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Synit Deepshot 150 or 250?

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Carl Hollis:
Gday all, I'm looking at getting a light-medium jig set-up for east coast Aus, Sydney to Sth Coast, for kings. Any advice or feedback on either 150 or 250 Deepshots? I'll be pairing up with a SW8000PG and running 50lb. Water depth ~70-120m.

Thanks, Carlos

Anesh Patel:
Hi Carlos.

I would suggest a Synit Deepshot 250 if you want to run 50lb braid and are looking to mainly swing jigs between 200g - 330g.

However I would suggest a DeepShot 150 with PE3 or PE4 for targeting Kingy's upto 20kg as the light setup is lots of fun and has more than enough power to stop the fish  ;). You could swing jigs between 100g - 250g nicely with this rod.

Josh Morrison:
Hi Carlos,

I agree with Anesh, main reason being is that the 8000SW will feel too big on the 150 mate.

I use a SW6000PG on my 100 and 150gm rods. The 8000SW is perfectly matched to and will be a well balanced set on a 250gm rod. The DS250 I have I use the SW10000PG (same physical size as the 8000) on it and its just a honey of a setup and has accounted for a large number of kings up to 30kg with ease.

Cheers,
Josh

Jamie Moir:
Hmm at risk of jacking the thread ...

Was thinking about another rod myself. I have a fairly cheap Golden Mean Earthshaker PE4 with a shimmy talica TAC8 on it. It is presently spooled with DSBB PE4/55lb (ABS=68lb!), total overkill for the rod.

I was thinking of bumping that rod down to a smaller reel, say more PE3 use and buying a DS 150 or 250. The thing is, I seldom fish jigs over 200g and never over 250g in that line class which kind of kills the DS250. Whats the max drag on the DS150?

Tony Fowler:
jamie

DS150 is 8kg max, best between 3-6kg

and 12kg for the ds250, best between 4-9kg.

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