handle it but you will go through drag washers like crazy, and would want 40-50 lb line for capacity reasons. For the same price or cheaper than a 300 ej you can buy a torium, saltist which casts just as well and will not have to worry about drags or line capacity.
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40-50 lb braid that is
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05-22-2014, 07:54 PM | #17 |
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Both of those reels would still be stronger than a curado 300 ej
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05-22-2014, 09:59 PM | #18 |
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Really because the 300ej has an extra pound of drag then both those reels
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05-22-2014, 10:03 PM | #19 |
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Hand test them and you will see that the specs on conventional reels are low balled, while I feel that low pro reels are over exaggerated.
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