Its easy. If you fish big baits and need a thicker line or you want to be able to throw long casts then go with 300 size... If not, you can fish with the 200. If i only want to choose one reel i would pick the 300 size.
Great video, I am just starting to dable into swimbaits and glidebaits. What is your prefrence? Daiwa or Shimano? Do you have any expereince with the Tatula 300?
I came to watch due to title but seems i missed something. One of the biggest reasons I came was to hear whether you need a 200 or step up to 300. At what point or lure weight do you feel the need to step into the 300? Speaking almost exclusively swimbaits, providing the correct spec'd rod is used, would you step up at 1.5oz+, 3oz+ or XYZ+?
Many Pros and cons between the 2 sizes. I have a 11' Fenwick rod coming for surf/shore line fishing. Surf fishing the gulf in FL your more likely to catch fish the 200 can handle, but occasionally you will hang a big boy that wants to run. That's when you need a 300. As for weights I will be throwing 1oz to 2oz lures on a 11' MH rod rated 1/2oz to 4oz. What I'm wondering is if a 1oz spoon is enough to get a 300 size spool ramped up in RPM's to launch a 1oz bait 100+ yards?
Great points, but you missed the most important factor. Gears. That's the first thing that'll go on a 200 sized reel that's being overworked. Drag is nearly irrelevant now that most companies have wised up to carbon fiber or "carbontex" drag washers instead of cheap "dartanium", plastic or felt washers. You'll never need more than 10lbs of drag on a bass fishing reel...PERIOD. You can add more drag by applying thumb pressure if needed. That being said, the most important thing is CONSISTENT and SMOOTH drag pressure. Sticky drags used to be the number one cause of lost fish back in the day. Imagine presetting your drags for 7lbs while fishing 12lb line, then your cheap drag washer stick with a fish on, or on the hookset. 💥knot failure if you're not tying a 100% connection knot or, your line detonates. Great edits, and congrats on breaking 1k subs.
Great points on both! I haven't torn down my 300K yet, but I'd like to really compare the gear set between the two. That said, lots of 200s out there being used for 8XD/10XDs, get locked down for flipping or frogging and seem to hold up pretty decently to those conditions. I'll see what I can come up with for a detailed comparison there. 👍
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I like my 300 size Shimano Curado’s and Diawa Tatulas on my big 8 food deep diving crank bait rods. It makes deep diving cranks much easier.
Its easy. If you fish big baits and need a thicker line or you want to be able to throw long casts then go with 300 size... If not, you can fish with the 200.
If i only want to choose one reel i would pick the 300 size.
This is a amazing video
Great video, I am just starting to dable into swimbaits and glidebaits. What is your prefrence? Daiwa or Shimano? Do you have any expereince with the Tatula 300?
I have not dabbled with Daiwa but they certainly have a strong following
I came to watch due to title but seems i missed something. One of the biggest reasons I came was to hear whether you need a 200 or step up to 300.
At what point or lure weight do you feel the need to step into the 300? Speaking almost exclusively swimbaits, providing the correct spec'd rod is used, would you step up at 1.5oz+, 3oz+ or XYZ+?
Many Pros and cons between the 2 sizes. I have a 11' Fenwick rod coming for surf/shore line fishing. Surf fishing the gulf in FL your more likely to catch fish the 200 can handle, but occasionally you will hang a big boy that wants to run. That's when you need a 300. As for weights I will be throwing 1oz to 2oz lures on a 11' MH rod rated 1/2oz to 4oz. What I'm wondering is if a 1oz spoon is enough to get a 300 size spool ramped up in RPM's to launch a 1oz bait 100+ yards?
great video! nice edits brotha🤙🏽
Thank you!
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Great points, but you missed the most important factor. Gears. That's the first thing that'll go on a 200 sized reel that's being overworked. Drag is nearly irrelevant now that most companies have wised up to carbon fiber or "carbontex" drag washers instead of cheap "dartanium", plastic or felt washers. You'll never need more than 10lbs of drag on a bass fishing reel...PERIOD. You can add more drag by applying thumb pressure if needed. That being said, the most important thing is CONSISTENT and SMOOTH drag pressure. Sticky drags used to be the number one cause of lost fish back in the day. Imagine presetting your drags for 7lbs while fishing 12lb line, then your cheap drag washer stick with a fish on, or on the hookset. 💥knot failure if you're not tying a 100% connection knot or, your line detonates. Great edits, and congrats on breaking 1k subs.
Great points on both!
I haven't torn down my 300K yet, but I'd like to really compare the gear set between the two.
That said, lots of 200s out there being used for 8XD/10XDs, get locked down for flipping or frogging and seem to hold up pretty decently to those conditions.
I'll see what I can come up with for a detailed comparison there. 👍