The Shimano® Curado® E Low-Profile Baitcast Reel is one of the most standard bass fishing reels on the market. It is preceded by several series of the Curado that have all performed extremely well and given bass fisherman a lightweight affordable bait caster that they can rely on. No matter whether you are flipping and pitching or you are casting a deep water crankbait all day there is a Shimano Curado in the reel size, reel handle, and gear ratio configuration to suit your needs. The curdao has super high speed gear ratios for topwater presentations or flipping techniques and low gears for grinding deep crankbaits all day. There are several sizes from the small finesse version of the 5o which is an excellent light line baitcaster for fishing plastics with 10 – 12lbs test or using lighter weight crankbaits and rip baits. The standard reel size would be the 200 which can fit a lot of line especially if you are using braided line. This reel is perfect for punching or using on a frog rod. Spool up the Shimano 300 series with heavy line and set the feel on a favorite swimbait rod and go search for the big bite. This large spool size allows you to really up the line size to handle the pressures that occur when casting a large plastic swimbait that is 9 inches or larger.
No Matter what kind of fishing you will be doing you will be happy with your choice of a Shimano Curado E Series bait caster for your reel of choice. There are fancier reels available pon the market but if you want to equip all of your rods with the same reel for ease of cleaning, repairing as well as having a real good feel for your equipment the Shimano Curado is a reel that you can do so with and not break the bank like if you tried to fill out a complete rod and reel line up with calais’s or other high end Shimano reels which are amazing, but also expensive.
Shimano Curado E Low-Profile Baitcast Reel – Model CU50E
The manufacturer highlight features for the Shimano Curado E Low profile bass fishing reel:
- Smooth, strong and ergonomically precise
- Rugged, 1-piece aluminum frame and side plate
- High Efficiency Gearing offers unmatched strength
- Super Stopper Instant Anti-Reverse System
- Variable Brake System (VBS®)
- Dartainium® drag
- Magnumlite® spool