You'll love the reel, I have a couple and they have held up for a few years, and are as smooth as the day I bought them. The 1000 size is as big as I'll go, I think you could fish with them for bass finese style fishing. I wouldn't put more than 8 lb line on them, all of mine have 4 lb. and cast like a dream. If I were going to buy one stricly for bass fishing, I would go up a size.