Hi Larry,
Let me begin by telling you that you and your show are awesome and what you have done for the fishing community is incredible your simply unbelievable!!
My question for you concerns the new Corado 300 and the calcutta 4000. I fish mostly for striped bass in my home state of NJ and 95 percent of my fishing is done from the surf and in back bays and rivers. I have two nice spinning set-ups and I am looking for a high end casting set-up to put in my arsenal.
I was wondering which reel would be better for casting top water spooks, poppers and swimmers and also different bucktail jigs off the bottom as well as soft plastic baits. Pretty much the better reel for working all levels of the water column (top, middle and bottom). I went and took a look at the Corado this past weekend at Cabelas and thought it was just a sweet heart of a reel and after I watched you burn some drag with those reds down south I thought it would be awesome to fight a striper on that reel. But my only concern is with the high gear ratio it would be hard for me to work certain batis at slower speeds. Do you think this would be a problem at all and do you think that maybe the Calcutta would do a better job at what I am looking to do. What rod would you reccomend as well for one of these reels. Any feedback would be great.
By the way if your ever want to come join me in June to hunt the Jersey Shore for some monster striped bass from the surf I would be honored to share the incredible fishery with you.
Hope to hear from you soon.
JS