stella swb
Submitted by fishinguy on Sun, 2015-11-15 12:42
what size stella do u guys think i should get for 90% land based fishing for mackies, tuna, landbased rotto kingfish ect. I was thinking 8000 or 10000
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Dream fish to catch:
Giant herring.
Cobia.
D_d_001
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Date Joined: 09/03/13
SWB 8000 HG
whatever size you like just make sure you get a high ratio for the fishing you describe.
high speed for cast and retrieve
low speed for boat jigging
dkonig82
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Date Joined: 06/07/10
may as wel get the 10k or
may as wel get the 10k or 14k. They weigh the same and you might want the capacity one day.
HG the go for sure
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
fishinguy
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Date Joined: 16/06/15
but 8000 has more drag, 60lb
but 8000 has more drag, 60lb
Dream fish to catch:
Giant herring.
Cobia.
Hutch
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Date Joined: 21/04/13
You're 14, good luck holding
You're 14, good luck holding any more than a third of that drag for any period of time
wickky
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Date Joined: 24/11/13
Only 3kg more on the 8k.
Only 3kg more on the 8k. Surely 25kg max drag off the shore would be enough?
Alot of options for spools aswell. 8 10 and 14k shimano spools.
Jm 16k spool with 35kg max drag aswell. SOM and nature boys do spools aswell.
Get the HG and customize to your liking!
dkonig82
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Date Joined: 06/07/10
Unless you want to be fishing
Unless you want to be fishing with 150m of PE12 on the 8000 you won't be making use of 60lb of drag anyways. I sure as hell wouldn't fish anywhere near that standing on the shore!
Realistically you'll be fishing probably PE4-6. Any heavier, you'll pay the price on casting distance. You can't fish 60lb of drag on that line. I fish tuna and GTs a lot and I cant fish 60lb at all - particularly over an extra long shore casting rod!
Drag stacks on all of those reels 8, 10 and 14k are the same. The difference is just physics - bigger leverage on a 14000 spool as the diameter is higher.
Anyway regardless of what they are rated to an 8000 size body will not survive fishing big fish at 60lb of drag. Even if in theory the stack can put that much out.
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.