Lots of great info here from lots of people.
I know most will say 100lbs of drag is impossible from the beach, those people are making a speculation on there own experiences where 50lbs of drag feels like a freight train. I have fought fish, where even 70lbs of drag did not slow the beast at all.
How ever, from practicing with 80ws locked down with half spool and zero free spool I have felt drags in the 80s. Do I think 100lbs of drag is even close to being normal? absolutely not! can it be done from the sand standing? YES! and yes it can be held for a long period of time. Heres what I found thru my experiences... any more then 60lbs of drag during a fight with a fish that is capable of pulling those drags, in a harness, standing on the beach will be extremely difficult for more then 20 minutes. I have seen lots of guys using the "rail" style or same concept by laying there rods fore grip on a stable base... this is the ticket. when using the rail style monster drags become much more manageable, I have held drags in the 70lb range while a freight train of a tuna ripped line off the spool at an alarming rate with ease, why? because the aid of the boat gunnel.
After realizing that drags that high where very easy to deal with using the aid of a rail I figured why not get something for the beach. I call it a Drag pod, with an aid such as the drag pod 100lbs of drag is manageable standing on the beach. heres what 80lbs looks like using the dragpod
just an FYI... drags over 60lbs is crazy hard on gear, most all gear out there is not made to be fished with drags that high. If you do plan on using drags this high be prepared to find every weakness in your set up... real seats, guides, blanks, harness can get destroyed using drags that heavy. I did see where someone said lifting 100lbs... not even a option, the difference between lifting and beach angle fights determine the amount of drag you and your gear can hold. pulling drags at 80lbs at beach angles is ok in my book but trying to lift with 80lbs is just plain dumb.
Back to the OP
just my opinion!
I think 130 class reels in lever drags are a thing of the past, I understand that the extra capacity is a good thing, but in the 130 size the extra capacity over an 80w will never help you. any fish that gets 1000 yards of line in the water will 99% of the time end with broken line. SO unless you fish in places where long drops over a solid oyster bed and you need 300lb mono for abrasion then the biggest reel needed to catch monster sharks from the beach is an 80w