If one is fishing around Catalina Island or anywhere the white seabass inhabits, what reel (for an older not so strong senior), loaded with 40 lb. line, would stand up to a large seabass? I'm figuring to target smaller fish in kelp, but I wouldn't turn down the chance to fight a big seabass. I don't know what the best reel would be, a TLD,another brand of levelwind reel, or would a Calcutta 400 hack it? I'd like to be able to cast it on what would be the equivalent of a muskie rod. Is the seabass as they are now growing along the south Pacific coast of California stronger than snook or muskies? How long can they run with a 30 lb. force pitted against them? I'm mostly worried about the drag systems holding up. Maybe that's not a worry, but it seems to me that a 70 lb. seabass could take a lot of line in deep water.
Thanks,
Mo Bass