Striper Reel

[bigspirit]

If you were going to get a reel for casting plastics/small swim baits to stripers (5-15lb range) would you go with the tranx 200 or curado 200? It will be on a Dobyns 734 for now. I’ve heard great things about both and am also open to other suggestions but these are what come to mind first for me for harder fighting fish. Thanks

[mrpao]

The curado 200 and trans 200 is pretty much the same reel. Curado has more bearings and weights less.

Maybe try a tranx 300 for alittle more line capacity. Some of them stripers can make decent runs.

[GetFishorDieTryin]

2 hours ago, bigspirit said:

If you were going to get a reel for casting plastics/small swim baits to stripers (5-15lb range) would you go with the tranx 200 or curado 200? It will be on a Dobyns 734 for now. I’ve heard great things about both and am also open to other suggestions but these are what come to mind first for me for harder fighting fish. Thanks

A Curado or Tatula 200 will be fine

[catchnm]

I live very near to Lake Texoma, one of the renowned Striper lakes in the nation. I grew up fishing it and remember catching tons of white (sand) bass before they introduced the striper. I'm old school and use two Abu Garcia 5600C with aftermarket power handles with 15-20 lb. Yozuri Hybrid. The Abu Garcia reels in 6500 size are the most favored by the guides here on this lake, but any round baitcast reel is prefered above a low profile BC.

[Bluebasser86]

Are you making long cast? I have very limited striper fishing experience, a couple trips to Beaver Lake in Arkansas is all. I used a 300E Curado for the most part for fish up to 20lbs and it did very well. I don't think I would have wanted to use a smaller reel for them, mainly because the extra line capacity allowed me to cast the needed extra distance and still have enough line on the spool to be able to give some line if a big fish was hooked on a long cast. 

[NHBull]

I like 300 size round reels for that application 

[ATA]

I use my tranx 300 for stripers.

[roadwarrior]

I like the 100 for a variety of applications, especially if you are casting. 

However, I have the 300 for trolling. 

 

https://fish.shimano.com/content/fish/northamerica/us/en/homepage/Shimano_Product_Page.P-CALCUTTA_CONQUEST_100-200_A.html

[bigspirit]

Somehow didn’t see there were new posts on this, sorry for the late response. Yes, I intend to be making longer casts to try covering more water as I’ll likely be fishing out of a kayak that isn’t the most fun to paddle miles and miles. Sounds like I may need to consider going up to the 300 size in the curado or tranx

[jimmyjoe]

   I see your userame is "bigspirit", as in Big Spirit Lake?

 

   If you're talking about the "stripers" in Iowa, .............   there are none. Despite popular comments to the contrary, there are only white bass (Morone chrysops) and wipers, which are white-x-striped bass hybrids.

   This doesn't mean that wipers are not fun. Heck yes, they're fun! But they're not quite the big runners that true striped bass (Morone saxitilis) are.

   I fish the Mississippi, and I run into wipers now and then. I have always preferred the Abu 5500-size and Shimano 300-size reels. Unfortunately, I have arthritis, and if I tangle with a school of them again, it'll be with a 200-size reel, 12 lb. Big Game minimum line strength.

   I'll have to be a little more careful, but I wouldn't exactly say that I'll be under-gunned.    

 

   OTOH, if you're planning on traveling to other states where there ARE true striped bass, I would DEFINITELY take the 300-size reels. A true striper can strip line from your reel pretty quickly!

 

  Good luck!        jj

[bigspirit]

16 hours ago, jimmyjoe said:

   I see your userame is "bigspirit", as in Big Spirit Lake?

 

   If you're talking about the "stripers" in Iowa, .............   there are none. Despite popular comments to the contrary, there are only white bass (Morone chrysops) and wipers, which are white-x-striped bass hybrids.

   This doesn't mean that wipers are not fun. Heck yes, they're fun! But they're not quite the big runners that true striped bass (Morone saxitilis) are.

   I fish the Mississippi, and I run into wipers now and then. I have always preferred the Abu 5500-size and Shimano 300-size reels. Unfortunately, I have arthritis, and if I tangle with a school of them again, it'll be with a 200-size reel, 12 lb. Big Game minimum line strength.

   I'll have to be a little more careful, but I wouldn't exactly say that I'll be under-gunned.    

 

   OTOH, if you're planning on traveling to other states where there ARE true striped bass, I would DEFINITELY take the 300-size reels. A true striper can strip line from your reel pretty quickly!

 

  Good luck!        jj

Awesome, thanks for the info! Now after these replies Im only considering the 300 size going forward. And yes you’re correct on the spirit spirit lake part in Iowa but I am relocating soon to Georgia where I will likely be for a while so my focus will be more on spotted bass and stripers going forward.