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This does help!! Thank you so much! I noticed they have this reel in the 5.8:1 gear and 7.6:1. I was thinking I would go with the 5.8 from what I've read so far. Would this be the right gear with your experience? If so, when would you want a higher gear like the 7.6?

I would like to use braid to fc or straight fc

I don't have any experience with baitcasters without the dc breaking system. The tranx 300 in the 5.8:1 gear ratio keeps coming up as a good reel for what im looking for and was curious what people thought of their ease of use. If I decide to go that route is there anything I should know ahead of time that might save me some issues or headaches? I had a few with my dc in the beginning which I wish I would of known right away.

Thank you so much guys for taking the time to share your thoughts and experience. I really appreciate it! This site is so awesome!! Thanks again!

Hey guys, I just picked up a new St.croix 7'10 heavy/fast bass mojo. MJC710HF. This is the older generation that was on clearance at cabelas and got a great deal on it! It says it's rated for 1oz to 4oz. I have 8 other mojo bass rods that I love and im hoping I feel the same about this one! Anyway, I've never went swimbait fishing before or thrown anything over 1 oz and I'm really excited to start and would like to make sure my combo is set up right. I'm not sure what reel to get and was hoping for some advice. I would like to be able to throw the 8inch magdraft. I also have a savage gear line through bluegill that's 3oz I believe that I would like to throw. Currently I have shimano reels that I love and would like to stick with them but im also open to others too. They are curado dc's and slx dc's. I don't have any experience with any other baitcasters than with these dc reels. With the gear that I've mentioned what would be a couple reels with the recommended gear ratio that would pair up well with this rod? I was curious if the curado dc 201hg would be enough reel?I could use some recommendations on line too for this setup. Im not sure if this matters but I do fish out of a kayak often too. Thanks in advance for any help and advice!

I used your advice Tom and kept my thumb lightly on the spool as i twitch and retrieve and its helped a lot. Thanks again

50lb power pro Im glad you asked about the line. I just replaced it with 65lb super slick power pro in hopes that this might help too.

Sounds good! Thank you, i appreciate it your help

I have been walking a frog with my shimano slx dc paired 7ft heavy St.croix mojo and experiencing a lot of loops in my line and i have to keep pulling them out so that i dont backlash. My retrieve is a twitch twitch reel. Is it my retrieve that's causing me the problems? Oh im also using 50lb braid. Should i be changing up my retrieve to avoid this? Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you