One rod for every thing can be a tough call. Some thing right for rock fish wont keep a big yellow out of the kelp.
IMO its better to go heavy. A reel with a decent drag that can hold 200-300 yards of line on a 6-7' rod rated to fish 30lb will be fine. My heavy bait set up is a shimano TLD 15, with 250 yards of 65lb braid, on a calstar west coast rod. I bought it from fishaholoc. Don't remember exactly what I paid but it was a good value. Mike
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