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Damir Ruk:
Hi Guys.  I am about to purchase a new outfit that consists of a Shimano Stella 10000sw and one of two rods. Either a Shimano Bluewater Spin 1524 7'6" 15-24kg 40-100gm $360 or a Daiwa Saltist Demon Blood DB762X 7'6" P.E 5-6 90-230gm $350. The line i have is a YGK Ultra Jigman X8 78lb P.E 5 and i should get 350-400m on the spool. The question i have is about the stella 10k drag.  Is it really a 23kg drag as stated in the shimano catalogue. After seeing the schematics of this reel i can't see how as it has a standard 6 washer arrangement as apposed to the 18000 and 20000 stella which have a massive dual disc arrangement under the spool as well as a stack inside the spool to make 2kg more than the 10000sw. Has anybody actually tested this on a scale? Is this rating direct line pull from reel or from rod tip with the rod bent over? Has anybody tested these rods? Any feedback would be appreciated. I will be using this outfit at the Goldcoast (Queensland) mainly throwing poppers at GT's and Kingfish at the Seaway. Is this line any good for casting.

Brandon Khoo:
Damir, my humble opinion is that if you would be well-served with a Studio Oceanmark 16000 No Limit spools if you want to fish heavy drag on the 10000. That said, if you're going to be fishing PE5, the higher drag levels are no more than an academic issue.

Mark Harris:
I am also not at all sure that those rods would cope well with such heavy drag?

kriss brown:
hi Damir.I am in goldie as well.I fish of the sea way rock all the time. I am not the expect but what you accuring above  tackle  might be too big for the job . Here i get away with 15lb to 30lb outfit most of the time.May be once in blue moon u might meet those monster .i fish with 3000 size reels most time. only sometimes i go higher but hardly use it.if you are fishing from the boat u can even go with lighter outfit.hope that help .

Gareth Branicki:
Kriss you got in first both of us know the seaway 
I still fish it on rare occassions
10000 sw is a good choice as you can use it in the seaway and will handle tuna and mackeral over 20 kg no probs line wise 30 50 is ( overkill) tuf line  is best option
Gt's and the seaway 5 kg when running well and that maybe 2 weeks in a year as for kingfish this is not NSW  very light spin gear  if you are not planning a nomad /fuji/ NC trip then for seaway you are going way to heavy mate
if you do have a decent offshore boat talk to fishhead who are sponsers on this site just did a report about pt Lookout off straddie  but if you are sticking to the seaway very light poppers 30lb braid as for rods best entry casting rod is daiwa saltiga 80 tn  for metals and smaller poppers  if you want to go cheaper there are other options mate  for smaller gt's  in esturaies such as the seaway or those on the sunshine coast cheers

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