Rod for a curado 300ej - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

joefish808 · 11-06-2015, 10:06 AM

First off, $70 is a fantastic deal for an EJ Curado. I paid $150ish for mine's and thought that was a killer deal. Great, versatile reel that's smooth, has some good cranking power and looks great as well.

I don't know if this helps, but I pair my EJ with an older 2nd gen Teramar (the green on the rod even matches the EJ, which I wasn't trying for, but worked out that way). Teramars are more of your versatile rods, though, not a specialist type rod. I have 7' 4" version, MH, lure rating from 1 oz-3 oz, off the top of my head; forget the line rating off the top of my head.

I can bottom, power fish with this combo, troll with good tip feedback, and cast well (even Rapalas). It's one of my favorite set ups to fish with. If I had to do it again, I'd consider 7' 4" through about 8 feet. Considering I use this combo for different types of techniques, I'd still go for mid 7 foot, MH rod again, personally speaking.

PQyakyak · 11-06-2015, 11:51 AM

I echo others here, great find on the 300ej. I love my reel spooled with 30lb braid and matched it with a phenix SMX-82MH (15-35lb). The setup is light but strong enough to cast all day with lead head swim baits, smaller irons and spoons. Truly a versatile rig and fun too.

11-06-2015, 10:06 AM	#1
joefish808 Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 43	First off, $70 is a fantastic deal for an EJ Curado. I paid $150ish for mine's and thought that was a killer deal. Great, versatile reel that's smooth, has some good cranking power and looks great as well. I don't know if this helps, but I pair my EJ with an older 2nd gen Teramar (the green on the rod even matches the EJ, which I wasn't trying for, but worked out that way). Teramars are more of your versatile rods, though, not a specialist type rod. I have 7' 4" version, MH, lure rating from 1 oz-3 oz, off the top of my head; forget the line rating off the top of my head. I can bottom, power fish with this combo, troll with good tip feedback, and cast well (even Rapalas). It's one of my favorite set ups to fish with. If I had to do it again, I'd consider 7' 4" through about 8 feet. Considering I use this combo for different types of techniques, I'd still go for mid 7 foot, MH rod again, personally speaking.

11-06-2015, 11:51 AM	#2
PQyakyak Junior Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: PQ Posts: 8	I echo others here, great find on the 300ej. I love my reel spooled with 30lb braid and matched it with a phenix SMX-82MH (15-35lb). The setup is light but strong enough to cast all day with lead head swim baits, smaller irons and spoons. Truly a versatile rig and fun too.