I have a shimano crestfire,, top little reel owned for a few years it is spooled with 300meters of 8lb braid.
Caught everything from yakkas, bream, whiting, shovelnose sharks, flathead, dolphinfish, kingfish(rats at fad) trevally, flounder, at first i was using mono as i kept getting birdsnests but now i have found the right setup and it's eays to use.
Cheers james