I brought a 4000 thunnus ci4 last year for straylineing the shallows of the kaipara over mud and sand but it aslo doubles as a soft baiter aswell great little reel so looking to get its bigger brother to strayline over foul on the east coast and stop the monsters from getting to the bottom and busting ya off so need a fair amount of grunt will use about 40lb braid
I like compact so thinking the 8000 but has that got the grunt i need to get those massive snapper turned in a hurry??

What's your thoughts?
Cheers

The spcs sheet says following baitrunner d 8000 max drag 9kg
Baitrunner d 12000 max drag 12kg
Thunnus 8000 10kg max drag
Thunnus 12000 12kg max drag
And yes stronger ci4 frame so maybe a comfortable 8kg drag
Cap isn't an issue really never fish over 50m and hardly ever that deep if you cant stop a big fish over foul with 30m of line your not going to the specs sheet says that the 8000 should hold plenty of 40lb to get the job done and more

went to my local H&F store today and picked up a birthday present a thunnus 8000 on a shimano terez 30-50 lb rod spooled with 250m of 50lb braid

I have a Thunnus on a Terez and I like it. Really good for big fish and dealing with the sometimes endless supply of big tope we get out west. Only criticism is the reel doesn't have huge line capacity which has only tested me twice and that was hooked up in 40m on kingfish. The combo still beat them though.  It will pretty much handle anything you can throw at it apart from huge as bronzies. I think you'll be really happy with it. I'm a real fan of light gear but I use this set all the time, even straylining for gurnard. Sad I know 

sappercatcha wrote: I will stick to the 4000 for snapper in the kaipara its all you could ever need over sand/mud in the harbour and use the 8000 for kingfish in the kaipara and big snapper over foul ground out east and out on the west coast most likely

Yepp, good plan, despite being a 'big rig' you won't regret buying it.

Yes I agree. There was a recent thread from 3RNZIR about using an SL20SH as a kingfish jigging reel. Certainly not my first choice but it is what he has. It turned out there are a few people using them for exactly that. Nothing wrong with an all rounder approach. It's the angler and not the gear. Knowing your situation I think you would be very happy with the set. I'm happy with mine and it has become my go to. Having said that, I also have a light set as a go to.

caught my 1st fish on it yesterday at challenger was only a 400mm in 23m of water over the sand was surprised how much feel that terez had for a rod with so much grunt could a good gurnard on it to