Thanks for the reply, I felt confident with the step down because I almost exclusively fish Pangas or Center Consoles, but now that you point it out, ther is a really significant gap bettween the 50's and both HX's, I'm new to the california style of tuna fishing so my knowledge in the area is extremely limited haha, so I was planning to use either the HX or HXW for fish 100 and under, what do you think about it?(thanks for the help in advance!!) fishrock Still trying to figure it all out #23 Thanks for the reply, I felt confident with the step down because I almost exclusively fish Pangas or Center Consoles, but now that you point it out, ther is a really significant gap bettween the 50's and both HX's, I'm new to the california style of tuna fishing so my knowledge in the area is extremely limited haha, so I was planning to use either the HX or HXW for fish 100 and under, what do you think about it?(thanks for the help in advance!!) Lots of cow YFT landed with the HXW and 100 lb

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