[SoCalEDC]

Hey guys,

I'm pretty new to kayak fishing, maybe 3-4 months into my journey now and I am headed to la Jolla on Sunday to Target WSB and YT for the first time. I have some mild fishing experience but always on charters in Baja so I didn't have to bring my own gear. I have some set ups that I'm thinking will be suitable but I don't want to go too light, or too heavy. I would like to take (3) set ups, 1 spin, 1 conventional, and one sabiki.

I was thinking I would bring these reels along, but I want to be sure they were up to the challenge:

-Daiwa bg5000 spooled w/ 40# braid no top shot (yet)
-Daiwa sealine 50H or Penn 309 both with 40# braid+50# top shot
-Daiwa bg4000 or Shimano Sonora 4000 with 30# braid for the sabiki rig.

All of them will be on matching rods either 15-40# or 12-25# (sabiki)

I have some larger sealine conventional reels I could bring, a 300 size baitcaster, and some lighter spinning reels (bass stuff), but the reels above are the reels I had in mind.

Am I going to break fish off, get spooled, smoke my reels, or are these going to take the fun out of fighting the fish?

Thanks in advance for the help