Man, you guys using those gti's and senators must have arms the size of logs from all that cranking! I like to use reels with higher ratios when fishing those 300+ depths. I usually give my buddies a head start and still beat them in when its time to crank them up. I have settled on the daiwa sealine series of reels cause they're moderatly priced but more importantly they have much higher ratios than those penns